Vœyetska national football team

Vœyetska

Nickname(s)	Räven (Foxes) Snöflingor (Snowflakes)
Association	Vœyetska Fotbollförbundet (VFF)
Confederation	EFA (Euronia)
Sub-confederation	EEFA (East Euronia)
Head coach	Lars Olqvist
Captain	Finnian Bjorkstrand
Most caps	Andreas Hjortshøj (167)
Top scorer	Fríðálvur Atli Sævarsson (75)
Home stadium	Friendship Arena
First colours Second colours
First international
Vœyetska 4–2 Drambenburg (Veskallås, Vœyetska; 1914)
Biggest win
Vœyetska 10–0 Sateroc (Sarding, Vœyetska; 29 May 1972)
Biggest defeat
Zamastan 12–1 Vœyetska (Allengin, Elbresia; 12 June 1990)
World Cup
Appearances	TBA
Best result	Runner-ups (1991, 2008)
Website	vnft.vy

The Vœyetska national football team (Swedish: Voeyetska fotbollslandslaget) represents Vœyetska in men's international football and it is controlled by the Vœyetska Fotbollförbundet, the governing body of football in Vœyetska. Vœyetska's home ground is Friendship Arena in Sjédal which is the largest stadium in Vœyetska. The team has been coached by former national team player Lars Olqvist since 2016. The current roster is believed by many to be part of the golden age of Vœyetskan football.

Vœyetska hosted the 1989 World Cup, with the main location being Ídolfsvinn. In the opening game of the group stage, Vœyetska defeated Andaluni 2-1. Following that game the national team faced Beleroskov and put up a 2-0 result earning a spot in the quarter finals. Vœyetska then faced Albarine and lost 3-1. Albarine would go on to place third.

Vœyetska has most recently taken part in the 2023 World Cup in Melmingen where they struggled to find their footing. Their first game against Constantio ended in a respectable 2-2 draw. One day later they faced Bruderschaft Des Deutsche Volkes and narrowly lost 0-1. Their final game against Albarine ended 2-1 and showcased the team's only win. It was easily Vœyetska's best performance in the tournament.

Team Image

Kit

In the early days of the Vœyetska national football team, Joseph Haaland, the older brother of the manager Johnny Haaland, was put in charge of acquiring and supplying the kits of the team. Joseph was instructed to find teal or green kits. He was also directed to not get white because the majority of teams at the time wore white and it could possibly cause confusion for the team's players. While he was on his mission to find a manufacturer and distributor, Joseph came to realize that almost none of the major material provided for a price within the budget. Jospeh wrote a letter to Johnny regarding the situation. Johnny wrote back that sky blue would be the best option available. It was unique, affordable, and visually satisfying. Since then, nearly all of the national team's first kits have been sky blue, and the second kits have consistently been green.

Kit History

First and Second color kits.

• First

2002-2004

2004–2008

2008–2011

2011–2015

2015–2019

2019–2022

2022–

• Second

2002-2004

2004–2008

2008–2011

2011-2015

2015–2019

2019-2022

2022-

Kit Sponsorship

Since 2015 Red Elk, a Vœyetskan sports apparel company that has been rapidly increasing in popularity and sales, has manufactured the Vœyetska national team's kits. Prior to that they were made by IK3 from 2004 to 2015. In 2002 to 2004 the uniforms were made by Poullos but quickly shifted to IK3 because the players complained that the kits were too heavy especially while playing in the rain or moist conditions. From 1973 to 2002 Grönner, Inc. was responsible for the kits.

Kit supplier	Period
Grönner	1973–2002
Poullos	2002–2004
IK3	2004–2015
Red Elk	2015–present

Badge

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  1914–1937

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  1938–1960

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  1961-1980

• 

  1981–1994

• 

  1995–2007

• 

  1999–2007

• 

  2008–present

The Vœyetska national football team has had seven different badges over the course of their 108 year history.

