Ilves is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Tampere Deck Arena.
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 20 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.
Kuopion Palloseura, commonly referred to as KuPS, is a Finnish football club based in Kuopio. KuPS competes in Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish football. The team plays its home matches at Kuopio Football Stadium.
The Aarne Honkavaara trophy is an ice hockey trophy given by the Finnish Liiga to the player who scores the most goals during regular season play.
The Urpo Ylönen trophy is an ice hockey award given by the Finnish Liiga to the best goalie of the season. It is named for Urpo Ylönen, former goaltender and later goaltender coach. In 2019 it was awarded to Veini Vehviläinen of Kärpät.
The Jarmo Wasama Memorial Trophy is an ice hockey award given by the Finnish Liiga to the best rookie of the season. The trophy is named in honor of Jarmo Wasama, a young Finnish defenseman who was killed in an automobile accident in 1966. In 2020 it was awarded to Matias Maccelli of Ilves.
Hannu Patronen is a Finnish football coach and a former footballer who played as a centre back. He has previously played as a defensive midfielder, and spent time with the Finnish side FC Honka, Swedish side Helsingborgs IF and Norwegian side Sogndal Fotball. Patronen has been capped at international level for Finland.
Juhani Jorma Kalervo Wahlsten was a Finnish professional ice hockey player and ice hockey coach who worked as an exercise and gymnastics teacher in Finland. He was also known by the nickname "Juuso". He also established and helped guide the early development of ringette in Finland, the first European country to do so.
Juha Pirinen is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a centre-back for Greek Super League 2 club Kalamata.
Petteri Pennanen is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Veikkausliiga club KuPS.
Ariel Thierry Ngueukam, nicknamed "Tuco", is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Filipino club United City.
Jani Honkavaara is a Finnish football manager and retired football player, who is currently the manager of Veikkausliiga club Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS), and an assistant coach of the Finland national football team. Honkavaara has won two Finnish championship titles with KuPS, in two separate stints in 2019 and 2024, respectively.
The 2017 Veikkausliiga was the 87th season of top-tier football in Finland. IFK Mariehamn were the defending champions.
Diogo Alberto Soares Tomas is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eerste Divisie club ADO Den Haag and the Finland national team.
Santeri Haarala is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Allsvenskan club Djurgården.
Hamed Coulibaly is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.
The Katja Riipi Award is an ice hockey trophy, seasonally awarded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association to the best forward of the Naisten Liiga, previously the Naisten SM-sarja. Best forward in the Naisten Liiga was first awarded in the 2005–06 season, to Saara Niemi (née Tuominen). The award was named in honor of Katja Riipi during the 2010–11 season.
The Hannu Saintula Award is a seasonal ice hockey trophy awarded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association to the Naisten Liiga Coach of the Year.
Joonas Rantanen is a Finnish football manager, currently working as a manager of Veikkausliiga club Ilves. Rantanen has a UEFA Pro -coaching license.
