Tampereen Ilves (; Finnish for "

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") is a Finnish

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. They currently play in the Veikkausliiga, 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 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 Tammelan Stadion is a football stadium in Tampere, Finland that is currently undergoing major renovation. It is the home ground for the Veikkausliiga club Ilves and the Kakkonen sides TPV and Tampere United. The Ilves women's team, whic ...

. However, in 2020–2023, they are playing at Tampere Stadium, while waiting for a new Tammelan stadion to be built.

Honours

Mestaruussarja/Veikkausliiga *Champions:

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Finnish Cup * Winners: 1979, 1990,

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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 in 2020 season. It is coached by Topi Priha.

Managers

Raimo Vasama Raimo is a masculine given name. People named Raimo include: *Raimo Aas (born 1953), Estonian humorist *Raimo Grönberg (born 1953), Finnish actor *Raimo Hämäläinen (born 1948), Finnish professor of Applied Mathematics and Operations Resea ...

(1975) *

Martti Halme Martti Halme (born 5 April 1943) is a Finnish footballer. He played in 12 matches for the Finland national football team The Finland national football team ( fi, Suomen jalkapallomaajoukkue, sv, Finlands fotbollslandslag) represents Finlan ...

(1976–1977) *

Pertti Mäkipää Pertti Mäkipää (4 August 1941 – 19 August 2019) was a Finnish footballer who played as a midfielder. He made 46 appearances for the Finland national team from 1962 to 1970. He played for a number of clubs in his native Finland, mostly ...

(1978–1981) * Jussi Ristimäki (1982–1984) *

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(1985–1986) *

Harri Holli Harri is a given name, and may refer to: *Guto Harri (born 1966), Welsh former BBC Chief Political Correspondent *Harri Anne Smith, American Republican member of the Alabama Senate *Harri Eloranta (born 1963), Finnish biathlete * Harri Hänninen ...

(1987–1989) * Jussi Ristimäki (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, HIF ...

(1993) *

Markku Wacklin Markku is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Markku Alén (born 1951), Finnish former rally and race car driver *Markku Aro (born 1950), Finnish singer who performed on Eurovision contest in 1971 *Markku Huhtamo (born 1946), Finn ...

(1993–1994) *

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(1995–1996) *

Arto Uimonen Arto may refer to: People In the arts * Arto Halonen (born 1964), Finnish documentary filmmaker * Arto Järvelä (born 1964), Finnish fiddler and composer * Arto Lindsay (born 1953), American musician Arthur Lindsay * Arto Noras (born 1942), Fin ...

(1997) * Ari Hjelm (1997) *

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(1998) * Janne Salovaara / Jarmo Virtanen (2001) *

Veijo Visuri Veijo is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Veijo Baltzar (born 1942), Romani author and visual artist *Veijo-Lassi Holopainen (1921–2006), Finnish field hockey player *Veijo Kaakinen (1907–1976), Finnish sports shooter *Veij ...

(2008–2009) *

Valeri Popovitch Valeri Aleksandrovich Popovitch (russian: Валерий Александрович Попович; born 18 May 1970) is a Russian former football forward. Popovitch is the all-time scoring leader of FC Haka. After his contract ended with HJK in ...

(2010–11) *

Mika Malinen Mika is a given name, a nickname and a surname. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People known just as Mika * Mika (singer) (born 1983), Lebanese-born British singer-songwriter Michael Penniman, Jr. * Mika (footb ...

(2012–2014) * Keith Armstrong (2015) *

Jarkko Wiss Jarkko Wiss (born 17 April 1972) is a Finnish football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Inter Turku. Player career As a player, he played in the position of defensive midfielder for TPV Tampere, FF Jaro, HJK and Tampere United i ...

(2016–2021) * Toni Kallio (2021–present)

References

External links

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