Faroe Islands v Austria (UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying)

Faroe Islands v Austria (1990)

The Landskrona IP in Landskrona hosted the match
Event	UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 4 Matchday 1
Faroe Islands Austria 1 0
Date	12 September 1990 (1990-09-12)
Venue	Landskrona IP, Landskrona
Referee	Egil Nervik (Norway)
Attendance	1,157

The Faroe Islands defeated Austria 1–0 on 12 September 1990 in a UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying match at Landskrona IP in Landskrona, Sweden. The result is notable as one of the biggest shocks in football history, as the Faroe Islands were playing their first ever competitive match with a team composed of amateur players, while Austria had played at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy less than three months earlier.

Background

The Faroe Islands Football Association became a member of FIFA on 2 July 1988 and joined UEFA on 18 April 1990.^[1] Austria, in turn, played at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy less than three months earlier and were eliminated in the group stage.

Because the Faroe Islands did not have a suitable football stadium, their national team chose to play its matches in Sweden, using Landskrona IP as their home ground.

Match

Details

12 September 1990 (1990-09-12)

19:00 CEST

Faroe Islands	1–0	Austria
Nielsen 61'	Report

Landskrona IP, Landskrona (Sweden)

Attendance: 1,157

Referee: Egil Nervik (Norway)

Faroe Islands

Austria

GK 1 Jens Martin Knudsen RB 8 Jan Dam CB 4 Mikkjal Danielsen CB 2 Jóannes Jakobsen (c) LB 3 Tummas Eli Hansen RM 6 Allan Mørkøre  44' CM 9 Abraham Hansen CM 5 Julian Hansen LM 7 Torkil Nielsen CF 11 Kurt Mørkøre  8' CF 10 Kári Reynheim  87' Manager: Páll Guðlaugsson

GK 1 Michael Konsel CB 3 Robert Pecl CB 5 Michael Streiter  58' CB 4 Jürgen Hartmann RM 2 Kurt Russ CM 6 Heinz Peischl CM 8 Manfred Linzmaier (c) LM 10 Andi Herzog  62' RF 7 Gerhard Rodax CF 9 Toni Polster LF 11 Andreas Reisinger  62' Substitutions: MF 14 Gerald Willfurth  62' FW 15 Peter Pacult  62' Manager: Josef Hickersberger

Aftermath

Austria coach Josef Hickersberger resigned the day after the loss. In the return fixture, played on 22 April 1991 at Salzburg, Austria beat the Faroes 3–0. Neither team managed to win against the other opponents of the group and finished at the bottom, with Austria in 4th and the Faroe Islands in 5th.^{[citation needed]}

Hickersberger returned to coach the Austria national team in 2006, quitting after UEFA Euro 2008, which Austria co-hosted with Switzerland. The two teams were again scheduled to play in October at Tórshavn for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification,^[2] and again in Group F of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification games.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Full match on Kringvarp Føroya website
• Video about the match on Visit Faroe Islands YouTube channel

This page was last edited on 23 March 2024, at 10:26