FC Hämeenlinna is a Finnish

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club, based in

Hämeenlinna Hämeenlinna (; ; ; or ''Croneburgum'') is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Kanta-Häme. It is located in the southern interior of the country and on the shores of Vanajavesi, Lake Vanajavesi. The population of Hämeenlinna is appr ...

. The club's

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is Tomi Uusitorppa, and it plays its home matches at Kauriala. The team was formed in 1991.

Club's history

Initial years

FC Hämeenlinna was founded in autumn 1991, when the town's two football teams HPK and Pallo-Kärpät decided to merge. In the spring of 1992, K-Team took the place of HPK in the

Kolmonen Kolmonen or III divisioona is the fifth level in the Finnish football league system, league system of Finnish football and comprises 108 Finland, Finnish football (soccer), football teams. The III divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mi ...

. The team were coached by Seppo Pyykkö and Teuvo Palkki. FC Hämeenlinna in the autumn of 1993 gained promotion to the

Kakkonen Kakkonen or II divisioona is the fourth level in the league system of Finnish football and comprises 36 Finnish football teams. Until the end of 2023, ''Kakkonen'' was the third-highest level in Finland, but after the creation of new second-t ...

, where their stay was short-lived, as they gained promotion this time to the

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' (Finnish language, Finnish for 'Number One'; , previously I divisioona) is the third highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga and Ykkösliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. Until ...

. The club played at this level until 1998, when they were relegated back to the

. The first team won the Ykkönen Cup in the summer of 1996. In the autumn of 1998, the club launched a project with the objective of achieving to top-level football for Hämeenlinna. Jari-Pekka Keurulainen was hired as coach, and one of his signings was

Ismo Lius Ismo Lius (born 30 November 1965) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a forward. During his club career, Lius played for Kuusysi Lahti, Örgryte IS, HJK Helsinki, RoPS and FC Hämeenlinna. Lius led the league in go ...

. The following season Lius took on additional training responsibilities, and he coached the team during the 2000 season. Then

Hannu Touru Hannu Touru (born 1952) is a Finnish football manager. In 1991, Touru was elected as the manager of the year by the Finnish Football Association. He still remains the highest achieving manager in the history of FF Jaro Fotbollsföreningen J ...

was hired as coach, and season 2001 ended with celebrations, with the team winning the play-off against in Jaro (from Pietarsaari) by 4–2 on aggregate. Hämeenlinna played in the top-tier

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ...

during 2002–2004. After the 2012 season, they were relegated to third-tier

, and two years later to fourth-tier

. Due to severe financial problems, the club declined the league spot, were not granted the league license and were forced to be demoted to the seventh-tier Kutonen for the 2015 season.Linna joka romahti
jalkapallolehti.fi, 3 March 2015

Current squad

Coaches

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fc Hameenlinna Hameenlinna Hameenlinna Sport in Hämeenlinna 1991 establishments in Finland