Esa Pekonen

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Finland
-		Finland	Mar 1, 1981	60	2	Esko Malm	19 years 03 months 25 days
	Finland U21
-		Finland U21	Sep 23, 1980	2	-	Jiri Pesek	18 years 10 months 19 days

Stats of Esa Pekonen

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			59	2	-	2	-	-	5.079'
	International Friendlies	38	2	-	1	-	-	3.277'
	European Qualifiers	11	-	-	1	-	-	990'
	World Cup qualification	10	-	-	-	-	-	812'

International FriendliesEuropean QualifiersWorld Cup qualification

Detailed stats

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	Matchday	Date	Venue	For		Opponent		Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		3/1/81	H				Sweden	2:1							74'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 1	5/13/81	A				Bulgaria	4:0							80'
	Group 1	5/24/81	H				Germany	0:4	Not in squad
	Group 1	6/17/81	A				Austria	5:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		7/2/81	H				Norway	3:1							81'
		7/29/81	A				Sweden	1:0	Not in squad
		8/12/81	H				Denmark	1:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 1	9/2/81	H				Albania	2:1							90'
	Group 1	9/23/81	A				Germany	7:1	CB						90'
	International Friendlies
		2/20/82	H				Sweden	2:2							90'
		2/21/82	H				Sweden	2:1							90'
		4/28/82	A				Norway	1:1				✔			90'
		6/3/82	H				England	1:4							90'
		7/11/82	H				Iceland	3:2							90'
		8/11/82	A				Denmark	3:2							90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 2	9/8/82	H				Poland	2:3							90'
	Group 2	9/22/82	H				Portugal	0:2							90'
	Group 2	10/13/82	A				USSR	2:0							90'
	International Friendlies
		3/16/83	A				East Germany	3:1							90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 2	4/17/83	A				Poland	1:1							90'
	Group 2	6/1/83	H				USSR	0:1							90'
	International Friendlies
		6/15/83	H				Norway	1:1	Not in squad
		6/22/83	A				Denmark	3:0	Not in squad
		8/24/83	H				Denmark	0:0	Not in squad
		9/7/83	H				Sweden	0:3							27'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 2	9/21/83	A				Portugal	5:0							90'
	International Friendlies
		10/26/83	A				Norway	4:2	Not in squad
		3/9/84	A				Kuwait	1:0							90'
		5/15/84	H				USSR	1:3							90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 3	5/27/84	H				N. Ireland	1:0							90'
	International Friendlies
		8/16/84	H				Mexico	0:3							90'
		9/12/84	H				Poland	0:2							90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 3	10/17/84	A				England	5:0							90'
	Group 3	10/31/84	A				Türkiye	1:2	RB						90'
	Group 3	11/14/84	A				N. Ireland	2:1							90'
	International Friendlies
		11/20/84	A				Saudi Arabia	2:1							90'
		11/22/84	A				Qatar	2:2		1					90'
		11/24/84	A				Qatar	1:1							90'
		1/23/85	A				Spain	3:1							90'
		2/8/85	A				Chile	2:0							90'
		2/14/85	A				Uruguay	2:1							90'
		2/17/85	A				Ecuador	3:1							90'
		2/26/85	A				Mexico	2:1		1					90'
		4/17/85	A				Poland	2:1							90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 3	5/22/85	H				England	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 3	6/6/85	H				Romania	1:1							12'
	Group 3	8/28/85	A				Romania	2:0	Not in squad
	Group 3	9/25/85	H				Türkiye	1:0	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		1/22/86	A				Portugal	1:1							90'
		2/21/86	A				Bahrain	0:0	Not in squad
		2/24/86	A				Bahrain	0:4	Not in squad
		2/28/86	A				Saudi Arabia	0:1	Not in squad
		4/17/86	A				Brazil	3:0							90'
		5/7/86	A				USSR	0:0							90'
		8/6/86	H				Sweden	1:3							90'
		8/20/86	H				East Germany	1:0							90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 6	9/10/86	H				Wales	1:1							90'
	Group 6	10/15/86	A				ČSR	3:0							90'
	Group 6	10/29/86	A				Denmark	1:0				✔			90'
	International Friendlies
		3/18/87	A				Poland	3:1	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group 6	4/1/87	A				Wales	4:0							90'
	Group 6	4/29/87	H				Denmark	0:1							90'
	International Friendlies
		5/28/87	H				Brazil	2:3							79'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 6	9/9/87	H				ČSR	3:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		1/12/88	A				ČSR	2:0							90'
		1/15/88	A				Sweden	0:1							90'
		2/7/88	A				Malta	2:0							90'
		2/13/88	A				Tunisia	3:0	Not in squad
		5/19/88	H				Colombia	1:3							90'
		8/4/88	H				Bulgaria	1:1	Not in squad
		8/17/88	H				USSR	0:0							90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 4	8/31/88	H				Germany	0:4	CM						90'
	Group 4	10/19/88	A				Wales	2:2	RB						90'
	International Friendlies
		11/3/88	A				Kuwait	0:0							90'
		11/6/88	A				Kuwait	0:0							90'
		1/11/89	A				Egypt	2:1							45'
		1/13/89	A				Egypt	2:1	Not in squad
		2/8/89	A				Algeria	2:0	Not in squad
		2/10/89	A				Denmark	0:0	Not in squad
		2/12/89	A				Malta	0:0	Not in squad
		3/22/89	A				East Germany	1:1							90'
Squad: 60, Starting eleven: 58, Substituted in: 1, On the bench: 1, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0,