FC Ilves

FC Ilves

Full name	Tampereen Ilves
Nickname(s)	Ipa
Founded	1931
Ground	Tammela Stadium, Tampere
Capacity	5,060
Chairman	Ari Ruuth
Manager	Jarkko Wiss
League	Veikkausliiga
2017	Veikkausliiga, 3rd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Active departments of Ilves
Football	Futsal	Ice hockey

Tammela Stadium

Ilves Tampere is a Finnish football club, based in Tampere. In the 2018 season they play in the Veikkausliiga, the highest level in Finland.^[1] They play most of their domestic league games at the Tammela Stadium, with European matches and some domestic games played at the Ratina Stadium.

In 1974 Ilves-Kissat Tampere and TaPa Tampere merged with Ilves, and the club took Ilves-Kissat's place in the Mestaruussarja. Ilves won the Finnish league championship in 1983 and the Finnish Cup in 1979 and 1990.

In the late 1990's, 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 continued to play in lower divisions, although they did not have a men's team from 1999 to 2007.^[2]

At a Kakkonen match between Ilves and local rivals TPV in 2011.

Ilves has since recovered and was promoted to Ykkönen for the 2013 season. Two years later, they got promoted to the highest league after MyPa lost their place.

Achievements

• Finnish champion (1): 1983
• Finnish Cup winner (2): 1979, 1990

Season to season

European record

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

Current squad

As of 24 August 2018.^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Mika Hilander 2 MF Alim Moundi 3 DF Diogo Tomas 4 DF Felipe Aspegren 5 DF Jani Tanska 6 DF Matias Ojala 7 MF Eero Hyökyvirta 8 MF Iiro Järvinen 9 FW Ilari Mettälä 10 MF Lauri Ala-Myllymäki 11 MF Jusif Ali 12 GK Johannes Luukkanen 13 DF Baba Mensah 14 MF Tuure Siira

No. Position Player 15 DF Mikael Almén 16 DF Tatu Miettunen 17 FW Mauro Severino 19 DF Tuomas Rannankari 20 MF Eero Tamminen 21 FW Niklas Jokelainen 22 DF Tariq Kazi 23 MF Naatan Skyttä 24 DF Roope Huhtala 25 MF Issa Thiaw 26 FW Tiemoko Fofana 27 DF Martti Haukioja 29 MF Santeri Haarala

Management and boardroom

Management

As of 20 June 2018.^[4]

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

Boardroom

As of 12 April 2017^[5]

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

Managers

• Matti Paatelainen (1993)
• Valeri Popovitch (2010–11)
• Mika Malinen (2012–2014)
• Keith Armstrong (2015)
• Jarkko Wiss (2016–)

References

External links

• Official club home page