Ikurin Vire

Vire

Full name	Ikurin Vire
Nickname(s)	Blues
Founded	1957
Ground	Ikurin Virelä, Tampere, Finland
Capacity	48
Chairman	Jussi Lehtinen
Manager	Petri Lamminpohja
League	Kutonen
Home colours Away colours

Ikurin Vire (abbreviated Vire) is a football club from Tampere, Finland that was established in 1957. Vire currently plays in the Kutonen with its home venue at the Ikurin Virelä.

Divisional Movements

Seventh Level (3 seasons): 2011, 2012, 2013

Season to Season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements The Finnish Cup Regions Cup 2011 Tier 7 Kutonen (Seventh Division) Group 3 Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 3rd 2nd round 2012 Tier 7 Kutonen (Seventh Division) Group 4 Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 3rd 3rd round 2nd round 2013 Tier 7 Kutonen (Seventh Division) Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 1st round 3 season in Kutonen

2011 season

Vire are competing in the Kutonen administered by the Tampere SPL. This is the seventh highest tier in the Finnish football system.

Current squad

Goalkeepers: 1. Lähteenmäki Matti 33. Vaarankorpi Ville 96. Kanervisto Mikko Defenders: 2. Jousmäki Jarno 6. Kataja Ossi 11. Ilonen Mikko 10. Niemenmaa Ville 6. Virta Teemu 44. Ermala Mikael

Midfielders: 3. Pitkänen Mikko 7. Näppilä Jussi 8. Nygren Matti 18. Koivunen Aleksi 14. Helenius Sami 19. Happonen Markus 20. Svärd Rami 78. Salminen Samuli

Forwards: 9. Järvinen Jukka 17. Räikkönen Antti 4. Mesiranta Ville

Boardroom

Role	Name
Chairman	Jussi Lehtinen
Chief Executive	Antti Moilanen
Financial Advisor to the CEO	Petri Saarinen
Foreign Marketing Supervisor	Arno Noteboom
Football Operations Administrative Assistant/Senior Advisor	Risto Lehtinen
Executive Director/Senior Advisor	Kari Kanervisto
Honorary Chairman	Pauli Mustajärvi

Field Staff

Role	Name
Manager	Petri Lamminpohja
Equipment Manager	Kimmo Heinonen

References and sources

• Official Ikurin Vire website
• Official Ikurin Vire Football Section website
• The Finnish Cup
• The Finnish Regions'Cup