FC Inter Turku
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Football Club International Turku, commonly referred to as Inter Turku (Template:Langx) and colloquially known as Inter, is a Finnish professional football club based in Turku that competes in the Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish football. Founded in 1990 by Stefan Håkans, the club has a rivalry with Turun Palloseura. Inter won one Finnish football championship title, two Finnish Cups, and three Finnish League Cups. They play home matches at Veritas Stadion, with a capacity of 9,372.
History
FC Inter was founded in 1990 by Stefan Håkans, the managing director of the towage and salvage company Alfons Håkans, allegedly after his 11-year-old son could not fit into any of the other youth teams in Turku. The club started out as a youth team, but in 1992 a senior squad was founded and it entered the Finnish league system at the fourth level (third division Kolmonen). The following year, the club assumed the place of the financially troubled local club Turun Toverit in the Second Division. Manager Timo Sinkkonen invested in new players, and eventually the club finished first and was promoted to the First Division (Ykkönen).
In 1995, Inter finished first in the Ykkönen and was promoted, as well as reaching the semi-final stage in the Finnish Cup. The squad was strengthened with new players, and in 1996, as both of Turku's better teams were now playing in the Veikkausliiga, the club's attendance records were broken with 8,200 spectators in the local derby between Turun Palloseura (TPS) and Inter.
In 1997, the club were relegated after finishing last in the Veikkausliiga, but achieved promotion again the following season. New foreign players were bought to strengthen the squad, such as Richard Teberio and Fernando della Sala. Since then the club has consistently finished between 7th and 4th in the league, and maintained a steady inflow of foreign players as well as young starlets from its own youth academy.
During the 2006 season Inter sacked their manager Kari Virtanen and hired new coach, Dutchman Rene van Eck. After the season van Eck returned to Switzerland to coach FC Wohlen, and another Dutchman Job Dragtsma took over.
In 2008 Inter led the league since early season and clinched their first Finnish championship title after winning against FF Jaro in their final game.
In the 2011 Veikkausliiga season, the club's first-choice striker Timo Furuholm scored 22 goals and won the Veikkausliiga Golden Boot, and helped Inter to finish as the season's runner-up.
European cup history
Season to season
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Current squad
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Out on loan
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Management
As of 7 November 2024
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| Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showallScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Vesa Vasara | Manager |
| Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showallScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Riku Paularinne | Assistant coach |
| Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showallScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jussi-Pekka Savolainen | Reserve team head coach |
| Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showallScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Miika Salmi | Goalkeeping coach |
| Template:Country data ENGTemplate:Namespace detect showallScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Ill | First Team Administrator |
| Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showallScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ville Peltonen | Physiotherapist |
| Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showallScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Teemu Ahonen | Physiotherapist |
| Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showallScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Seppo Pajunen | Kit Manager |
| Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showallScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Jani Meriläinen | InterAction director |
| Template:Country data FINTemplate:Namespace detect showallScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Kalle Parviainen | Sporting director |
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| Template:Flagicon Jyrki Ahola | Scout |
| Template:Flagicon Sergio Almenara | Scout |
Honours
- Veikkausliiga
- Finnish Cup
- Finnish League Cup
- Winners: 2008, 2024, 2025
- Runners-up: 2022
Player records
- Most goals scored: Tero Forss (74 goals)
- Most matches played: Petri Lehtonen (227 matches)
Past managers
- Template:Flagicon Anders Romberg (1992)
- Template:Flagicon Timo Sinkkonen (1993 – 1994)
- Template:Flagicon Hannu Paatelo (1995 – 1997)
- Template:Flagicon Tomi Jalo (1997 – 1998)
- Template:Flagicon Steven Polack (1998)
- Template:Flagicon Timo Askolin (1999 – 2000)
- Template:Flagicon Pertti Lundell (January 1, 2001 – December 31, 2002)
- Template:Flagicon Kari Virtanen (January 1, 2003 – September 16, 2006)
- Template:Flagicon René van Eck (September 16, 2006 – November 16, 2006)
- Template:Flagicon Job Dragtsma (January 1, 2007 – May 26, 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Jami Wallenius (May 26, 2016 – August 3, 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Shefki Kuqi (August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017)
- Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Piccareta (August 3, 2017 – June 10, 2018)
- Template:Flagicon José Riveiro (January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2021)
- Template:Flagicon Miguel Grau (January 1, 2022 – September 19, 2022)
- Template:Flagicon Ramiro Muñoz (September 20, 2022 – December 31, 2022)
- Template:Flagicon Jarkko Wiss (January 1, 2023 – November 6, 2023)
- Template:Flagicon Vesa Vasara (January 1, 2024 – present)
References
External links
- FCInter.fi – The club's official site.
- Ultraboyz – A supporters' club in Finnish.
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