The first ever club badge was designed by the co-founder of the national team, Hallfred Lindstedt. The logo features the letters "VFF" in old english font on a light blue color circle, the traditional color of the team's home kits. The circle has a gray outline solely added for visual purposes. It also displays the borders of Vœyetska representing the country as none of the flag's colors are a part of the logo. The logo was used until 1937 when the Selection Committee decided to alter the logo to something considered more "modern".

In 1938 the design team decided on a black shield logo with a gray outline, five snowflakes representing the five provinces, the letters "VFF" for the Swedish spelling of "Vœyetska national football team", and the year 1914 acknowledging the founding of the team. Originally, the logo was not liked by most fans as they wanted something more "patriotic" especially after ditching their last logo. However, the Committee did not make any further actions regarding the badge and the logo slowly became accepted.

In 1961 the majority of the Selection Committee determined the badge needed to be redone after being international confused for other team's logos. For the first time in history, the Committee issued a design contest. The winning design was submitted by 22 year old Miranda Cederschiöld with about 2,139,000 votes. The logo showed the national animal, the melanistic Vœyetskan fox, also known as the silver fox. The logo's inner circle is white with a teal border. The outer circle utilizes the traditional light blue with a traditional teal outline.

The 1961 redesign was well-liked but still did not contain very much of Vœyetska's national identity. In 1981 another design contest was held. The winning logo consisted of a Vœyetskan fox with the letters "VFF" for the Voeyetska fotbollslandslaget. In the upper right hand section of the logo are three snowflakes representing Vœyetska's cold environment. The foundation of the crest is a green circle with white and teal outlines.

The national team's new head coach Elliot Lauridsson despised the old logo, saying, "The fox looks possessed and the snowflakes seem out of place." Elliot Lauridsson headed a new logo design project, and in the end the team, but mostly Elliot Lauridsson, concluded they had put together a very complete logo. That logo features a teal octagon base with a white decagon on top of that with the standard snowflake. However, this logo was hated by Vœyetskans as well as people around the world. Lauridsson posted on social media, "This is our best work yet, we have our national colors, a neat and clean design, and uniqueness." Even though the fans hated the logo, Lauridsson made sure it would stay in place. After a horrid World Cup in 1999, Elliot Lauridsson was sacked, and the team abandoned the badge.

As soon as Nicolai Østigård assumed the role of head coach, one of his major priorities was to select a logo that would be appreciated by the fans. His new logo was created with simplicity and patriotism in mind. The logo features a tilted green square with a gray border surrounded by teal. In the middle of the square are the words, "Voeyetska fotbollslandslaget". Below the text is a large white snowflake to represent the team.

2008 saw the final change to the Vœyetska national football team logo to date. With hopes of modernizing the old logo, the next logo displays a teal pentagon with two gray borders. In the middle is a snowflake larger than the previous one. Below that are the abbreviated letters "VFF" for "Voeyetska fotbollslandslaget". The logo was approved by the board on 6 March 2008 and revealed to the public exactly one month later. The logo has been well liked by fans. As such, it has lasted well over a decade.

Home stadium

The Vœyetska national football team's home ground Friendship Arena

The Vœyetska national football team has played their home games at Friendship Arena in Sjédal since 2007 replacing the old Idrotaasparken which was recently destroyed. The national team shares Friendship Arena with the Vœyetska league giants AIF Sjédal. Friendship Arena is the largest arena in all of Vœyetska with a capacity of 80,000. The Idrotaasparken was considered too small for the growing team and the stadium itself was showing signs of deterioration. It is rumored that Friendship Arena will be the main city in Vœyetska's bid to host the 2024 World Cup.

Construction for Friendship Arena began in 2001 and took until 2007 when the arena was finally suitable for the national team. AIF Sjédal moved into the building and have played their home games there since 2010 when the Idrotaasparken was destroyed.

