| team FINLAND | ||
| World cup history | ||
| Appearances: | 21 | |
| FIFA world cup appearances: | 0 | |
| Tournament | Result | |
| FIFA world cup 1930 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1934 | did not participate | |
| FIFA world cup 1934 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1938 | 3: + 0; = 0; - 3: 0 - 7 0 | |
| FIFA world cup 1938 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1950 | 2: + 0; = 1; - 1: 1 - 4 1 | |
| FIFA world cup 1950 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1954 | 4: + 0; = 2; - 2: 7 - 13 2 | |
| FIFA world cup 1954 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1958 | 4: + 0; = 0; - 4: 2 - 19 0 | |
| FIFA world cup 1958 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1962 | 4: + 0; = 0; - 4: 3 - 12 0 | |
| FIFA world cup 1962 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1966 | 6: + 1; = 0; - 5: 5 - 20 2 | |
| FIFA world cup 1966 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1970 | 6: + 1; = 0; - 5: 6 - 28 2 | |
| FIFA world cup 1970 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1974 | 6: + 1; = 1; - 4: 3 - 21 3 | |
| FIFA world cup 1974 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1978 | 6: + 2; = 0; - 4: 11 - 16 4 | |
| FIFA world cup 1978 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1982 | 8: + 1; = 0; - 7: 4 - 27 2 | |
| FIFA world cup 1982 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1986 | 8: + 3; = 2; - 3: 7 - 12 8 | |
| FIFA world cup 1986 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1990 | 6: + 1; = 1; - 4: 4 - 16 3 | |
| FIFA world cup 1990 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1994 | 10: + 2; = 1; - 7: 9 - 18 5 | |
| FIFA world cup 1994 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 1998 | 8: + 3; = 2; - 3: 11 - 12 11 | |
| FIFA world cup 1998 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2002 | 8: + 3; = 3; - 2: 12 - 7 12 | |
| FIFA world cup 2002 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2006 | 12: + 5; = 1; - 6: 21 - 19 16 | |
| FIFA world cup 2006 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2010 | 10: + 5; = 3; - 2: 14 - 14 18 | |
| FIFA world cup 2010 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2014 | 8: + 2; = 3; - 3: 5 - 9 9 | |
| FIFA world cup 2014 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2018 | 10: + 2; = 3; - 5: 9 - 13 9 | |
| FIFA world cup 2018 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2022 | 8: + 3; = 2; - 3: 10 - 10 11 | |
| FIFA world cup 2022 | did not participate | |
| Qualifiers 2026 | 8: + 3; = 1; - 4: 8 - 14 10 | |
| FIFA world cup 2026 | did not participate | |
| Best achievement: | The 3rd place in group Preliminaries UEFA (2010, 2022) | |
| Indicators | ||
| MP: + W; =D; -L; GF‒ GA Pts (3 points for each win) | ||
| Qualifying campaigns | 145: +38: =26; -81; 152 ‒ 311 140 | |
| Percentage indicators | +26,21%; =17,93%; -55,86%; 1,05 ‒ 2,14 32,18% | |
| FIFA world cup | Didn't participate in final tournaments | |
| Percentage indicators | ||
| Total: | 145: +38: =26; -81; 152 ‒ 311 140 | |
| Percentage indicators | +26,21%; =17,93%; -55,86%; 1,05 ‒ 2,14 32,18% | |
| Matches played (on neutral field): | 145 (1) | |
| Goals scored - total: | 152 | |
| - home: | 85 (55,92%) | |
| - away: | 66 (43,42%) | |
| - neutral field: | 1 (0,66%) | |
| Goals against: - total: | 311 | |
| - home: | 127 (40,84%) | |
| - away: | 184 (59,16%) | |
| - neutral field: | 0 (0,00%) | |
| Average goals scored per match: | 1,05 | |
| Average goals against per match: | 2,14 | |
| Points scored (3 points for each win): - home: | 83/219 (37,90%) | |
| - away: | 54/213 (25,35%) | |
| - neutral field: | 3/3 (100,00%) | |
| Biggest win: | 7:1 - Luxembourg | |
| Biggest defeat: | 0:10 - Soviet Union | |
| Games without conceding goals: | 25 (17,24%) | |
| Games without goals scored: | 53 (36,55%) | |
| Wins with a big score: | 6 | |
| Defeats with a big score: | 35 | |
| Own goals (is scored/is passed) | 1 / 5 | |
| Cautions (on average per match) | 140 (0,97) | |
| Expulsions (on average per match) | 5 (0,03) | |
| - second yellow cards | 3 | |
| - straight red cards | 2 | |
| Players acted | 330 | |
| Attendance: in total (average) | 3 121 104 (21 826) | |
| Top scorer: | Teemu PUKKI (14 18 22 26) and Mikael FORSSELL (02 06 10 14) - 10 goals scored each | |
| The greatest number of matches: | Jari LITMANEN (94 98 02 06 10) - 39 games | |