Full name Tampereen Ilves Ground Capacity 5,040 2015 Veikkausliiga, 8th Arena/Stadium Tammelan Stadion Location Tampere, Finland | Nickname(s) Ipa Chairman Ari Ruuth League Veikkausliiga Manager Jarkko Wiss Founded 1931 | |
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Ground Tammela Stadion, Tampere Profiles | ||
Fc ilves fc glenavon 2 10 1991
Ilves Tampere is a Finnish football club, based in Tampere. As of 2015 they play in the Veikkausliiga, the highest level in Finland.
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In 1974 Ilves-Kissat Tampere and TaPa Tampere merged with Ilves, and the club took Ilves-Kissat's place in the Mestaruussarja. Ilves won the Finnish league championship in 1983 and the Finnish Cup in 1979 and 1990.
In the late-1990s, Ilves suffered financial trouble and its professional team was reformed into Tampere United before the 1999 season. The initial plan was to join Ilves with TPV, but TPV decided to continue as its own team. As a result, Tampere United inherited Ilves' place in the second highest division, and Ilves continued to play in lower divisions, although they did not have a men's team from 1999 to 2000.
Ilves has since recovered and was promoted to Ykkönen for the 2013 season. Two years later, they got promoted to the highest league after MyPa lost their place.