Tampere United is a Finnish football club from the city of Tampere. The club plays in Kakkonen, the third highest level of football in Finland.
Veikkausliiga is the premier division of Finnish football, the highest tier of the Finnish football league structure, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, hence the league's name. Veikkausliiga was founded in 1990; before that the top division was called Mestaruussarja since 1930 which was an amateur or semi-professional league. Between 1908 and 1930 the championship was decided as a knock-out cup competition.
Keith Thomas Armstrong is a former footballer 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.
IFK Mariehamn is a Finnish football club based in Mariehamn, the capital of the Åland Islands. It plays in the Finnish Premier Division (Veikkausliiga). The club is managed by Daniel Norrmén, and it plays its home matches at Wiklöf Holding Arena.
Toni Kari Mikael Kallio is a Finnish football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Ilves in Veikkausliiga. 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 is a Finnish football club, based in Tampere. They currently play in the Veikkausliiga, the highest level of professional football in Finland.
Sani Haruna Kaitapronunciation is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Jussi Kujala is a Finnish former footballer. Having started his career as an attacking midfielder, he has since dropped deeper down the field. He was the captain of the Finnish U21 national team in the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifiers.
Tomi Petrescu, is a Finnish professional football winger and attacking midfielder who plays for Finnish club Jyväskylä Blackbird and has represented Finland national under-21 football team. Petrescu was born in Jyväskylä, Finland where he played for the local JJK youth team before moving to Leicester City F.C.
Eero Korte is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Mika "Bana" Lehkosuo is a Finnish football manager and former midfielder, and working as a coach for Finland national team.
Petteri Pennanen is a Finnish football player who plays as a midfielder for Ilves.
Antti Mäkijärvi is a Finnish professional football midfielder. Previously, he played in German Regionalliga Nord side VfB Oldenburg. Mäkijärvi was born in Espoo, Finland. He began his senior club career playing for Pallohonka, before making his league debut for Honka at age 17 in 2011. After winning his first trophy, the Finnish League Cup, during his first season on league level, he helped Honka win the 2012 Cup.
Emile Paul Tendeng is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
Mikael Soisalo is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right-winger for Latvian club Riga FC. 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.
Mikko Kuningas is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Lahti.
Jusif Joose Ali is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for Lahti, as a midfielder.
Niilo Mäenpää is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ekstraklasa side Warta Poznań and the Finland national team.
The 2019 Finnish Cup was the 64th season of the Finnish Cup football competition.
Jair Tavares da Silva, known as Jair, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Petrolul Ploiești.
