Tampere United is a Finnish football club, which played in the Veikkausliiga, the premier football league in Finland, until the 2010 season, but is currently excluded from participating in Finnish football. The club comes from the city of Tampere. The current head coach of the club is Jarkko Wiss, who succeeded Ari Hjelm on 29 October 2010.
[edit] History
The club was formed in July 1998. The initial plan was to join two local football clubs FC Ilves and TPV but TPV decided to continue as its own team. FC Ilves continued to play in lower divisions and Tampere United inherited its place in the second highest division.
In their first season, 1999 they won promotion to the top division, 15 months after the formation of the club. During season 2000 they reached sixth place in the league. In their third season 2001 they won the Finnish championship. In 2002, they finished in fifth place, and in 2003, third place. In 2006, Tampere United won their 2nd Finnish Championship and one year later, in 2007, they were the champions yet again taking home their 3rd title.
On 14 April 2011 the club were suspended indefinitely by the Finnish Football Association because they had received money from a dubious company based in Singapore, known for involvement in fixed games, and they have therefore been excluded from the 2011 season of the Veikkausliiga.[1]
[edit] Season 2007
During the 2007 season, Tampere United reached the third qualifying round of the Champions League by beating Bulgarian champions Levski Sofia 2–0 on aggregate in the second qualifying round. Tampere United failed to reach the Champions League group stage when Rosenborg B.K. defeated them 5–0 on aggregate. On the UEFA Cup first round, United lost to Bordeaux 4–3 on aggregate.
Tampere United won the Finnish championship in 2007.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Tampere United in Europe
| Season |
Competition |
Round |
Opponent |
Score (home-away) |
| 2002-03 |
UEFA Champions League |
Q1 |
 Pyunik F.C. |
0–4, 0–2 |
| 2003 |
UEFA Intertoto Cup |
1 |
 Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt |
1–0, 1–2 |
| 2 |
 FK Sutjeska Nikšić |
0–0, 1–0 |
| 3 |
 HNK Cibalia |
0–2, 1–0 |
| 2004 |
UEFA Intertoto Cup |
1 |
 CS Grevenmacher |
0–0, 1–1 |
| 2 |
 FC Inter Baku |
3–0, 0–1 |
| 3 |
 OFK Beograd |
0–0, 0–1 |
| 2005 |
UEFA Intertoto Cup |
1 |
 Skála ÍF |
2–0, 1–0 |
| 2 |
 R. Charleroi S.C. |
1–0, 0–0 |
| 3 |
 SS Lazio |
1–1, 0–3 |
| 2006 |
UEFA Intertoto Cup |
1 |
 Carmarthen Town |
5–0, 3–1 |
| 2 |
 Kalmar FF |
1–2, 2–3 |
| 2007-08 |
UEFA Champions League |
Q1 |
 SS Murata |
2–0, 2–1 |
| Q2 |
 PFC Levski Sofia |
1–0, 1–0 |
| Q3 |
 Rosenborg BK |
0–3, 0–2 |
| 2007-08 |
UEFA Cup |
1 |
 Girondins de Bordeaux |
2–3, 1–1 |
| 2008-09 |
UEFA Champions League |
Q1 |
 FK Budućnost Podgorica |
2–1, 1–1 |
| Q2 |
 FC Artmedia Petržalka |
1–3, 2–4 |
[edit] Season to season
| Season |
Level |
Division |
Section |
Administration |
Position |
Movements |
| 1999 |
Tier 2 |
Ykkönen (First Division) |
North Group |
Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
1st |
Promotion Group - 1st |
| 2000 |
Tier 1 |
Veikkausliiga (Premier League) |
|
Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
6th |
|
| 2001 |
Tier 1 |
Veikkausliiga (Premier League) |
|
Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
1st |
Champions |
| 2002 |
Tier 1 |
Veikkausliiga (Premier League) |
|
Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
6th |
Upper Group - 5th |
| 2003 |
Tier 1 |
Veikkausliiga (Premier League) |
|
Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
3rd |
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| 2004 |
Tier 1 |
Veikkausliiga (Premier League) |
|
Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
3rd |
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| 2005 |
Tier 1 |
Veikkausliiga (Premier League) |
|
Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
3rd |
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| 2006 |
Tier 1 |
Veikkausliiga (Premier League) |
|
Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
1st |
Champions |
| 2007 |
Tier 1 |
Veikkausliiga (Premier League) |
|
Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
1st |
Champions |
| 2008 |
Tier 1 |
Veikkausliiga (Premier League) |
|
Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
7th |
|
| 2009 |
Tier 1 |
Veikkausliiga (Premier League) |
|
Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
7th |
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| 2010 |
Tier 1 |
Veikkausliiga (Premier League) |
|
Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
7th |
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[edit] Notable players
[edit] UEFA ranking
Current Club Ranking
Current National League ranking
[edit] External links
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Harri Pyhältö
Pyunik F.C.
Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt
FK Sutjeska Nikšić
HNK Cibalia
CS Grevenmacher
FC Inter Baku
OFK Beograd
Skála ÍF
R. Charleroi S.C.
SS Lazio
Carmarthen Town
Kalmar FF
SS Murata
PFC Levski Sofia
Rosenborg BK
Girondins de Bordeaux
FK Budućnost Podgorica
FC Artmedia Petržalka
Mikko Kavén
Dionisio
Aristides Pertot
Noah Hickey
Levent Osman
Tyler Hemming
Iban Parra López
