Jari Litmanen - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Finnish player, who obtained 137 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Cap   Goals   Date	Venue   	Opponent       Score	Competition
  1	    22-10-89	Port of Spain	Trinidad/Tobago	1-0	
  2	    25-10-89	Port of Spain	Trinidad/Tobago	0-2	
  3	    10- 3-90	Tampa Bay	United States	1-2	
  4	    16- 5-90	Dublin      	Ireland 	1-1	
  5	    27- 5-90	Stockholm	Sweden  	0-6	
  6	    29- 8-90	Kuusankoski	Czechoslovakia	1-1	
  7	    12- 9-90	Helsinki	Portugal	0-0	European Ch. Qual.
  8	    11-11-90	Tunis      	Tunisia 	2-1	
  9	    25-11-90	La Valletta	Malta   	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 10	    13- 3-91	Warszawa	Poland  	1-1	
 11	    17- 4-91	Rotterdam	Netherlands	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
 12   1	 1  16- 5-91	Helsinki	Malta   	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 13	 1   5- 6-91	Helsinki	Netherlands	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 14	 1  11- 9-91	Oporto  	Portugal	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 15	 1   9-10-91	Helsinki	Greece   	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 16	 1  30-10-91	Athinai 	Greece   	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
 17   1	 2  25- 3-92	Glasgow 	Scotland	1-1	
 18 	 2  15- 4-92	Cuiabá  	Brazil   	1-3	
 19	 2  14- 5-92	Helsinki	Bulgaria	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
 20	 2   3- 6-92	Helsinki	England 	1-2	
 21	 2  26- 8-92	Pietarsaari	Poland  	0-0	
 22	 2   9- 9-92	Helsinki	Sweden  	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 23	 2   7-11-92	Tunis   	Tunisia 	1-1	
 24	 2  14-11-92	Paris   	France  	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 25	 2  13- 4-93	Radom   	Poland  	1-2	
 26	 2  28- 4-93	Sofia   	Bulgaria	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 27	 2  13- 5-93	Turku   	Austria 	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
 28	 2  16- 6-93	Lahti   	Israel  	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 29	 2  25- 8-93	Wien    	Austria 	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
 30	 2   8- 9-93	Tampere 	France  	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 31   1	 3  13-10-93	Stockholm	Sweden  	2-3	World Cup Qualifier
 32	 3  10-11-93	Tel-Aviv	Israel  	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
 33	 3  27- 5-94	Parma   	Italy   	0-2	
 34	 3   2- 6-94	Tampere  	Spain   	1-2	
 35	 3   7- 9-94	Helsinki	Scotland	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
 36	 3  12-10-94	Thessaloniki	Greece  	0-4	European Ch. Qual.
 37   2	 5  16-11-94	Helsinki	Faroe Islands	5-0	European Ch. Qual.
 38	 5  14-12-94	Helsinki	San Marino	4-1	European Ch. Qual.
 39   1	 6  29- 3-95	Serravalle	San Marino	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 40	 6  26- 4-95	Toftir  	Faroe Islands	4-0	European Ch. Qual.
 41   1	 7  11- 6-95	Helsinki	Greece  	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
 42	 7   6- 9-95	Glasgow 	Scotland	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 43	 7  29- 5-96	Strasbourg	France  	0-2	
 44   1	 8   2- 6-96	Helsinki	Turkey  	1-2	
 45   1	 9  12- 2-97	Denizli  	Turkey  	1-1	
 46   1	10   2- 4-97	Baku      	Azerbaijan	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 47	10  30- 4-97	Oslo    	Norway  	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 48   1	11   8- 6-97	Helsinki	Azerbaijan	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 49	11  20- 8-97	Helsinki	Norway  	0-4	World Cup Qualifier
 50   1	12   6- 9-97	Lausanne	Switzerland	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 51	12  11-10-97	Helsinki	Hungary 	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 52	12  22- 4-98	Edinburgh	Scotland	1-1	
 53	12  27- 5-98	Helsinki	Germany 	0-0	
 54	12  19- 8-98	Kosice  	Slovakia	0-0	
 55	12   5- 9-98	Helsinki	Moldova 	3-2	European Ch. Qual.
 56	12  10-10-98	Belfast 	N. Ireland	0-1	European Ch. Qual.
 57   1	13  14-10-98	Istanbul	Turkey  	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
 58	13  31- 3-99	Nürnberg	Germany  	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
 59	13   5- 6-99	Helsinki	Turkey  	2-4	European Ch. Qual.
 60	13   9-10-99	Helsinki	N. Ireland	4-1	European Ch. Qual.
 61   1	14  29- 3-00	Cardiff 	Wales   	2-1	
 62	14  26- 4-00	Poznan  	Poland  	0-0	
 63	14   3- 6-00	Riga    	Latvia  	0-1	
 64   2	16  16- 8-00	Helsinki	Norway  	3-1	Nordic Cup
 65   1	17   2- 9-00	Helsinki	Albania 	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 66	17   7-10-00	Athinai 	Greece  	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 67	17  11-10-00	Helsinki	England 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 68	17  15-11-00	Dublin  	Ireland 	0-3	
 69	17  24- 3-01	Liverpool	England 	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 70	17   2- 6-01	Helsinki	Germany 	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
 71   1	18  15- 8-01	Helsinki	Belgium 	4-1	
 72	18   1- 9-01	Tiranë  	Albania  	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 73   1	19   5- 9-01	Helsinki	Greece  	5-1	World Cup Qualifier
