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Finnish Football Manager Of The Year
Finnish Football Manager of the Year title has been awarded in Finland since 1981. The nomination is made by Finnish Football Managers' Association. Finnish Football Managers of the Year {, class="wikitable" style="margin: 0;" , - ! Year !! Manager !! Team , - , 1981 , , Simo Syrjävaara , , Finland youth national teams , - , 1982 , , , , FC Kuusysi , - , 1983 , , Pertti Lundell , , PPT Pori , - , 1984 , , Jukka Vakkila , , FC Haka , - , 1985 , , Martti Kuusela , , Finland national team , - , 1986 , , (2) , , FC Kuusysi , - , 1987 , , Jyrki Heliskoski , , HJK Helsinki , - , 1988 , , Tommy Lindholm , , TPS Turku , - , 1989 , , Antti Muurinen , , FC Kuusysi , - , 1990 , , Martti Kuusela (2) , , HJK Helsinki , - , 1991 , , Hannu Touru , , FF Jaro , - , 1992 , , Jari-Pekka Keurulainen , , HJK Helsinki , - , 1993 , , Jussi Ristimäki , , FC Jazz , - , 1994 , , Pertti Lundell (2) , , TPV Tampere , - , 1995 , , Jukka V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The majority of the population are Finns, ethnic Finns. The official languages are Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish; 84.1 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter. Finland's climate varies from humid continental climate, humid continental in the south to boreal climate, boreal in the north. The land cover is predominantly boreal forest biome, with List of lakes of Finland, more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first settled around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period, last Ice Age. During the Stone Age, various cultures emerged, distinguished by differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jussi Ristimäki
Jussi Ristimäki (born 30 January 1944) is a Finnish former football manager and a former player. As a player, he played 81 matches in the top-tier Mestaruussarja. As a manager, Ristimäki has won two Finnish championship titles, with Ilves in 1983 and Jazz in 1993. mtvuutiset.fi, 12 September 2002 With Ilves, they also won the in 1990. Honours Ilves *: |
Pekka Lyyski
Pekka Lyyski (born July 26, 1953) is a Finnish former football coach. In 2003 Lyyski took charge of the IFK Mariehamn and brought the team in two years from Kakkonen to Veikkausliiga for the 2005 season for the first time in club history. He served as the coach of Mariehamn for 12 years before retiring in 2015. In his last season, Mariehamn won the 2015 Finnish Cup. His son Jani played for IFK Mariehamn. Honours IFK Mariehamn *Finnish Cup: 2015 Individual *Finnish Football Manager of the Year: 2013 *Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga () is a professional association football league in Finland and the highest level of the Finnish football league system. The league comprises the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agenc ... Manager of the Month: April 2009, July 2010, April 2013, August 2014 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrée Jeglertz
Andrée Alexander Jeglertz (born 14 February 1972) is a Swedish football coach and former professional player who is the manager of the Denmark women's national football team. Career Playing career A defender, Jeglertz played 25 games in the Allsvenskan for Malmö FF and also played club football for IFK Trelleborg, Umeå FC, IFK Hässleholm and Gimonäs CK. He earned three caps for the Swedish under-21 national side. Coaching career Jeglertz moved from Umeå IK to Djurgårdens IF for the 2009 season, having previously also coached Gimonäs CK for one season. While at Umeå, Jeglertz won the Damallsvenskan Manager of the Year award twice, and won the UEFA Women's Champions League in 2004. He was awarded the Finnish Football Manager of the Year in 2012. In November 2020 Jeglertz agreed to return to domestic women's football as the head coach of Linköpings FC. Ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, Lars Søndergaard announced he would step down from his role in charge o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland National Under-21 Football Team
The Finland national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Finland. The team qualified for the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, UEFA Euro U21 Championship final tournament for the first time in 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2009, under head coach Markku Kanerva. 15 years later, coached by Mika Lehkosuo, they qualified for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2025 UEFA Euro U21 Championship tournament in Slovakia, for the second time in the nation's history, after defeating Norway in the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs, qualification play-offs. UEFA European Championship Record 2009 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualification 2023 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualification 2025 UEFA Euro Under-21 qualification Current squad The following players have been called up in the squad for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament between 11 June and 28 June 2025 in Slovakia. *'' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markku Kanerva
Markku Tapio Kanerva (born 24 May 1964) is a Finnish football manager, former player and elementary school teacher. Most recently he served as the manager of the Finland national team. Playing career Kanerva, who is known by the nickname ''"Rive"'', was born in Helsinki. In Finland, he played as a central defender and full back in his hometown clubs HJK Helsinki (1983–1990 and 1994–1998) and the season 1994 in the then local rivals FinnPa. The seasons 1991 and 1992, he played in the Swedish team IF Elfsborg in second-tier Superettan. His last years as a player were shadowed by injuries, but he was still an important part of the HJK defense. His playing career ended in 1998 which included the historical UEFA Champions League participation with HJK. At the Finnish top leagues Mestaruussarja and Veikkausliiga, he played total of 291 matches and scored 29 goals. At international level, Kanerva went on to win 59 caps, and scored one goal for the Finland national team. Coaching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland Women's National Football Team