Results and fixtures

2023

Vœyetska v Constantio

31 March 2023 World Cup	Vœyetska	2–2	Constantio	Helmfurt, Besmenia
18:45	Storstand  38' Ryersson  85'	Report	Constantio player  45+2' Constantio player  74'	Stadium: Rainer-Spindler-Stadion Attendance: 40,886 Referee: Gonzalo Pérez

Vœyetska v BDDV

1 April 2023 World Cup	Vœyetska	0–1	BDDV	Laitstadt, Besmenia
18:45		Report	Gustave  16'	Stadium: Laitstadt Olympic Stadium Attendance: 70,141 Referee: Heinz-Johann Schwartz

Vœyetska v Albarine

4 April 2023 World Cup	Vœyetska	2–1	Albarine	Freiz, Besmenia
20:00	Hjalmarsson  41' Rohtez  10'	Report	Albarine player  64'	Stadium: Sümmingenstadion Attendance: 40,938 Referee: Bennett Walker

Greater Normark v Vœyetska

7 May 2023 Friendly	Greater Normark	2–3	Vœyetska	Oskarsviik, Greater Normark
12:00	Wollum  5' Eid-Bremseth  52'	Report	Hjalmarsson  17' Buckhøj  59' Elfström  68'	Stadium: Oskarsviik Stadion Attendance: 33,983 Referee: Thomas Atkinson

Zamastan v Vœyetska

10 May 2023 Friendly	Zamastan	4–2	Vœyetska	Arinals, Zamastan
13:30	Rosa  12' Torrente  18' Ross  45+5' Ross  88'	Report	Suvari  26' Kiprusoff  65'	Stadium: Shore Crew Stadium Attendance: 49,298 Referee: Benevius Daneyko

Vœyetska v Sateroc

27 May 2023 Friendly	Vœyetska	2–0	Sateroc	Sjédal, Vœyetska
12:00	Ruud  49' Hjalmarsson  61'	Report		Stadium: Friendship Arena Attendance: 16,948 Referee: Casdae Ensuvotta

Coaching staff

Main article: Vœyetska national football team manager

As of 4 April 2023

Vœyetska's manager Lars Olqvist.

Position Name Head coach Lars Olqvist Assistant manager Alexander Mirošević Goalkeeping coach Gregor Eldmarsson Match analyst Julian Frøy Performance manager Borje Knutsson Physiotherapist Kristian Ekstrand Scouts Bilal Koivu Fidel Røndbjerg Gjermund Brans Team manager Lukas Bernspång

Manager history

Head coaches

• 1914 00000Johnny Haaland
• 1915–1917 Henrik Poulsson
• 1918-1920 Jörgen Raanta
• 1921–1924 Sven Hedenskog
• 1925–1926 Erik von der Leyen
• 1927 00000Frank Malin
• 1928–1933 Gisle Härma
• 1934–1936 Norman Nilsson
• 1937 00000Rudolph Ask
• 1938–1942 Aulis Bauer
• 1943–1944 Snorre Xaviersson
• 1945–1949 Aldy Lindell
• 1950 00000Hektor Klingberg
• 1951–1961 Elvin Kolmar
• 1962–1965 Steffen Mark
• 1966–1969 Antonio Leitner
• 1970–1977 Eddie Forssell
• 1978 00000Bruno Sjökvist
• 1979–1991 Jouko Koivula
• 1992–1994 Linus Spelling
• 1995–1999 Elliot Lauridsson
• 1999–2006 Nicolai Østigård
• 2007–2016 Mattias Haula
• 2016–0000 Lars Olqvist

