Faroe Islands are one of the weakest teams to participate in Europe having never come close to qualifying for a major competition. Faroe Islands have only won three competitive matches, the first against Austria in their first ever competitive match, the others against San Marino.

Faroe Islands played in Group 4 in the 2006 World Cup qualifying. From their 10 games they only managed to earn one point. This came from a 2 - 2 away draw against Cyprus. Their heaviest defeat was against Switzerland in a game they lost 6 - 0.