Tampereen Tappara is a Finnish professional ice hockey team playing in the SM-liiga. They play at Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland. The team has won 19 Finnish league championships, which makes them the most successful club in Finland. The team continued the traditions of the Tammerfors Bollklub.
Keith Thomas Armstrong is an English former football player and coach who played in the Football League for Sunderland, Newport County and Scunthorpe United, and in Finland for a number of clubs, where he also coached.
Toni Kari Mikael Kallio is a Finnish football coach and a former player. His preferred position as a player was left back, but he also operated as centre back and used to play as forward when he joined HJK. His nickname is "Bonecrusher", coming from his great physical presence and playing style.
Tampereen Ilves, commonly referred to as Ilves, is a Finnish football club based in Tampere. They currently play in the Veikkausliiga, the highest level of professional football in Finland.
Linda Leppänen née Välimäki is a Finnish retired ice hockey forward and coach. Representing Finland, she won bronze medals at the Winter Olympic Games in 2010 and 2018 and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2015 and 2017, and a silver medal at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship. In total, she played 167 matches with the Finnish national team. Leppänen announced her retirement from top athletic competition several months after achieving her career highlight world championship silver medal.
Lauri Elias Ala-Myllymäki is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ilves. He began his senior club career playing for Ilves, before signing with Venezia in 2021.
Mikael Soisalo is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right-winger for Hungarian club Puskás Akadémia. He has also represented the Finland national under-21 football team. Soisalo was born in Helsinki, Finland. He began his senior club career on league level playing for Ilves, before signing with Zulte Waregem at age 20 in 2018.
The 2019 Veikkausliiga was the 89th season of top-tier football in Finland. Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi were the defending champions. KuPS won the title.
Naatan Mikael Skyttä is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Toulouse and the Finland U21 national team.
Tampereen Ilves Naiset are an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga, the premier women's ice hockey league in Finland. They are the representative women's team of the multi-sport club Ilves, based in Tampere, Pirkanmaa, and their home arena is the Tesoman jäähalli in Tampere's Tesoma district. They are the only team to have iced a team every season since the establishment of the Naisten SM-sarja in 1982. The team ranks second on the list of most Aurora Borealis Cup wins, with ten, and has claimed the most Finnish Championship medals in league history, with ten gold, twelve silver, and six bronze for 28 total medals.
Maksim Stjopin is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Veikkausliiga club Ilves.
Janne-Pekka Samuli Laine is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Turkish Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor.
Rasmus Leislahti is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Finnish premier division club VPS.
Tuomas Ollila is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 2 club Paris FC, and the Finland national team.
Méry Traoré is a Malian professional football player who plays as a forward for Lithuanian club Kauno Žalgiris.
Juho Väinö Valtteri Lähteenmäki is a Finnish football player for Nordsjælland U19 academy squad and the Finland under-19 national team.
Miika Takkula is a Finnish sporting director and former footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently working as the sporting director of Veikkausliiga club Ilves.
Emmanuel Patut is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club IFK Mariehamn.
Joonas Rantanen is a Finnish football manager, currently working as a manager of Veikkausliiga club Ilves. Rantanen has a UEFA Pro -coaching license.
Jere Riissanen is a Finnish professional football player who plays as a centre back for Veikkausliiga side Ilves.
