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Veikkausliiga in crisis?

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

The Finnish newspapers have been full of talk about Veikkausliiga’s apparent ‘crisis’ in the last few weeks. Domestic football in Finland has long suffered from poor facilities, low attendances, players leaving for richer foreign leagues, but these problems have become more prominent recently, and the football media has not been slow to point out the [...]

Those Jari Viita people

Monday, May 4, 2009

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Ari Hjelm has been with Tampere United throughout their ten-year history, first as an assistant to Harri Kampman and then from 2001 as head coach. He has won three championships, and it is a common refrain in Tampere that he is primarily responsible for the club’s success, and that he is the best coach in [...]

Paatelainen secures 2-2 draw, Litti plays 90 mins, Jaro beat TamU

Friday, April 24, 2009

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HJK 2 TPS 2 Highlights Pasi Rautiainen’s haircut garnered a lot of headlines when he unveiled it at the Veikkausliiga media event on the eve of the season. The formerly wild-haired TPS coach claimed that his new, clean-cut image was the result of a marital diktat after his wife finally snapped at her husband’s barber-aversion. [...]

Veikkausliiga 2009 preview

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

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There are just three days left till the start of the Veikkausliiga season, and it’s about time we previewed the league. The tardiest of the Nordic summer seasons, Finland’s is the most susceptible to inclement weather, and already there is a postponement: Jaro-RoPS rather than this weekend. It is still cold up north. As I [...]

Veikkausliiga 2009 preview: HJK Helsinki

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

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In: Pyry Kärkkäinen, Cheyne Fowler, Valeri Popovitch, Sebastian Sorsa, Juho Mäkelä Out: Tuomas Aho, Miikka Multaharju, Sakari Mattila, Erfan Zeneli Coach: Antti Muurinen Claimed playing budget: €670,000

Veikkausliiga 2009 preview: MyPa

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

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In: Maxim Votinov, Antti Uimaniemi, Antti Kuismala, Tuomas Aho, Miikka Multaharju, Ville Oksanen, Niko Nakari, Mika Johansson, Ben Webster, Tuomo Könönen, Ady Out: Aleksei Kangaskolkka, Janne Korhonen, Tuomas Kuparinen, Hugo Miranda, Kuami Agboh, Heikki Pulkkinen, Mohamed Fofana, Jani Luukkonen, Petru Racu, Eetu Muinonen, Tarmo Neemelo, Juho Nykänen Coach: Janne Lindberg Claimed playing budget: €700,000

FC Haka

Thursday, May 8, 2008

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This post is now also available at Nordic Football News. EDIT-see my FC Haka Correction regarding the first few paragraphs. The previous post was a bit premature, it must be said. Haka still have an appeal, and most people expect them to get their licence, but the whole affair does raise some questions. For instance, [...]

Haka kicked out of Europe

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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FC Haka have been denied a licence to play in the 2008-09 UEFA Cup. Apparently this is for financial reasons, and TPS have been ‘promoted’ from the Intertoto to fill their place. The full list of Finnish entrants now reads: Champions League: Tampere United UEFA Cup: Honka, TPS, Jaro (if they win the Fair Play [...]

Helsinki Times: Veikkausliiga preview

Friday, April 25, 2008

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When Tampere United got to the Third Qualifying Round of the Champions League in 2007, it should have been a big step towards confirming the improvements made in the Finnish game. The national team was having one of it’s best ever qualification campaigns, the Under 21s were looking good for the 2009 European Championships, and [...]

2008 Veikkausliiga budgets

Monday, April 21, 2008

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Nelonen news have dug out the budgets for this coming season, and once again TPS are right at the top. Here are the figures for the total club budgets: TPS 2 300 000 Tampere United 1 963 000 HJK 1 880 000 FC Honka 1 820 000 MyPa 1 200 000 VPS 1 083 000 [...]

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