Nordic Football News

Those Jari Viita people

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 [...]

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Eprintsev’s TP-47 beat Jaro in extra time

The seventh round of the Cup was (mostly) played last night, and Warkaus JK, Tampere United, TP-47 and VPS all advanced into the quarter finals. No upsets apart from Jaro’s loss in Tornio, although whether that strictly counts as an ‘upset’ is open to question. TPS v Haka and KuPS v HJK will be played [...]

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Helsinki Times: Veikkausliiga preview

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, [...]

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