 74	19   6-10-01	Gelsenkirchen	Germany 	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 75   2	21  27- 3-02	Oporto  	Portugal	4-1	
 76	21  17- 4-02	Prilep  	Macedonia	0-1	
 77	21  22- 5-02	Helsinki	Latvia  	2-1	
 78	21  21- 8-02	Helsinki	Ireland 	0-3	
 79	21   7- 9-02	Helsinki	Wales   	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
 80	21  12-10-02	Helsinki	Azerbaijan	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
 81	21  16-10-02	Beograd 	Yugoslavia	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
 82   1	22  30- 4-03	Vantaa  	Iceland 	3-0	
 83	22   7- 6-03	Helsinki	Serbia/Monten.	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
 84	22  11- 6-03	Helsinki	Italy   	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
 85   1 23  31- 3-04    La Valletta     Malta           2-1
 86     23  28- 4-04    Zenica          Bosnia-Herzeg.  0-1
 87   1 24  28- 5-04    Tampere         Sweden          1-3
 88     24  18- 8-04    Bucuresti       Romania         1-2     World Cup Qualifier
 89     24   4- 9-04    Tampere         Andorra         3-0     World Cup Qualifier
 90     24   8- 9-04    Yerevan         Armenia         2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 91     24  17-11-04    Messina         Italy           0-1  
 92     24   1-12-04    Manama          Bahrain         2-1     International Tourn.
 93     24   3-12-04    Manama          Oman            0-0 [1] International Tourn.
 94     24   8- 2-05    Nicosia         Latvia          2-1     International Tourn.
 95   1 25  26- 3-05    Teplice         Czech Republic  3-4     World Cup Qualifier
 96     25   2- 6-05    Tampere         Denmark         0-1
 97     25   8- 6-05    Helsinki        Netherlands     0-4     World Cup Qualifier
 98     25  17- 8-05    Skopje          Macedonia       3-0     World Cup Qualifier
 99     25  21- 1-06    Riyadh          Saudi Arabia    1-1     LG Cup
100     25  25- 1-06    Riyadh          South Korea     0-1     LG Cup
101     25   1- 3-06    Larnaca         Belarus         2-2 [2] International Tourn.
102     25  25- 5-06    Göteborg        Sweden          0-0
103   2 27   2- 9-06    Bydgoszcz       Poland          3-1     European Ch. Qual.
104     27   6- 9-06    Helsinki        Portugal        1-1     European Ch. Qual.
105     27   7-10-06    Yerevan         Armenia         0-0     European Ch. Qual
106   1 28  11-10-06    Almaty          Kazakhstan      2-0     European Ch. Qual
107     28  28- 3-07    Baku            Azerbaijan      0-1     European Ch. Qual.
108     28   2- 6-07    Helsinki        Serbia          0-2     European Ch. Qual.
109     28  17-11-07    Helsinki        Azerbaijan      2-1     European Ch. Qual.
110     28  21-11-07    Porto           Portugal        0-0     European Ch. Qual.
111   1 29   6- 2-08    Lefkosia        Greece          1-2     International Tourn.
112   1 30  26- 3-08    Sofia           Bulgaria        1-2
113     30  29- 5-08    Duisburg        Turkey          0-2
114     30   2- 6-08    Helsinki        Belarus         1-1
115     30  20- 8-08    Tampere         Israel          2-0
116     30  11-10-08    Helsinki        Azerbaijan      1-0	World Cup Qualifier
117     30  15-10-08    Moskva          Russia          0-3	World Cup Qualifier
118     30  19-11-08    St. Gallen      Switzerland     0-1
119     30   4- 2-09    Tokyo           Japan           1-5     Kirin Cup
120     30  11- 2-09    Faro-Loulé      Portugal        0-1
121     30  28- 3-09    Cardiff         Wales           2-0	World Cup Qualifier
122     30   1- 4-09    Oslo            Norway          2-3
123     30   6- 6-09    Helsinki        Liechtenstein   2-1	World Cup Qualifier
124     30  10- 6-09    Helsinki        Russia          0-3	World Cup Qualifier
125     30  12- 8-09    Stockholm       Sweden          0-1
126     30   5- 9-09    Lankaran        Azerbaijan      2-1	World Cup Qualifier
127   1 31   9- 9-09    Vaduz           Liechtenstein   1-1	World Cup Qualifier
128     31  10-10-09    Helsinki        Wales           2-1	World Cup Qualifier
129     31  14-10-09    Hamburg         Germany         1-1	World Cup Qualifier
130     31  18- 1-10    Málaga          South Korea     0-2
131     31   3- 3-10    La Valletta     Malta           2-1
132     31  21- 5-10    Tallinn         Estonia         0-2
133     31  29- 5-10    Kielce          Poland          0-0
134     31  11- 8-10    Turku           Belgium         1-0
135     31   3- 9-10    Chisinau        Moldova         0-2     European Ch. Qual.
136     31  12-10-10    Helsinki        Hungary         1-2     European Ch. Qual.
137   1 32  17-11-10    Helsinki        San Marino      8-0     European Ch. Qual.

[1] Finland lost 4-3 on penalty kicks.
[2] Finland won 5-4 on penalty kicks.

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   137	  45   32   60	165- 180     122     44.52

Types of Matches
Friendlies      	51
European Ch. Qual.	38
World Cup Qualifier	39
Nordic Cup      	 1
Other Tournaments        8

Total caps:	       137


Types of Goals
Friendlies      	11
European Ch. Qual.	10
World Cup Qualifier	 8
Nordic Cup      	 2
Other Tournaments        1

Total goals:		32



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