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Finland 0-3 Ireland - August 21, 2002 / Friendlies 2002

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Friendlies 2002 - Europe

August 21, 2002

12 225

Finland

0 - 3

Ireland

Republic of Ireland

12'

Robbie Keane

74'

Colin Healy

83'

Graham Barrett

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12' - Goal Robbie Keane

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46' - Substitution Sami Hyypiäis substituted by Toni Kuivasto46

46' - Substitution Kenny Cunninghamis substituted by Gary Doherty photo Colin Healy

46' - Substitution Jason McAteeris substituted by Colin Healy photo Stephen McPhail

46' - Substitution Mark Kinsellais substituted by Stephen McPhail photo Rory Delap

46' - Substitution Damien Duffis substituted by Rory Delap photo Kevin Kilbane

46' - Substitution Thomas Butleris substituted by Kevin Kilbane

59' - Substitution Jari Ilolais substituted by Aki Riihilahti photo Shefki Kuqi

59' - Substitution Jonatan Johanssonis substituted by Shefki Kuqi59

69' - Substitution Mika Nurmelais substituted by Peter Kopteff69

74' - Goal Colin Healy

76' - Substitution Dean Kielyis substituted by Shay Given photo Graham Barrett

76' - Substitution Ian Harteis substituted by Graham Barrett

78' - Substitution Joonas Kolkkais substituted by Mika Kottila78

80' - Substitution Teemu Tainiois substituted by Janne Hietanen80

83' - Goal Graham Barrett

84' - Substitution Robbie Keaneis substituted by Jim Goodwin

87' - Substitution Lee Carsleyis substituted by Matt Holland

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Finland

0 - 3

Ireland

Finland Ireland

Team line-ups

Finland

Jaaskelainen

Jussi Jaaskelainen

Finland

B.date19/04/1975

Age27 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Hyypiä46

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age28 years

H1m96

positionLeft central defender

Tihinen

Hannu Tihinen

Finland

B.date01/07/1976

Age26 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Pasanen

Petri Pasanen

Finland

B.date24/09/1980

Age21 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

Saarinen

Janne Saarinen

Finland

B.date28/02/1977

Age25 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

Ilola59

Jari Ilola

Finland

B.date24/11/1978

Age23 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

Tainio80

Teemu Tainio

Finland

B.date27/11/1979

Age22 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kolkka78

Joonas Kolkka

Finland

B.date28/09/1974

Age27 years

H1m74

positionLeft Midfielder

Nurmela69

Mika Nurmela

Finland

B.date26/12/1971

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Litmanen

Jari Litmanen

Finland

B.date20/02/1971

Age31 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

Johansson59

Jonatan Johansson

Finland

B.date16/08/1975

Age27 years

H1m86

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jussi Jaaskelainen		27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sami Hyypiä	46	28	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hannu Tihinen		26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Petri Pasanen		21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Janne Saarinen		25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Ilola	59	23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Teemu Tainio	80	22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joonas Kolkka	78	27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mika Nurmela	69	30	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Litmanen		31	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jonatan Johansson	59	27	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Ireland

Kiely76

Dean Kiely

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/10/1970

Age31 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Cunningham46

Kenny Cunningham

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/06/1971

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

McAteer46

Jason McAteer

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/06/1971

Age31 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Defender

Breen

Gary Breen

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/12/1973

Age28 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Harte76

Ian Harte

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/08/1977

Age24 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Kelly

Gary Kelly

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/07/1974

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Carsley87

Lee Carsley

Republic of Ireland

B.date28/02/1974

Age28 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Kinsella46

Mark Kinsella

Republic of Ireland

B.date12/08/1972

Age30 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Duff46

Damien Duff

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/03/1979

Age23 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Butler46

Thomas Butler

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/04/1981

Age21 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Keane1284

Robbie Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/07/1980

Age22 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dean Kiely	76	31	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Cunningham	46	31	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jason McAteer	46	31	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Breen		28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Harte	76	24	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Kelly		28	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Carsley	87	28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Kinsella	46	30	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damien Duff	46	23	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Thomas Butler	46	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Keane	1284	22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Toni Kuivasto	46	26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Janne Hietanen	80	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aki Riihilahti	59	25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Kopteff	69	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shefki Kuqi	59	25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mika Kottila	78	27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Shay Given	76	26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Doherty	46	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Kilbane	46	25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jim Goodwin	84	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen McPhail	46	22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Barrett	8376	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matt Holland	87	28	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Colin Healy	7446	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rory Delap	46	26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jussi Jaaskelainen

