FC Ilves

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FC Ilves
Full name Tampereen Ilves
Nickname(s) Ipa
Founded 1931
Ground Tammela Stadion, Tampere
Ground Capacity 5,040
Chairman Ari Ruuth
Manager Mika Malinen
League Ykkönen
2013 Ykkönen, 4th
Home colours
Away colours

FC Ilves is a Finnish football club, based in Tampere. The first team of the club currently plays in the Ykkönen, the second highest level of football in Finland.

Ilves won the Finnish league championship in 1983 and the Finnish Cup in 1979 and 1990. In the late-1990s, they suffered financial trouble and did not have a men's team from 1999 to 2000. They have since recovered and were promoted to Ykkönen for the 2013 season.

Achievements

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

European record

Year Competition Opponent Result
1970 UEFA Cup Austria Sturm Graz 4-2, 0-3
1980 European Cup Winners' Cup Netherlands Feyenoord 1–3, 2–4
1984 European Cup Italy Juventus 0-4, 1-2
1986 UEFA Cup Scotland Glasgow Rangers 0–4, 2–0
1991 European Cup Winners' Cup Northern Ireland Glenavon 2–3, 2–1
1991 European Cup Winners' Cup Italy AS Roma 1–1, 2-5

Current squad

Updated 15 January 2014. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Finland GK Gustav Långbacka
2 Finland DF Antti Hynynen
3 Finland DF Heikki Aho
5 Finland DF Antti Ojanperä
7 Finland MF Arto Lindberg
8 Finland DF Olli Vakkala
9 Finland FW Jonne Hjelm
10 Finland FW Matti Jokinen
11 Finland MF Kaarlo Rantanen
13 Finland DF Ville Salonen
15 Finland MF Lauri Ala-Myllymäki
No. Position Player
17 Finland MF Ibrahim Köse
18 Finland MF Valtteri Uimonen
19 Finland MF Jaakko Juuti
20 Republic of Kosovo FW Berat Grabovci
22 Finland MF Gullit Zolameso
25 Finland MF Aapo Lappalainen
27 Finland DF Jaakko Rantanen
32 Finland GK Antti Kuusinen
34 Finland FW Henri Malundama
40 Finland MF Tomi Petrescu
TBA Finland GK Mika Hilander

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