The Finland women's national football team (, ), also known as nickname The Boreal Owls (), represents Finland in international Women's association football, women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Finland (SPL/FBF), reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Women's Euro 2005, 2005 European Championship, surprising the female football world having drawn with Sweden women's national football team, Sweden and beaten Denmark women's national football team, Denmark before losing to Germany women's national football team, Germany in the semifinals. Finland hosted the UEFA Women's Euro 2009, 2009 European Championship. The Finnish team has had a few players that are considered to be among the best in women's football, such as Laura Österberg Kalmari, Sanna Valkonen and Anne Mäkinen. As of December 2023, the team is ranked 27th in the FIFA world ranking. History The beginning The Finland women's national football team played its first international match i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Käld
Mikael Johan Bernhard Käld (born 6 May 1954) is a Finnish football manager who most recently worked at Kokkola F10 in the Finnish women's premier division Kansallinen Liiga. Käld was the head coach of Finland women's national football team from 2001 to 2009.Michael Käld CV (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 May 2013. Käld spent his own player career in the Finnish lower divisions. His debut as a women's manager Käld made in 2000 by coaching in Naisten Liiga (renamed Kansallainen Liiga in 2020). A year later he was named as the head coach of Finland women's team. Käld coached Finland in |
Olli Huttunen
Olavi "Olli" Huttunen (born 4 August 1960) is a Finnish football coach and former goalkeeper. He is the former head coach of the Finnish national team. Huttunen is currently the CEO of Veikkausliiga club Haka. Huttunen was inducted into the Finnish Football Hall of Fame in 2018 Career Considered as one of the best Finnish goalkeepers of all time, Huttunen represented Haka throughout his career. He ended up winning one Finnish championship and three Finnish Cups with the club. He earned 61 caps for Finland. Huttunen started his coaching career as Keith Armstrong's assistant at Haka. He became Haka's head coach in 2002, and has led the club to one league championship and two cups. In 2009, Huttunen was sacked. On 8 November 2010, he replaced Stuart Baxter as an interim head coach on Finland's national team for the match against San Marino. On 1 September 2016, Huttunen was named the CEO of Haka. Career statistics Honours As player * Finnish Championship: 1995 *Finnis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampere United
Tampere United is a Finnish football club from the city of Tampere. In the 2025 season, the club plays in Ykkönen, the third highest level of football in Finland. The club had a team in Veikkausliiga, the premier football league in Finland, until the end of the 2010 season. It was excluded from participating in Finnish football during the 2011 season amid suspicions of money laundering. The club was kept alive by its supporters, who entered a team called TamU-K in Kutonen, the lowest level of football in Finland, in 2012. The club earned three promotions in four years, and all its teams were taken over by Tampere United in the lead up to the 2016 season. Tampere United is now a fan-owned club and controlled by the same supporters who ran TamU-K. History The club was formed in July 1998. The initial plan was to merge 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 inheri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ari Hjelm
Ari-Juhani Hjelm (born 24 February 1962) is a Finnish football coach and former player. He was the head coach of home-town club Tampere United in Finland's Veikkausliiga. Hjelm was inducted into the Finnish Football Hall of Fame in 2003. A forward, Hjelm played in the Bundesliga for Stuttgarter Kickers in the 1988–89 season. He also played in the 2. Bundesliga for Kickers (1989–90) and FC St. Pauli (1992–94). In Finland, Hjelm represented FC Ilves (1981–88 and 1990–94) and HJK Helsinki (1995–96). Hjelm earned 100 caps for the Finland national team. He held the record for most caps for Finland a decade, before being overtaken by Jari Litmanen in 2006. He is also the fifth highest scorer for Finland with 20 goals. Hjelm is an honorary captain of the Finnish national team. His son Jonne Hjelm is also a former footballer. Career statistics Club International :''Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hjelm goa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Armstrong (footballer)
Keith Thomas Armstrong (born 11 October 1957) 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. Born in England, Armstrong became a naturalised Finn in the early 1990s, and enjoyed a long and successful coaching career in Finland with Rovaniemen Palloseura, TP-Seinäjoki, FC Haka and most recently HJK Helsinki. Armstrong is one of the most successful football managers in the Finnish league, having won five Veikkausliiga championships, two Finnish Cups, and two Manager of the Year awards. On 8 June 2023, Armstrong was named in the Finnish Football Hall of Fame. Playing career Armstrong was born in Corbridge, Northumberland. He began his football career as an apprentice with Sunderland, making his debut in the Second Division on 4 October 1977 as a substitute in a 1–1 draw at home to Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City. He played regul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