Antti Niemi

OUT

Jari Ilola

Aki Riihilahti

OUT

Teemu Tainio

Tommi Grönlund

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lee Carsley

Matt Holland

OUT

Dean Kiely

Shay Given

OUT

Kenny Cunningham

Steve Staunton

OUT

Jason McAteer

Steve Finnan

OUT

Thomas Butler

Kevin Kilbane

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Antti Muurinen

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Muurinen vs Ireland

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 21, 2002

Muurinen vs McCarthy

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 21, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Mick McCarthy

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

McCarthy vs Finland

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 21, 2002

McCarthy vs Muurinen

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 21, 2002

Referee

Rune Pedersen

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Finland1 match	General total	Ireland3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Finland1 match	Season total	Ireland1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on August 21, 2002					Latest figure on October 16, 2002

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Key figures

It's the first time Robbie Keane scores 1 goal vs Finland in his professional career

Finland keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Ireland running (since 08/09/1949). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Colin Healy scores 1 goal vs Finland in his professional career

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFinland 2-1 Albania02/09/2000

DFinland 0-0 England11/10/2000

DFinland 2-2 Germany02/06/2001

VFinland 4-1 Belgium15/08/2001

VFinland 5-1 Greece05/09/2001

VFinland 2-1 Latvia22/05/2002

Overall

DAlbania 1-1 Finland07/01/2002

VFinland 3-0 North Macedonia10/01/2002

LSouth Korea 2-0 Finland20/03/2002

VPortugal 1-4 Finland27/03/2002

LNorth Macedonia 1-0 Finland17/04/2002

VFinland 2-1 Latvia22/05/2002

Current form

Away

DUnited States 1-1 Ireland06/06/2000

DNetherlands 2-2 Ireland02/09/2000

DPortugal 1-1 Ireland07/10/2000

VCyprus 0-4 Ireland24/03/2001

VEstonia 0-2 Ireland06/06/2001

LIran 1-0 Ireland14/11/2001

Overall

VIreland 2-1 United States17/04/2002

LIreland 1-2 Nigeria16/05/2002

DIreland 1-1 Cameroon01/06/2002

DGermany 1-1 Ireland05/06/2002

VSaudi Arabia 0-3 Ireland11/06/2002

DSpain 1-1 Ireland16/06/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	7	1
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	4	1
Conceding streak	4	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	4
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	0	8
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	4
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
4	Victories (Competition total)	3
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.71	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.86	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.75
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
2-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
2	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Mika Kottila	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Robbie Keane
Petri Pasanen	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Shefki Kuqi	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Shefki Kuqi	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Jari Litmanen	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Steven Reid

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

1 gf

7 ga

Total

4 matches

0 v

2 d

2 l

2 gf

8 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

7 gf

1 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

4 matches

2 v

2 d

0 l

8 gf

2 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 15, 2000
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

November 15, 2000 - Rencontres amicales 2000

Ireland

3 - 0

Finland

May 16, 1990 - Rencontres amicales 1990

Ireland

1 - 1

Finland

October 09, 1949 - Rencontres amicales 1949

Finland

1 - 1

Ireland

September 08, 1949 - Rencontres amicales 1949

Ireland

3 - 0

Finland

Best historical scorers against Ireland

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1949. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Finland

Con Martin	2 goals	1949 - 1949
Peter Farrell	1 goal	1949 - 1949
Kevin Kilbane	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Kevin Sheedy	1 goal	1990 - 1990
Steve Finnan	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Steve Staunton	1 goal	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1949. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ireland

Teemu Tainio	1 match	2000 - 2000
Jonatan Johansson	1 match	2000 - 2000
Aki Riihilahti	1 match	2000 - 2000
Shefki Kuqi	1 match	2000 - 2000
Joonas Kolkka	1 match	2000 - 2000
Janne Saarinen	1 match	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/09/1949. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Finland

Johnny Carey	2 matches	1949 - 1949
Thomas O'Connor	2 matches	1949 - 1949
Steve Staunton	2 matches	1990 - 2000
Thomas Moroney	2 matches	1949 - 1949
Con Martin	2 matches	1949 - 1949
Peter Desmond	2 matches	1949 - 1949