Nordic Football News

The Helsinki Times on The Helsinki Cup

With 800 teams from nearly 30 countries, the Helsinki Cup is the biggest youth football tournament in Finland. Organised by FC Honka and Käpylän Pallo since 1976, the competition attracts some of the biggest clubs in world football, including Mexican giants Cruz Azul last year. Like the Gothia Cup in Sweden, the Helsinki Cup attracts clubs [...]

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Ykkönen starts this weekend

Or, to be more precise, started this evening. Viikingit beat Atlantis 2-1, and their bullish management believes that this is a first step on the road to promotion back to Veikkausliiga. They were not pretty, by all accounts, but more than 1,500 people saw them got a scrappy win with an 87th minute goal from [...]

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