Ilves (football)

Tampereen Ilves ([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.

FC Ilves
Full nameTampereen Ilves
Nickname(s)Ipa
Founded1931
GroundTammelan Stadion, Tampere
Capacity5,060
ChairmanAri Ruuth
ManagerJarkko Wiss
LeagueVeikkausliiga
2020Veikkausliiga, 5th
WebsiteClub website

They were formed in 1975 as a merger between Ilves-Kissat Tampere and TaPa Tampere, and joined the Premier Division in 1979.[1]

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.[2]

Their home ground is Tammelan Stadion.[3]

Honours

Mestaruussarja/Veikkausliiga

Finnish Cup

  • Champions: 1979, 1990, 2019

Season to season

Season to Season
Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
1932-38 Tampere District Leagues
1939-42 No men's team.
1945-46 Tier 3 SPL Maakuntasarja (Third Division) Group Häme Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd
1946-47 Tier 3 SPL Maakuntasarja (Third Division) Group Tampere Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd
1948-74 Tampere District Leagues
1975 Tier 2 I Divisioona (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd Received league position from Ilves-Kissat
1976 Tier 2 I Divisioona (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th
1977 Tier 2 I Divisioona (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th
1978 Tier 2 I Divisioona (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promoted
1979 Tier 1 Mestaruussarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 10th Relegation Group 1st
1980 Tier 1 SM-Sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th Championship Group 6th
1981 Tier 1 SM-Sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th Championship Group 5th
1982 Tier 1 SM-Sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th Championship Group 7th
1983 Tier 1 SM-Sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd Championship Group 1st - Champions
1984 Tier 1 SM-Sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th Championship Playoffs 3rd
1985 Tier 1 SM-Sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th Championship Playoffs 2nd
1986 Tier 1 SM-Sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th
1987 Tier 1 SM-Sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th
1988 Tier 1 SM-Sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th Relegation Group 3rd
1989 Tier 1 SM-Sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th Championship Group 6th
1990 Tier 1 Futisliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9th
1991 Tier 1 Futisliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th
1992 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th
1993 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 12th Relegation Group 6th
1994 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 12th
1995 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th
1996 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 10th Relegation Group 4th - Relegated
1997 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th Relegation Group North 2nd
1998 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd Relegation Group 5th, Promotion Playoff. First team continued as TamU
1999-2007 No men's team.
2008 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th Received league spot from KooVee
2009 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd
2010 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promotion Group 3rd
2011 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd Promotion Playoff
2012 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group West Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promotion Playoff - Promoted
2013 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th
2014 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd Promoted
2015 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th
2016 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th
2017 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd
2018 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th
2019 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th
2020 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th

[4]

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)

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) N/A N/A

Current squad

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

As of 28 January 2021.[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
4 DF  FIN Felipe Aspegren
5 DF  FIN Kalle Katz
6 MF  FIN Doni Arifi
7 MF  FIN Joona Veteli
8 MF  FIN Teemu Jäntti
9 FW  FIN Ilari Mettälä
10 MF  FIN Maximo Tolonen
11 FW  FIN Momodou Sarr
12 GK  FIN Eetu Huuhtanen
13 DF  GHA Baba Mensah
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  FIN Tuure Siira
15 DF  FIN Mikael Almén
16 DF  FIN Tatu Miettunen
17 DF  FIN Juho Pietola
18 FW  FIN Eemeli Raittinen
19 FW  FIN Eetu Mömmö
20 DF  FIN Miska Rautiola
23 MF  FIN Naatan Skyttä
25 MF  SEN Emile Paul Tendeng
27 FW  FIN Maksim Stjopin
28 DF  FIN Tuure Mäntynen
32 FW  FIN Eetu Vertainen

On loan

As of 23 September 2020.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
26 FW  CIV Tiemoko Fofana (at Sabah)[6]
32 GK  FIN Matias Riikonen (at F.C. Copenhagen)

Management and boardroom

Management

As of 31 July 2020.[7]

Name Role
Jarkko Wiss Head Coach
Toni Kallio 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.

As of 15 September 2020[9]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  FIN Lauri Rasinen
3 DF  FIN Eemil Pasanen
4 FW  FIN Oiva Jukkola
5 MF  FIN Artturi Ruuth
6 FW  FIN Mikke Silvennoinen
7 FW  FIN Teemu Hytönen
8 MF  FIN Rasmus Lehtonen
9 FW  FIN Santeri Kallio
10 DF  FIN Miska Rautiola
11 MF  FIN Akseli Järvinen
14 MF  FIN Julius Järvinen
15 MF  FIN Aleksi Toivonen
16 MF  FIN Leo Kyllönen
17 MF  FIN Taha Özcelik
18 DF  FIN Pedro Solano
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  FIN Juuso Yli-Rajala
20 MF  FIN Luca Berg
21 MF  FIN Jesse Vuori
22 MF  FIN Akseli Keso
23 DF  FIN Samuel Dahan
24 DF  FIN Eelis Tallberg
24 MF  FIN Elias Maijala
25 FW  FIN Tomas Varhi
26 DF  FIN Santeri Pitkäkoski
28 MF  FIN Niko Mertala
29 DF  FIN Oliver Vaahto
30 DF  FIN Eemeli Rantaneva
32 GK  FIN Niko Lampinen
64 GK  FIN Aku Kavén

Managers

References

  1. Heikki Pietarinen (13 December 2018). "Finland - List of League First Level Tables". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  2. "Seura". ilvesedustus.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  3. "Tampereen Ilves". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. http://www.finlandfootball.net/
  5. Ilveksen joukkue 2021
  6. Tiemoko Fofana siirtyy lainalle FK Sabahiin
  7. Ilveksen joukkue 2020
  8. "Yhteystiedot" (in Finnish). Ilves. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  9. "Ilves/2 sopimuspelaajat". Ilves. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
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