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Tampereen Ilves (pronounced [ˈilʋes]; Finnish for "Lynx") is a Finnish football club, based in Tampere. They currently play in the Veikkausliiga, the highest level of professional football in Finland.

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Ilves

Full name	Tampereen Ilves[1]
Nickname(s)	Ipa
Founded	1931; 91 years ago (1931)
Ground	Tampere Stadium, Tampere
Capacity	16,800
Chairman	Ari Ruuth
Manager	Toni Kallio
League	Veikkausliiga
2021	5th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

They were formed in 1975 as a merger between Ilves-Kissat Tampere and TaPa Tampere, and joined the Premier Division in 1979.[2]

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.[3]

Their home ground is Tammelan Stadion. However, in 2020–2023, they are playing at Tampere Stadium, while waiting for a new Tammelan stadion to be built.[1]

Honours

Mestaruussarja/Veikkausliiga

• Champions: 1983

Finnish Cup

• Winners: 1979, 1990, 2019

Season to season

European record

Active departments of Ilves
Floorball Football (Men's) Football (Women's) Futsal (Men's) Futsal (Women's) Ice hockey (Women's) Ringette Ice hockey (Men's)

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Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
1980–81	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Feyenoord	1–3	2–4	3–7
1984–85	European Cup	1R	Juventus	0–4	1–2	1–6
1986–87	UEFA Cup	1R	Rangers	0–4	2–0	2–4
1991–92	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Glenavon	2–3	2–1	4–4
		2R	Roma	1–1	2–5	3–6
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1QR	PFC Slavia Sofia	0–1	1–2	1–3
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Shamrock Rovers	2–2 (11–12 p)	—	—

Current squad

As of 2 September 2022.[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FIN Rasmus Leislahti 2 DF  FIN Tuomas Ollila 5 DF  FIN Kalle Katz 6 MF  FIN Doni Arifi 7 MF  FIN Emmanuel Patut 8 MF  FIN Petteri Pennanen 9 FW  BER Djair Parfitt-Williams 10 FW  SWE Adam Larsson 11 FW  CMR Ariel Ngueukam 12 GK  FIN Eetu Huuhtanen 13 MF  FIN Tuure Siira 14 MF  FIN Teemu Jäntti 15 DF  FIN Mikael Almén

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  FIN Tatu Miettunen (captain) 17 DF  CMR Tabi Manga 21 FW  FIN Badreddine Bushara 22 DF  FIN Aapo Mäenpää 23 MF  FIN Noel Hasa 25 MF  FIN Leo Kyllönen 29 FW  FIN Oiva Jukkola 30 MF  NIG Yussif Moussa 32 FW  CMR Patrick Loa Loa 42 FW  FIN Kai Meriluoto (on loan from HJK) 49 MF  GHA Eric Oteng 55 MF  NIG Najeeb Yakubu (on loan from Vorskla Poltava)

Management and boardroom

Management

As of 17 August 2021.[6][7]

Name Role Toni Kallio Head Coach Mikko Kavén Goalkeeping Coach Heli Rekimies Fitness Coach / Physiotherapist Ville Niemelä Kit Manager / Team Manager Jonne Väisänen Doctor

Boardroom

As of 31 July 2020[8]

Name Role Pentti Kuusela Chairman Tomi Erola CEO Toni Hevonkorpi Development Director / Vice CEO

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 (1975)
• Martti Halme (1976–1977)
• Pertti Mäkipää (1978–1981)
• Jussi Ristimäki (1982–1984)
• Turo Flink (1985–1986)
• Harri Holli (1987–1989)
• Jussi Ristimäki (1990)
• Ian Crawford (1991–1992)
• Matti Paatelainen (1993)
• Markku Wacklin (1993–1994)
• Esa Kuusisto (1995–1996)
• Arto Uimonen (1997)
• Ari Hjelm (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 (2021–present)

See also

• Ilves (ice hockey)

References

External links

• Official club home page

На других языках

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- [en] Ilves (football)

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[es] FC Ilves Tampere

El Tampereen Ilves, conocido como Ilves, es un equipo de fútbol de Finlandia que juega en la Veikkausliiga, la liga de fútbol más importante del país.

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[ru] Ильвес (футбольный клуб)

«И́львес» (фин. Tampereen Ilves) — финский футбольный клуб из города Тампере. Домашние матчи команда проводит на стадионе «Таммела», вмещающем 5 050 зрителей.

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