Finland - National Team Coaches

Standings up to and including 8 Sep 2019.


 #   First  Last   Coach                           G   W   D   L   P     W%     P%
     1911   1921   no coach                       17   6   2   9  14   35.3   41.2
 1   1922   1922   Jarl Öhman                      4   1   0   3   2   25.0   25.0
     1923   1935   no coach                       76  22  11  43  55   28.9   36.2
 2   1936   1937   Ferdinand Fabra (Ger)           8   1   1   6   3   12.5   18.8
     1937   1938   no coach                        9   3   0   6   6   33.3   33.3
 3   1939   1939   Gabor Obitz (Hun)               6   1   0   5   2   16.7   16.7
     1939   1943   no coach                        7   0   1   6   1    0.0    7.1 
 4   1945   1945   Axel Mårtensson (Swe)           2   0   0   2   0    0.0    0.0
 5   1946   1946   Niilo Tammisalo                 3   0   0   3   0    0.0    0.0
 6a  1947   1955   Aatos Lehtonen                 51   7   9  35  23   13.7   22.5
 7   1955   1958   Kurt Weinreich (Ger)           23   3   1  19   7   13.0   15.2
 6b  1959   1961   Aatos Lehtonen                 19   3   0  16   6   15.8   15.8
 8   1962   1974   Olavi Laaksonen                91  16  21  54  53   17.6   29.1
 9   1975   1975   Martti Kosma                    2   0   1   1   1    0.0   25.0
10   1975   1978   Aulis Rytkönen                 30   8   4  18  20   26.7   33.3
11   1979   1981   Esko Malm                      27   4   6  17  14   14.8   25.9
12   1982   1987   Martti Kuusela                 53   9  11  33  29   17.0   27.4
13   1988   1992   Jukka Vakkila                  49   7  21  21  37   14.3   37.8
14   1993   1994   Tommy Lindholm                 25   5   7  13  17   20.0   34.0
15   1994   1996   Jukka Ikäläinen                21   7   4  10  18   33.3   42.9
16   1996   1999   Richard Møller Nielsen (Den)   34   9  12  13  30   26.5   44.1
17   2000   2005   Antti Muurinen                 72  34  12  26  80   47.2   55.6
18   2005   2005   Jyrki Heliskoski                6   2   2   2   6   33.3   50.0
19   2006   2007   Roy Hodgson (Eng)              22   6  11   5  23   27.3   52.3
20   2008   2010   Stuart Baxter (Sco)            28   8   5  15  21   28.6   37.5
21   2010   2010   Olli Huttunen                   1   1   0   0   2  100.0  100.0
22a  2011   2011   Markku Kanerva                  2   0   1   1   1    0.0   25.0
23   2011   2015   Mika-Matti Paatelainen         45  17  11  17  45   37.8   50.0
22b  2015   2015   Markku Kanerva                  4   2   2   0   6   50.0   75.0
24   2016   2016   Hans Backe (Swe)               11   0   2   9   2    0.0    9.1
22c  2017   ->     Markku Kanerva                 30  16   5   9  37   53.3   61.7

Competitive Matches Only

World Cup and European Championships qualifiers. UEFA Nations League. Olympic Games final tournaments and qualifiers until 1976.

 #   First  Last   Coach                           G   W   D   L   P     W%     P%
     1912   1912   no coach                        4   2   0   2   4   50.0   50.0
 1   1936   1937   Ferdinand Fabra (Ger)           3   0   0   3   0    0.0    0.0
     1937   1937   no coach                        1   0   0   1   0    0.0    0.0
 2a  1949   1953   Aatos Lehtonen                  7   0   3   4   3    0.0   21.4
 3   1957   1957   Kurt Weinreich (Ger)            4   0   0   4   0    0.0    0.0
 2b  1959   1961   Aatos Lehtonen                  8   1   0   7   2   12.5   12.5
 4   1963   1973   Olavi Laaksonen                39   4   6  29  14   10.3   17.9
 5   1975   1975   Martti Kosma                    1   0   0   1   0    0.0    0.0
 6   1975   1978   Aulis Rytkönen                 13   4   2   7  10   30.8   38.5
 7   1979   1981   Esko Malm                      11   1   2   8   4    9.1   18.2
 8   1982   1987   Martti Kuusela                 20   4   4  12  12   20.0   30.0
 9   1988   1992   Jukka Vakkila                  17   2   5  10   9   11.7   26.5
10   1993   1994   Tommy Lindholm                  9   2   1   6   5   22.2   27.8
11   1994   1995   Jukka Ikäläinen                 8   5   0   3  10   62.5   62.5
12   1996   1999   Richard Møller Nielsen (Den)   16   6   3   7  15   37.5   46.9
13   2000   2005   Antti Muurinen                 23   9   4  10  22   39.1   47.8
14   2005   2005   Jyrki Heliskoski                5   2   1   2   5   40.0   50.0
15   2006   2007   Roy Hodgson (Eng)              14   6   6   2  18   42.9   64.3
16   2008   2010   Stuart Baxter (Sco)            13   5   3   5  13   38.5   50.0
17   2010   2010   Olli Huttunen                   1   1   0   0   2  100.0  100.0
18   2011   2015   Mika-Matti Paatelainen         20   5   5  10  15   25.0   37.5
19a  2015   2015   Markku Kanerva                  4   2   2   0   6   50.0   75.0
20   2016   2016   Hans Backe (Swe)                4   0   1   3   1    0.0   12.5
19b  2017   ->     Markku Kanerva                 18  10   2   6  22   55.6   61.1

Olympic Team Coaches 1979-1988

 #   First  Last   Coach                           G   W   D   L   P     W%     P%
 1   1979   1979   Jiri Pesek (Tch)                6   1   3   2   5   16.7   41.7
 2   1980   1980   Esko Malm                       3   1   1   1   3   33.3   50.0
 3   1983   1983   Martti Kuusela                  8   0   2   6   2    0.0   12.5
 4   1986   1988   Jukka Vakkila                  10   3   0   7   6   30.0   30.0

G = games, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, P = points (2 pts per win),
W% = winning percentage, P% = points percentage


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