FC Ilves

FC Ilves

Full name	Tampereen Ilves
Nickname(s)	Ipa
Founded	1931
Ground	Tammela Stadion, Tampere
Capacity	5,040
Chairman	Ari Ruuth
Manager	Jarkko Wiss
League	Veikkausliiga
2015	Veikkausliiga, 8th
Home colours Away colours

Tammela Stadion

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

In 1974 Ilves-Kissat Tampere and TaPa Tampere merged with Ilves, and the club took Ilves-Kissat's place in the Mestaruussarja. Ilves won the Finnish league championship in 1983 and the Finnish Cup in 1979 and 1990.

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 continued to play in lower divisions, although they did not have a men's team from 1999 to 2000.

Ilves has since recovered and was promoted to Ykkönen for the 2013 season. Two years later, they got promoted to the highest league after MyPa lost their place.

Achievements

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

European record

Year	Competition	Opponent	Result
1980	European Cup Winners' Cup	Feyenoord	1–3, 2–4
1984	European Cup	Juventus	0–4, 1–2
1986	UEFA Cup	Rangers	2–0, 0–4
1991	European Cup Winners' Cup	Glenavon	2–1, 2–3
1991	European Cup Winners' Cup	Roma	1–1, 2–5

Current squad

As of 14 April 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Mika Hilander 2 DF Antti Hynynen 3 DF Heikki Aho 4 DF Felipe Aspegren 5 DF Pavle Milosavljević 6 DF Samu Nieminen 7 MF Marco Matrone 8 MF Eero Korte 9 FW Jonne Hjelm 10 MF Tomi Petrescu 11 FW Mikael Soisalo 12 GK Otto Huuhtanen

No. Position Player 14 MF Tuure Siira 15 MF Lauri Ala-Myllymäki 16 DF Tatu Miettunen 19 MF Jaakko Juuti 20 MF Reuben Ayarna 22 MF Emile Tendeng 23 FW Mika Lahtinen 25 DF Antti Koskinen 26 FW Antto Hilska 27 DF Martti Haukioja 32 GK Antti Kuusinen

Out on loan

As of 14 April 2016

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

No. Position Player 18 DF Diogo Tomas (at MP)

Management

As of 12 April 2016.^[1][2]

Name Role Jarkko Wiss Head Coach Toni Kallio Coach Mikko Kavén Goalkeeping Coach Heli Rekimies Fitness Coach Ville Niemelä Kit Manager Ville Korpela Kit Manager Sami Mäenpää Team Manager Jonne Väisänen Team Manager

Managers

• Matti Paatelainen (1993)
• Valeri Popovitch (2010–12)
• Keith Armstrong (2014–15)
• Jarkko Wiss (2016–)

References

1. Ilveksen valmennusryhmä kasassa (Finnish)
2. Ilveksen joukkue 2016

External links

• Official club home page