Football Association of Finland
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| Founded | 19 May 1907 |
| FIFA affiliation | 1908 |
| UEFA affiliation | 1954 |
| President | Ari Lahti |
The Football Association of Finland (Finnish: Suomen Palloliitto, abbr. SPL; Swedish: Finlands Bollförbund) is the governing body of football and futsal in Finland. It was founded in Helsinki on 19 May 1907.
The SPL organises the men's and women's national football teams, and the second to ninth tiers of national football. The premier division Veikkausliiga is organised by a distinct organisation. The SPL is based in the Finnish capital city of Helsinki.
Background
[edit | edit source]The SPL has more than 1,000 member clubs and approximately 140,000 registered players. The Finnish Gallup survey has indicated that football is a popular pastime with around 500,000 Finns interested in the sport. The SPL is Finland's largest amateur sports federation.[1]
The association was also the governing body of bandy in Finland until Finland's Bandy Association was founded in 1972. In 1928, it also arranged the first Finland ice hockey championship, before the 1929 establishment of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association.[2]
Publications
[edit | edit source]The association publishes several magazines, including now-defunct monthly magazine Futari.[3]
National teams
[edit | edit source]- Men's team
- Under-21 team
- Under-19 team
- Under-17 team
- Women's team
- Women's under-20 team
- Women's under-19 team
- Women's under-17 team
- Men's Futsal team
- Men's under-19 Futsal team
- Women's Futsal team
Presidents
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- Walter Flander: 1907–1908
- John Catani: 1909
- Uno Westerholm: 1910–1911
- Carolus Lindberg: 1912
- Walter Qvist: 1913–1917
- Erik von Frenckell: 1918–1952
- Juuso Walden: 1953–1963
- Osmo P. Karttunen: 1963–1974
- Ove H. Rehn: 1974–1975
- Jouko Loikkanen: 1975–1983
- Lauri Pöyhönen: 1983–1987
- Pentti Seppälä: 1987–1997
- Pekka Hämäläinen: 1997–2009
- Sauli Niinistö: 2009–2012
- Markku Lehtola: 2012 (interim)
- Pertti Alaja: 2012–2017
- Markku Lehtola: 2017–2018 (interim)
- Ari Lahti: 2018–present
Hall of Fame
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External links
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- Official website (in Finnish)
- Finland at UEFA.com
- Finland at FIFA.com
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Categories:
- Football Association of Finland
- 1907 establishments in Finland
- Sports organizations established in 1907
- Football in Finland
- Futsal in Finland
- Organisations based in Helsinki
- National members of UEFA
- Sports governing bodies in Finland
- Bandy in Finland
- Ice hockey in Finland
- Defunct ice hockey governing bodies
- Defunct bandy governing bodies
- Sport in Helsinki