Football Association of Finland
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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
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
The association publishes several magazines, including now-defunct monthly magazine Futari.[3]
National teams
- 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
- 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
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- 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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References
External links
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- Finland at UEFA.com
- Finland at FIFA.com
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