FC Inter Turku

This article is about the football club from Turku, Finland. For the Milan football club, see Internazionale.
FC Inter Turku
Full name Football Club International Turku
Nickname(s) Sinimustat ('Black and Blues')
Founded 1990 (1990)
Ground Veritas Stadion
Kupittaa, Turku
Ground Capacity 9,372
Chairman Stefan Håkans
Manager Job Dragtsma
League Veikkausliiga
2015 4th

Football Club International Turku (commonly known as Inter Turku) is a football club based in Turku, Finland. It was founded in 1990, and has played in the Veikkausliiga, the highest level of Finnish football since 1996. TPS Turku are considered main rivals for Inter.

FC Inter operates 12 youth teams and a youth academy in association with the city of Turku.

History

FC Inter was founded in 1990 by Stefan Håkans, the managing director of the towage and salvage company Alfons Håkans, allegedly after his 11-year-old son couldn't fit into any of the other youth teams in Turku. The club started out as a youth team, but in 1992 a senior squad was founded and it entered the Finnish league system at the fourth level (Third Division). The following year, the club assumed the place of the financially troubled local club Turun Toverit in the Second Division. Manager Timo Sinkkonen invested in new players, and eventually the club finished first and was promoted to the First Division (Ykkönen).

In 1995, Inter finished first in the Ykkönen and was promoted, as well as reaching the semi-final stage in the Finnish Cup. The squad was strengthened with new players, and in 1996, as both of Turku's better teams were now playing in the Veikkausliiga, the club's attendance records were broken with 8,200 spectators in the local derby between TPS and Inter.

In 1997, the club were relegated after finishing last in the Veikkausliiga, but achieved promotion again the following season. New foreign players were bought to strengthen the squad, such as Richard Teberio and Fernando della Sala. Since then the club has consistently finished between 7th and 4th in the league, and maintained a steady inflow of foreign players as well as young starlets from its own youth academy.

During the 2006 season Inter sacked their manager Kari Virtanen and hired new coach, Dutch Rene van Eck. After the season van Eck returned to Switzerland to coach FC Wohlen, and another Dutchman Job Dragtsma took over.

In 2008 Inter led the league since early season and clinched their first Finnish championship title after winning against FF Jaro in their final game.

European cup history

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Iceland ÍA 0–0 4–0 4–0
2R Croatia NK Varteks 2–2 3–4 5–6
2009–10 UEFA Champions League 2Q Moldova Sheriff 0–1 0–1 0–2
2010–11 UEFA Europa League 3Q Belgium Genk 1–5 2–3 3–8
2012–13 UEFA Europa League 2Q Netherlands Twente 0–5 1–1 1–6
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 1Q Faroe Islands Víkingur Gøta 0–1 1–1 1–2

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
1992 Tier 4 III divisioona (Third Division) SPL Turku 5th
1993 Tier 3 II divisioona (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd Promoted
1994 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd
1995 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promoted
1996 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th Upper Group 6th
1997 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th Third Round 10th – Relegated
1998 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd Upper Group 3rd – Promoted
1999 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd Upper Group 5th
2000 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th
2001 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th
2002 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th
2003 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th
2004 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th
2005 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th
2006 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 10th
2007 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9th
2008 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Champions
2009 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th
2010 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th
2011 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd
2012 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd
2013 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9th
2014 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 10th
2015 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th

Current squad

As of 4 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 Finland GK Henrik Moisander
2 Republic of Macedonia DF Egzon Belica
3 Mali DF Adama Tamboura
5 Senegal DF Pape Habib Sow
7 Finland MF Ari Nyman
8 Finland FW Sebastian Mannström
9 Finland FW Benjamin Källman
10 France FW Guy Gnabouyou
11 Finland FW Alban Ferati
12 Finland GK Jukka Lehtovaara
No. Position Player
14 Finland DF Joni Aho
16 Finland MF Kalle Kauppi
21 Finland MF Solomon Duah
23 Cyprus MF Marios Nicolaou
24 Finland DF Juho Salminen
25 Nigeria FW Philip Njoku
27 Nigeria FW Kennedy Nwanganga
28 Finland MF Oskari Qvick
29 Finland FW Henri Lehtonen (Captain)
30 Nigeria DF Faith Friday Obilor

Available youth players

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

No. Position Player
13 Finland GK Aati Marttinen
15 Finland MF Tuomas Happonen
17 Finland MF Mikke Louhela
20 Finland FW Markus Blomqvist
No. Position Player
22 Finland DF Arttu Hoskonen
26 Finland DF Juho Nurmi
33 Finland GK Elias Tuomarila
Finland FW Elias Untamala

Honours

Winners (1): 2008
Winners (1): 2009
Winners (1): 2008

Past managers

External links

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