Players

Current squad

Caps and goals are correct as of 10 May 2023, after the match against Zamastan.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Dimitrij Blichfeld (3rd captain)	(1993-01-08) 8 January 1993	74	0	FC Dabatta City
30	1GK	Davíð Gunnlaugsson	(1994-12-15) 15 December 1994	102	0	AIF Sjédal
99	1GK	Eilert Kjeggestad	(1997-03-14) 14 March 1997	52	0	FK Týl-Fjásj
2	2DF	Finnian Bjorkstrand (captain)	(1995-11-11) 11 November 1995	58	2	Oskarsviik FC
3	2DF	Severin Söderström	(1998-02-01) 1 February 1998	6	0	FC Mitjøxallúnd
4	2DF	Peter Czpel	(1994-01-30) 30 January 1994	30	0	Lehksingin FK
5	2DF	Áki Ravn	(1995-09-10) 10 September 1995	23	1	Lehksingin FK
6	2DF	Fabio Tollofsson	(1999-11-23) 23 November 1999	6	0	Kuye FC
13	2DF	Jens Robin Staff	(1992-07-09) 9 July 1992	2	0	Malcanes United
14	2DF	Hiram Jorgensson	(1993-06-30) 30 June 1993	4	0	Hjåseggyðurr BK
8	3MF	Milan Rohtez	(1997-05-11) 11 May 1997	40	23	AIF Sjédal
11	3MF	Klemens Suvari	(1995-07-14) 14 July 1995	12	0	Ieraskevi FC
10	3MF	Kallixtas Hylander	(1995-01-21) 21 January 1995	15	8	Målea FF
15	3MF	River Sandstrom	(1989-03-03) 3 March 1989	83	14	Hjåseggyðurr BK
17	3MF	Freygarður Guðmundsson	(1996-12-05) 5 December 1996	21	5	Lundgården IF
18	3MF	Odisej Eller	(1999-11-07) 7 November 1999	7	1	Vongane
20	3MF	Justus Landsvætá	(1995-11-04) 4 November 1995	5	0	Sjakven Joora Vyking
21	3MF	Oussama Khalifa	(1993-04-18) 18 April 1993	3	0	Lundgården IF
25	3MF	Eindride Ruud	(1994-12-08) 8 December 1994	6	1	Kreugersvinn IF
9	4FW	Aron Hjalmarsson (2nd captain)	(1996-12-31) 31 December 1996	56	43	AIF Sjédal
12	4FW	Miska Storstrand	(1999-07-21) 21 July 1999	24	21	Lundgården IF
16	4FW	Justus Elfström	(1998-06-12) 12 June 1998	17	12	Moulins FC
19	4FW	Æðelstán Kiprusoff	(2004-09-19) 19 September 2004	8	2	Výkingur Osgørjaviek
22	4FW	Vincent Ryersson	(1995-10-12) 12 October 1995	43	39	Olimpiada Hyast

