Football Club International Turku, commonly referred to as Inter Turku and colloquially known as Inter, is a professional football club based in

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

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, that competes in the

Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga (; sv, Tipsligan) is the premier division of Finnish football, the highest tier of the Finnish football league structure, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikka ...

, the top flight of Finnish Football. Founded in 1990 by Stefan Håkans, the club has a rivalry with Turun Palloseura. Inter have won one League title, two Finnish Cups, and one League Cup. They play their home league matches at Veritas Stadion, with a capacity of 9,372 seats for most matches.

History

FC Inter was founded in 1990 by Stefan Håkans, the

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company Alfons Håkans, allegedly after his 11-year-old son could not fit into any of the other youth teams in Turku. The club started out as a youth team, but in 1992 a senior squad was founded and it entered the Finnish league system at the fourth level (Third Division). The following year, the club assumed the place of the financially troubled local club Turun Toverit in the Second Division. Manager Timo Sinkkonen invested in new players, and eventually the club finished first and was promoted to the First Division ( Ykkönen). In 1995, Inter finished first in the ''Ykkönen'' and was promoted, as well as reaching the semi-final stage in the Finnish

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. The squad was strengthened with new players, and in 1996, as both of Turku's better teams were now playing in the ''Veikkausliiga'', the club's attendance records were broken with 8,200 spectators in the

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and Inter. In 1997, the club were relegated after finishing last in the ''Veikkausliiga'', but achieved promotion again the following season. New foreign players were bought to strengthen the squad, such as Richard Teberio and Fernando della Sala. Since then the club has consistently finished between 7th and 4th in the league, and maintained a steady inflow of foreign players as well as young starlets from its own youth academy. During the 2006 season Inter sacked their manager Kari Virtanen and hired new coach, Dutchman Rene van Eck. After the season van Eck returned to Switzerland to coach

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, and another Dutchman Job Dragtsma took over. In 2008 Inter led the league since early season and clinched their first Finnish championship title after winning against FF Jaro in their final game.

European cup history

Season to season

Current squad

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Out on loan

Management

''As of 19 January 2021.''

Honours

::Winners:

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::Runners-up:

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* Finnish Cup ::Winners: 2009, 2017–18 ::Runners-up:

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, 2022 * Finnish League Cup ::Winners:

Player records

*Most goals scored:

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(74 goals) *Most matches played:

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(227 matches)

Past managers

* Anders Romberg (1992) * Timo Sinkkonen (1993 – 1994) * Hannu Paatelo (1995 – 1997) * Tomi Jalo (1997 – 1998) *

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(1998) * Timo Askolin (1999 – 2000) * Pertti Lundell (January 1, 2001 – December 31, 2002) *

Kari Virtanen Kari Virtanen (born 15 September 1958) is a Finnish football manager and former player. He is currently coach of Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku. Club career As a player Virtanen spent his career in Finland and Sweden, representing Piikkiön Pall ...

(January 1, 2003 – September 16, 2006) * René van Eck (September 16, 2006 – November 16, 2006) * Job Dragtsma (January 1, 2007 – May 26, 2016) * Jami Wallenius (May 26, 2016 – August 3, 2016) * Shefki Kuqi (August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017) *

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(August 3, 2017 – June 10, 2018)

References

External links

FCInter.fi
nbsp;– The club's official site.
Ultraboyz
nbsp;– A supporters' club in Finnish. {{Finnish Champions in Football International Turku Sport in Turku Association football clubs established in 1990 1990 establishments in Finland