Tampereen Pallo-Veikot

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TPV
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Full nameTampereen Pallo-Veikot
Nickname(s)Paltsarit, Punakone (Red Machine)
Founded1930;95 years ago (1930)
Ground Tammela Stadion, Tampere, Finland
Capacity8,000
ChairmanJouni Kaikuranta
ManagerMarkus Halme
League Kakkonen
Tammela Stadion Tammela football stadium1.jpg
Tammela Stadion

Tampereen Pallo-Veikot (TPV) is a Finnish football club, based in Tampere. [1] The club plays in the Kakkonen, the fourth highest level of football in Finland. It is the second largest football club in the Pirkanmaa region in terms of active members, with 1,600 members in 2005. TPV has won one Finnish championship title in, 1994.

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History

The club was founded in 1930 as a general sports club for workers. In the past there were also bandy, boxing and ice hockey sections, but nowadays TPV is purely a football club. In the 1960s TPV played three seasons at the highest level of Finnish ice hockey. Before the 1950s the clubs of Finnish Workers' Sports Federation played in their own leagues that were not connected to the Football Association of Finland. Tampereen Pallo-Veikot won the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation championship six times.

TPV later joined the Finnish FA and competed at the highest level in the top tier of the Finnish football league system for five seasons in 1971, 1993–1995 and 1999. The most successful year was in 1994 when the club won the Finnish Championship, but the next season they were relegated to the Ykkönen.

In July 1998 there were plans to merge TPV and the other local Tampere club FC Ilves but TPV decided to continue as its own team and FC Ilves reformed as Tampere United nicknamed TamU. In 1999 the club regained its Veikkausliiga status, but this only lasted for one season. In 2002 TPV had to abandon its place in the second tier Ykkönen most likely due to financial issues.

They were promoted back to Ykkönen in 2006 and stayed for four seasons before being relegated to the 3rd tier Kakkonen again. Finally in 2018 TPV defeated MyPa in the Kakkonen Promotion Playoffs to be promoted back to the 2nd tier Ykkönen.

Markus Räikkönen, ex-husband of Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin played in the club between 2006 and 2009. [2]

Honours

Veikkausliiga

European record

YearCompetitionRoundOpponentResults
1995/1996 UEFA Cup 1Q Flag of Norway.svg Viking Stavanger 0–4, 1–3, Jarkko Wiss

Season to season

Current squad 2019

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Tuomas Karjanlahti
2 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Juho Saarinen
3 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Ardian Kovaqi
4 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Mauno Sirén
5 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Tommi Smeets
6 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Jari Nikkilä
7 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Tuomas Lähdesmäki
8 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Eino-Veikko Ek
9 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Arjan Goljahanpoor
10 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Paavo Näykki
11 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Tomi Ylinen
12 GK Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Antti Kuusinen
No.Pos.NationPlayer
13 DF Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Giorgi Ositashvili
14 FW Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Eetu Räisänen
15 FW Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Roope Kostiainen
16 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Riku Oras
17 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Jesse Oksanen
18 FW Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Topi Järvi
19 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Hakim Belbachir
20 FW Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Eetu Kolu
22 GK Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Aapo Sipponen
23 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Joonas Rantala
25 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Juho Mattila
28 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Iiro Karimäki

References

  1. ↑ "Finland - Tampereen Pallo-Veikot - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Halonen, Mika (2020-08-08). "Tällainen jalkapalloilija Sanna Marinin aviopuoliso Markus Räikkönen oli nuorempana – "Jumalattoman kova laukaus"". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  3. ↑ "Football Archive - Index of SPL Finnish League Suomen Cup Seasons".
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