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{{short description|Finnish football coach}}
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| image = Antti Muurinen.jpg
| caption = Muurinen in 2017
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1954|3|4}}
| birth_place = [[Valkeakoski]], Finland
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| manageryears1 = 1981–1987
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Kontu|KontU]]
| manageryears2 = 1988–1993
| managerclubs2 = [[FC Kuusysi|Kuusysi]]
| manageryears3 = 1994–1996
| managerclubs3 = [[FF Jaro|Jaro]]
| manageryears4 = 1997–1999
| managerclubs4 = [[HJK Helsinki]]
| manageryears5 = 2000–2005
| managerclubs5 = [[Finland national football team|Finland]]
| manageryears6 = 2006–2007
| managerclubs6 = [[FC Lahti|Lahti]]
| manageryears7 = 2007–2012
| managerclubs7 = [[HJK Helsinki]]
| manageryears8 = 2014
| managerclubs8 = [[MYPA]]
| manageryears9 = 2016–2017
| managerclubs9 = [[HIFK Fotboll|HIFK]]
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'''Antti Muurinen''' (born 4 March 1954) is a Finnish [[association football|football]] [[coach (sport)|coach]].

Muurinen has been the head coach of the [[Finland national football team|Finland national team]]. He led Finland in qualifying campaigns for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]], [[2004 European Football Championship|Euro 2004]] and the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]], failing to reach the finals each time.

In June 2005 Finnish football fans held a protest against Muurinen, and after a 4–0 defeat against [[Dutch national football team|Netherlands]], the Finnish FA sacked him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.futismaailma.com/taustat/vapaapotku.php?id=27 |accessdate=21 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005170301/http://www.futismaailma.com/taustat/vapaapotku.php?id=27 |archivedate=5 October 2011 }}</ref>

In 2006, Muurinen was hired as the manager of [[FC Lahti]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/futis/uutiset.shtml/arkistot/futis/2007/10/569706 |title=Muurinen jätti FC Lahden, HJK:hon loppukaudeksi – Veikkausliiga – Jalkapallo – Sport – MTV.fi |language=fi |publisher=Mtv3.fi |date= |accessdate=17 February 2016}}</ref> in Finland's [[Veikkausliiga]]. Before the end of the 2007 season he returned to [[HJK Helsinki]], where he managed them from the 1997 to 1999 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hjk.fi/uutiset/?hae=4912 |title=HJK Helsinki |publisher=HJK.fi |date= |accessdate=17 February 2016}}</ref>

Muurinen is also known for leading HJK Helsinki into the [[UEFA Champions League]] group stage in the [[UEFA Champions League 1998-99|1998–99]] season, the only time a Finnish club has managed this feat. He has also won the Finnish championship with HJK Helsinki in 1997, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 as well as with [[FC Kuusysi]] in 1989 and 1991, the Finnish Cup with HJK Helsinki in 1998 and 2008, and the Finnish League Cup with FC Lahti in 2007.

He was inducted into the [[Finnish Football Hall of Fame]] in 2019.

==Honours==
* [[Veikkausliiga|Finnish Championship]] (7): [[1989 Mestaruussarja|1989]], [[1991 Veikkausliiga|1991]], [[1997 Veikkausliiga|1997]], [[2009 Veikkausliiga|2009]], [[2010 Veikkausliiga|2010]], [[2011 Veikkausliiga|2011]], [[2012 Veikkausliiga|2012]]
* [[Finnish Cup]] (3): [[1998 Finnish Cup|1998]], [[2008 Finnish Cup|2008]], [[2011 Finnish Cup|2011]]
* [[Finnish League Cup]] (3): 1997, 1998, 2007
* Coach of the year (5): 1989, 1997, 1998, 2009, 2011
* First ever Finnish manager to participate in the [[UEFA Champions League]] group-stage. ([[1998–99 UEFA Champions League|1998–1999]])

===Double===
*2011 [[2011 Veikkausliiga|Finnish Championship]] and [[2011 Finnish Cup|Finnish Cup]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Finnish Football Manager of the Year]]: 1989, 1997, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2011
*[[Veikkausliiga]] Coach of the Month: [[2011 Veikkausliiga#Monthly awards|June 2011]],<ref>[http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=5&ID=43992 Kuukauden valmentaja ja pelaaja kohtaavat perjantaina] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811171139/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=5&ID=43992 |date=11 August 2012}} {{in lang|fi}}</ref> [[2012 Veikkausliiga#Monyhly awards|October 2012]],<ref>[http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=1&ID=49569 HJK miehitti lokakuun joukkueen] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130205112236/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=1&ID=49569 |date=5 February 2013}} {{in lang|fi}}</ref> [[2014 Veikkausliiga#Monyhly awards|April 2014]]<ref>[http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=1&ID=55054 Jaron Helmke huhtikuun Kuukauden pelaaja] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502204930/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?type=1&ID=55054 |date=2 May 2014}} {{in lang|fi}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Worldfootball.net|antti-muurinen}}

{{Finnish Football Hall of Fame}}
{{Finland national football team managers}}
{{FF Jaro managers}}
{{HJK managers}}
{{FC Lahti managers}}
{{Myllykosken Pallo −47 managers}}
{{HIFK Fotboll managers}}

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[[Category:Sportspeople from Pirkanmaa]]
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