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| Polar-Bamserne (The Polar Teddy Bears) |
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| Association | Grønlands Boldspil-Union | ||
| Head coach | Jens Tang Olesen | ||
| Captain | Niklas Kreutzmann | ||
| Home stadium | Nuuk Stadion | ||
| Elo ranking | T204 | ||
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| First international | |||
 Faroe Islands 6 - 0 Greenland  (Sauðárkrókur, Iceland; July 2, 1980) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Greenland 16 - 0 Sark  (St Martin's, Guernsey, Channel Islands; July 1, 2003) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Minorca 6 - 0 Greenland (Aland Islands; June 29, 2009) Faroe Islands 6 - 0 Greenland (Sauðárkrókur, Iceland; July 2, 1980)  Guernsey 6 - 0 Greenland (Hamnavoe, West Burra, Shetland; July 13, 2005) |
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The Greenland national football team is the national team of Greenland and is controlled by the Football Association of Greenland. Greenland is not a member of FIFA nor of any continental confederation and therefore is not eligible to enter the World Cup or other sanctioned tournaments as of September, 2009. Most of the matches they have played have been against the Faroe Islands and Iceland, but neither of the two consider those games full internationals. It has also played Tibet, since neither are FIFA members.
Greenland is a member of the International Island Games Association and has taken part in Football at the Island Games. Since October 13, 2005 it is a provisional member of the NF-Board and since March 25, 2006 it is full-member. On the 17th of October 2009 the team was accepted has provisional member of the IFU.
FIFA's recent approval of FieldTurf may allow Greenland to create FIFA-standard playing pitches and apply to play full internationals. They would join either UEFA (due to links with Denmark), or CONCACAF (geographically, Greenland is part of North America). In 19 September was in Qaqortoq the first artificial turf in Greenland completed and inaugurated.
The team was once trained by experienced manager Sepp Piontek.
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FIFI Wild Cup participation
Greenland has participated in the 2006 FIFI Wild Cup. It played two games and lost both, the first 0-1 against the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the second 2-4 against Zanzibar. They were eliminated in the First Round.
ELF Cup participation
Greenland has participated in the ELF Cup and it's been eliminated in Round 1. They played three matches: won against Gagauzia (2-0), draw with Zanzibar (1-1) and lost with Kyrgyzstan (1-0).
Island Games
- 1989:Semifinals, 4th
- 1991:Round 1, 8th
- 1993:Semifinals, 4th
- 1995:Semifinals, 4th
- 1997:Round 1, 9th
- 1999:Quarter Finals, 8th
- 2001:Round 1, 9th
- 2003:Round 1, 10th
- 2005:Round 1, 8th
- 2007:Did Not Enter
- 2009:Round 1, 12th
Team 2009 [1]
The following players were in the Island Games squad in 2009.
- (GK) Loqe Svane (B-67)
- (GK) Anders Cortsen (Nagdlunguaq-48)
- Aputsiaq Birch (B-67)
- Jim Degn Olsvig (Nagdlunguaq-48)
- Jens Jacobsen (Nagdlunguaq-48)
- Joorsi Skade (Eqaluk 56)
- Lars-Niels Bertherlsen (B-67)
- Aputsiaq Hansen (Kissaviarsuk-33)
- Hans Knudsen (Kissaviarsuk-33)
- Peri Fleischer (SAK)
- Maasi Maqe (B-67)
- John Eldevig (B-67)
- Anders Petersen (B-67)
- Kaali Matthaeussen (Nagdlunguaq-48)
- Pavia Molgaard (SAK)
- Jens Knud Lennert (Kissaviarsuk-33)
- Thomas Brand (SAK)
Notable players
Managers
- 1996: Ulf Abrahamsen
- 1997-1999: Lars Olsvig
- 2000-2002:
Sepp Piontek - 2002- :
Jens Tang Olesen
Selected Internationals opponents
(Last update: 10 Jul 2009)
| Opponents | Matches | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Åland Islands |
5 | - | - | 5 | 8 | 17 |
 Alderney |
1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
 Frøya |
2 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 |
 Găgăuzia |
1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
 Gibraltar |
4 | 2 | - | 2 | 7 | 7 |
 Gotland |
3 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| Guernsey |
2 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
 Isle of Man |
1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 |
 Isle of Wight |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
 Iceland |
2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Faroe Islands |
7 | - | 1 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
 Falkland Islands |
1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 |
 Jersey |
4 | - | - | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| Jersey |
1 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 6 |
 Orkney |
1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
 Rhodes |
2 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 4 |
 Saaremaa |
2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 |
 Sápmi |
1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Sark |
1 | 1 | - | - | 16 | 0 |
 Shetland |
3 | 2 | - | 1 | 9 | 7 |
 Tibet |
1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 |
 Western Isles |
1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 4 |
 Ynys Môn |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
 Zanzibar |
1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 |
References
External links
- Official site of The Football Association of Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaanni Isikkamik Arsaattartut Kattuffiat)
- Greenland member of IFU
- Greenland on BBC
- Greenland on www.fedefutbol.net
- Greenland on www.rsssf.com (List of International Matches)
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