Tampereen Ilves (;

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") is a

football club A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all- ...

, based in

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...

. They currently play in the

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga (; sv, Tipsligan) is the premier division of Finnish football, the highest tier of the Finnish football league structure, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkau ...

, the highest level of professional football in Finland. They were formed in 1975 as a merger between Ilves-Kissat Tampere and TaPa Tampere, and joined the Premier Division in 1979. Ilves won the Finnish League championship in 1983 and the Finnish Cup on three occasions in 1979, 1990, and 2019. In the late 1990s, Ilves suffered financial trouble and its professional team was reformed into

Tampere United Tampere United is a Finnish football club from the city of Tampere. The club plays in Kakkonen, the third highest level of football in Finland. The club had a team in Veikkausliiga, the premier football league in Finland, until the end of the ...

before the 1999 season. The initial plan was to join Ilves with TPV, but TPV decided to continue as its own team. As a result, Tampere United inherited Ilves' place in the second highest division, and Ilves dissolved their men’s team. Thus the club did not have a men's team from 1999 to 2007. Their home ground is Tammelan Stadion. However, in 2020–2023, they are playing at

Tampere Stadium Tampere Stadium ( fi, Tampereen stadion), also known as Ratina Stadium ( fi, Ratinan stadion), designed by architect Timo Penttilä and completed in 1965, is a multi-purpose stadium in Tampere, Finland, with a seating capacity of 16,800 people ...

, while waiting for a new Tammelan stadion to be built.

Honours

Mestaruussarja/Veikkausliiga *Champions: 1983

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* Winners: 1979, 1990, 2019

Season to season

European record

Current squad

''As of 2 September 2022.''

Management and boardroom

Management

''As of 17 August 2021.''

Boardroom

''As of 31 July 2020''

Ilves/2

Ilves/2 is the reserve team of Ilves. The team plays in

Kakkonen Kakkonen or II divisioona is the third level in the Finnish football league system, league system of Finnish football and comprises 36 Finland, Finnish football (soccer), football teams. The II divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mid-1 ...

in 2020 season. It is coached by Topi Priha.

Managers

* Raimo Vasama (1975) * Martti Halme (1976–1977) * Pertti Mäkipää (1978–1981) *

Jussi Ristimäki Jussi () is a male given name. In Finnish originally it is short for Juhani or Juho, Finnish for Johannes/John, but is also recognized as a name in its own right for official purposes. It can also be short for Justus, or a Finnish form of Justin. ...

(1982–1984) * Turo Flink (1985–1986) * Harri Holli (1987–1989) *

(1990) * Ian Crawford (1991–1992) *

Matti Paatelainen Matti Paatelainen (born 17 June 1944) is a Finnish former international footballer who played as a striker. Career Paatelainen earned 47 caps for Finland, scoring eleven goals, between 1970 and 1977. He played club football at Urho, HPS, HIFK ...

(1993) * Markku Wacklin (1993–1994) * Esa Kuusisto (1995–1996) * Arto Uimonen (1997) *

Ari Hjelm Ari-Juhani Hjelm (born 24 February 1962) is a Finnish football coach and former player. He was the head coach of home-town club Tampere United in Finland's Veikkausliiga. A forward, Hjelm played in the Bundesliga for Stuttgarter Kickers in th ...

(1997) * Kari Nikkilä (1998) * Janne Salovaara / Jarmo Virtanen (2001) * Veijo Visuri (2008–2009) * Valeri Popovitch (2010–11) * Mika Malinen (2012–2014) * Keith Armstrong (2015) * Jarkko Wiss (2016–2021) *

Toni Kallio Toni Kari Mikael Kallio (born 9 August 1978) is a Finnish association football, football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Ilves (football), Ilves in Veikkausliiga. His preferred position as a player was left back, but he also oper ...

(2021–present)

References

External links

Official club home page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ilves, FC Football clubs in Finland Sport in Tampere 1931 establishments in Finland