Tampere United

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Tampere United

Full name

Tampere United

Founded

1998

Ground

Ratinan Stadion,
Tampere

Capacity

17,000

Chairman

Jari Viita

Manager

Ari Hjelm

League

Veikkausliiga

2006

Veikkausliiga, 1st





Home colours





Away colours

Tampere United is a Finnish football club, playing in the city of Tampere.

The club was formed in July 1998. The initial plan was to join two local football clubs FC Ilves and TPV but at the end of the day TPV continued as its own team, FC Ilves continued to play in lower divisions and Tampere United inherited its place in the top division.

In their first season, 1999 they won promotion, rising to league 15 months after forming of club. During season 2000 they reached sixth place in the league. On their third season 2001 they won the Finnish championship. In 2002, they finished in fifth place, and in 2003, third place. In 2006, Tampere United won the Finnish Championship for the 2nd time.

The current head coach of the club is Ari Hjelm.

1 Current squad
- 1.1 Starting line-up and formation
2 Notable players
3 External link

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mikko Kavén (captain)
3	DF	Mathias Lindström
4	DF	Vasile Marchis
5	DF	Antti Ojanperä
6	DF	Jussi Kuoppala
7	MF	Jussi Kujala
8	ST	Mika Lahtinen
9	MF	Antti Hynynen
10	ST	Ville Lehtinen
11	MF	Jussi-Pekka Savolainen
12	GK	Mika Hilander
13	DF	Sakari Saarinen
14	MF	Jarkko Wiss

No.	Position	Player
15	DF	Petri Heinänen
16	MF	Kari Sainio
17	ST	Miki Sipiläinen
18	ST	Risto Ojanen
19	DF	Heikki Aho
20	MF	Juska Savolainen
21	ST	Jonne Hjelm
22	MF	Erik Westerholm
23	DF	Mikko-Ville Hyyhönen (on-loan to pp-70)
24	MF	Aristides Pertot
29	ST	Jari Niemi
--	GK	Teuvo Moilanen

[edit] Starting line-up and formation

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4-2-3-1 formation

M. Kaven
# 1

H. Aho
# 19

M. Lindström
# 3

J. Kuoppala
# 6

A. Ojanperä
# 5

A. Pertot
# 24

J. Wiss
# 14

J. Niemi
# 29

J. Kujala
# 7

J. Savolainen
# 20

V. Lehtinen
# 10

[edit] Notable players

Mikko Kavén
Jari Niemi
Antti Pohja (Playing for HJK over season 2006)
Jarkko Wiss
Henri Scheweleff
Ville Lehtinen
Noah Hickey

[edit] External link

(Finnish) Official website

	The Finnish Veikkausliiga clubs in 2007 v • d • e
	Veikkausliiga 2006 Champion: Tampere United FC Haka \| FC Honka \| HJK \| IFK Mariehamn \| FC Inter \| FF Jaro \| FC KooTeePee \| FC Lahti \| MyPa \| AC Oulu \| Tampere United \| Turun Palloseura \| VPS \| FC Viikingit