Tampereen-Viipurin Ilves-Kissat

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Ilves-Kissat
Full nameTampereen-Viipurin Ilves-Kissat
Founded1934, Viipuri
Ground Ratina Stadium, Tammela Stadion and others., Tampere
League Kakkonen
2023 Group B, 3rd
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Locations of Viipuri and Tampere within the 1920–1940 borders

Tampereen-Viipurin Ilves-Kissat is a Finnish football club from Tampere. As of 2017 are playing in the Kolmonen league. [1]

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They play their home matches in the Tammelan Stadion, which was opened in 1931. [2]

History

The name of the club was changed to Viipurin Ilves (‘Lynx of Viipuri’) in 1934, and as a result of the Winter War, the club was relocated in Tampere in 1940. However, there already was a club called Ilves in Tampere, so the club reverted to the name Ilves-Kissat in December 1944. [3]

IKissat Tampere were promoted to the Mestaruussarja, the top flight of Finnish football, for the 1949 season, and were champions in 1950. They were relegated in 1951. [4]

Ilves-Kissat playing at home in the Ratina Stadion against Salon Palloilijat in 2011 Kakkonen in August 2011. Ilves-Kissat vs. SalPa at Ratina.JPG
Ilves-Kissat playing at home in the Ratina Stadion against Salon Palloilijat in 2011 Kakkonen in August 2011.

In 1974 Ilves-Kissat and Tampellan Palloilijat merged with Ilves Tampere, which now became fully involved in football. Ilves-Kissat discontinued its activities in the sport, but on lower tiers of Finnish football it is, in a way, represented by its sister club, Kissalan Pojat (namesake of the Katzenjammer Kids). [3]

In the autumn of 2004, with the club's football team in 6th Division, the management of the club decided to make a push for higher tiers, and in the autumn of 2010 the club achieved promotion to Kakkonen, i.e. 3rd tier. For the 2011 season, Ilves-Kissat entered an arrangement whereby they became the farm team for FC Haka of Valkeakoski, but the season ended with relegation to 3rd Division. [5]

After the 2023 season, reports about the club's financial troubles have emerged. [6]

Season to season

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "Tampereen-Viipurin Ilves-Kissat". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Tammelan Stadion". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 History of Tampereen-Viipurin Ilves-Kissat. Archived 2012-01-28 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Heikki Pietarinen (8 December 2016). "Finland - List of League First Level Tables". RSSSF . Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Farm team deal between Haka and Ilves-Kissat. [ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Tamperelaisseura konkurssin partaalla: Tähtipelaajalla ei ollut varaa ruokaan, joukkuekaveri riehui lyömäaseen kanssa – päävalmentaja lataa suorat sanat Ilves-Kissojen kaaoksesta". 19 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Home". finlandfootball.net.
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