FC Inter Turku

FC Inter was founded in 1990 by Stefan Håkans, the managing director of the towage and salvage company Alfons Håkans, allegedly after his 11-year-old son could not fit into any of the other youth teams in Turku. The club started out as a youth team, but in 1992 a senior squad was founded and it entered the Finnish league system at the fourth level (Third Division). The following year, the club assumed the place of the financially troubled local club Turun Toverit in the Second Division. Manager Timo Sinkkonen invested in new players, and eventually the club finished first and was promoted to the First Division (Ykkönen).

In 1995, Inter finished first in the Ykkönen and was promoted, as well as reaching the semi-final stage in the Finnish Cup. The squad was strengthened with new players, and in 1996, as both of Turku's better teams were now playing in the Veikkausliiga, the club's attendance records were broken with 8,200 spectators in the local derby between TPS and Inter.

In 1997, the club were relegated after finishing last in the Veikkausliiga, but achieved promotion again the following season. New foreign players were bought to strengthen the squad, such as Richard Teberio and Fernando della Sala. Since then the club has consistently finished between 7th and 4th in the league, and maintained a steady inflow of foreign players as well as young starlets from its own youth academy.

During the 2006 season Inter sacked their manager Kari Virtanen and hired new coach, Dutchman Rene van Eck. After the season van Eck returned to Switzerland to coach FC Wohlen, and another Dutchman Job Dragtsma took over.

In 2008 Inter led the league since early season and clinched their first Finnish championship title after winning against FF Jaro in their final game.

As of 26 February 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Jesper Engström 3 DF Juuso Hämäläinen 4 DF Rick Ketting 5 DF Noah Nurmi (on loan from Esbjerg) 6 MF Anthony Annan 8 MF Álvaro Muñiz 9 FW Liliu 11 MF Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan (on loan from HJK) 12 GK Henrik Moisander 13 GK Aati Marttinen

No. Position Player 14 MF Elias Mastokangas 15 FW Timo Furuholm (captain) 16 FW Taiki Kagayama 18 MF Rodney Klooster 19 MF Aleksi Paananen 21 MF Matias Ojala 22 DF Arttu Hoskonen 25 DF Martti Haukioja 27 MF Jan Heinonen 28 MF Roope Kantola

Out on loan

As of 10 February 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 9 FW Benjamin Källman (at Haugesund until end of season)

As of 20 February 2020.

Name	Role
José Riveiro	Manager
Sergio Almenara	Coach
Michel Bellver	Fitness Coach
Jani Meriläinen	First Team Administrator, Goalkeeping Coach
Erol Ates	Talent Coach
David Moore	Kit Manager
Ville Peltonen	Physiotherapist

• Veikkausliiga

Winners: 2008

Runners-up: 2019

• Finnish Cup

Winners (2): 2009, 2017–18

• Finnish League Cup

Winners: 2008

• Most goals scored: Tero Forss (74 goals, 1993–01)
• Most matches played: Petri Lehtonen (227 matches, 1993–03)

• Anders Romberg (1992)
• Timo Sinkkonen (1993 – 1994)
• Hannu Paatelo (1995 – 1997)
• Tomi Jalo (1997 – 1998)
• Steven Polack (1998)
• Timo Askolin (1999 – 2000)
• Pertti Lundell (January 1, 2001 – December 31, 2002)
• Kari Virtanen (January 1, 2003 – September 16, 2006)
• René van Eck (September 16, 2006 – November 16, 2006)
• Job Dragtsma (January 1, 2007 – May 26, 2016)
• Jami Wallenius (May 26, 2016 – August 3, 2016)
• Shefki Kuqi (August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2016)
• Fabrizio Piccareta (August 3, 2016 – June 10, 2018)

• FCInter.fi – The club's official site.
• Ultraboyz – A supporters' club in Finnish.