Recent call-ups

The following 47 players have also been called up to the Vœyetska squad within the last twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Kolskeggur Gylfisson	(1994-02-08) 8 February 1994	2	0	Výkingur Osgørjaviek	21 January 2023
GK	Karl Salo	(1990-09-29) 29 September 1990	1	0	Free agent	14 January 2023
GK	Ladislav Fischer	(2005-02-10) 10 February 2005	1	0	Free agent	6 August 2022
GK	Kaleb Näslund	(1999-06-30) 30 June 1999	7	0	Lundgården IF	13 March 2023
DF	Åke Sørensson	(1998-12-16) 16 December 1998	3	0	FC Eikhaigen	14 January 2023
DF	Endre Ljunggren	(1995-07-27) 27 July 1995	5	0	FC Eikhaigen	14 January 2023
DF	Erling Brøgger	(1998-03-16) 16 March 1998	2	0	Klædt FK	14 January 2023
DF	Benjamin Berenstain	(1990-02-05) 5 February 1990	1	0	Free agent	20 May 2022
DF	Kalev Rõuk	(1998-03-16) 16 March 1998	1	0	Locomotive Gavi	2 March 2023
DF	Väinö Sýkora	(2003-11-02) 2 November 2003	4	0	Vænhestrøm FK	1 April 2023
DF	Ziad Khoury	(1993-10-31) 31 October 1993	5	1	AIF Sjédal	6 February 2023
DF	Jasu Miller	(2002-05-14) 14 May 2002	2	0	BK Aalslund	22 December 2022
DF	Rejko Kovačević	(2000-01-09) 9 January 2000	1	0	Free agent	24 January 2023
DF	Mats Vestergaard	(1993-07-24) 24 July 1993	4	0	Výkingur Osgørjaviek	22 December 2022
DF	Gætan Dalby	(1994-06-12) 12 June 1994	2	0	Kreugersvinn IF	13 March 2023
DF	Fergus Lynggaard	(1995-03-21) 21 March 1995	1	0	Lundgården IF	14 November 2022
DF	Aleksi Lappalainen	(1989-09-05) 5 September 1989	2	0	Free agent	2 February 2023
DF	Hrafn Þóreyjarsson	(1994-08-31) 31 August 1994	1	0	Výkingur Osgørjaviek	11 October 2022
MF	Elias Silferberg	(1995-12-25) 25 December 1995	18	0	Free agent	1 March 2023
MF	Kaspar Vilhjálmsson	(1992-04-02) 2 April 1992	26	2	BK Aalslund	1 April 2023
MF	Trevór Buckhøj	(1992-06-16) 16 June 1992	21	4	FC Eikhaigen	13 March 2023
MF	Edvard Kæsemexra	(1994-08-31) 31 August 1994	6	0	Alikan SK	13 March 2023
MF	Laurent Baakstrom	(1993-10-17) 17 October 1993	2	0	AIF Sjédal	7 September 2022
MF	Jakob Isomäki	(1991-11-12) 12 November 1991	13	3	AIF Sjédal	21 January 2023
MF	Zakarias Ekberg	(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996	1	0	IFK Ídolfsvinn	25 January 2023
MF	Juniór Filippo	(2001-09-08) 8 September 2001	2	0	BK Aalslund	6 February 2023
MF	Vladimir Samuelsson	(1998-07-28) 28 July 1998	2	0	Free agent	17 August 2022
MF	Yosef Grimsson	(1998-07-03) 3 July 1998	1	0	Free agent	22 December 2022
MF	Kwame Oko Boateng	(2003-12-25) 25 December 2003	2	1	AIF Sjédal	14 November 2022
MF	Pacifique Kambanda	(2005-02-12) 12 February 2005	1	0	Selveslund 08	10 February 2023
MF	Sixten Østergaard	(2000-01-13) 13 January 2000	1	0	Sjakven Joora Vyking	10 February 2023
MF	Alois Flodkvist	(2006-02-06) 6 February 2006	1	0	Viktorsvinn FF	1 March 2023

Competitive record

World Cup

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Top scorer
1973	TBA
1974	TBA
1975	TBA
1977	TBA
1977	TBA
1978	TBA
1979	TBA
1980	TBA
1981	TBA
1982	Did not qualify
1983	TBA
1984	TBA
1985	TBA
1986	TBA
1987	TBA
1988	TBA
1989	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	5	4	Hosea Kiærskou (2) Fríðálvur Atli Sævarsson (2)
1990	Round of 32	1	0	0	1	1	12	Jakob Fast (1)
1991	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	9	6	Fríðálvur Atli Sævarsson (6)
1992	TBA
1993	TBA
1994	TBA
1995	TBA
1996	TBA
1997	TBA
1998	TBA
1999	TBA
2000	TBA
2001	TBA
2002	TBA
2003	TBA
2004	TBA
2005	TBA
2006	TBA
2007	TBA
2008	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	11	4	Andreas Hjortshøj (8)
2009	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	4	5	Andreas Hjortshøj (2)
2010	TBA
2011	TBA
2012	Round of 32	1	0	0	1	1	2	Roope Aho (1)
2013	TBA
2014	Did not qualify
2015	TBA
2016	TBA
2017	Did not qualify
2018	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	6	4	Emerik Kovačić (3)
2019	Did not qualify
2020	Did not qualify
2021	Did not qualify
2022	Did not qualify
2023	Did not qualify