Tampereen-Viipurin Ilves-Kissat

Ilves-Kissat
Full name Tampereen-Viipurin Ilves-Kissat
Founded 1934, Viipuri
Ground Ratina Stadium, Tammela Stadion and others., Tampere
League Kolmonen
Locations of Viipuri and Tampere within the 1920–1940 borders

Tampereen-Viipurin llves-Kissat is a Finnish football club from Tampere. As of 2017 are playing in the Kolmonen league.[1]

They play their home matches in the Tammelan Stadion, which was opened in 1931.[2]

The name of the club was changed to Viipurin Ilves (‘Lynx of Viipuri’) in 1934, and as a result of the Winter War, the club was relocated in Tampere in 1940. However, there already was a club called Ilves in Tampere, so club reverted to the name Ilves-Kissat in December 1944.[3]

IKissat Tampere were promoted to the Mestaruussarja, the top flight of Finnish football, for the 1949 season, and we're champions in 1950. They were relegated in 1951.[4]

Ilves-Kissat playing at home in the Ratina Stadion against Salon Palloilijat in 2011 Kakkonen in August 2011.

In 1974 Ilves-Kissat and Tampellan Palloilijat merged with Ilves Tampere, which now became fully involved in football. Ilves-Kissat discontinued its activities in the sport, but on lower tiers of Finnish football it is, in a way, represented by its sister club, Kissalan Pojat (namesake of the Katzenjammer Kids).[3]

In the autumn of 2004, with the club’s football team in 6th Division the management of the club decided to make a push for higher tiers, and in the autumn of 2010 the club achieved promotion to Kakkonen, i.e. 3rd tier. For the 2011 season, Ilves-Kissat entered an arrangement whereby they became the farm team for FC Haka of Valkeakoski, but the season ended with relegation to 3rd Division.[5]

Further reading

  • Matti Wacklin: Sydämenasiana Ilves. Tampere: Ilves ry, 2006. ISBN 952-92-0783-2

References

  1. ↑ "Tampereen-Viipurin Ilves-Kissat". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Tammelan Stadion". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 History of Tampereen-Viipurin Ilves-Kissat. Archived 2012-01-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Heikki Pietarinen (8 December 2016). "Finland - List of League First Level Tables". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Farm team deal between Haka and Ilves-Kissat.
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