User:Ratina1983/Ilves (football)

Ilves
Full nameTampereen Ilves
Nickname(s)Ipa
Founded1931
GroundTammela Stadion
Capacity5,000
ChairmanAri Ruuth
ManagerValeri Popovitch
LeagueKakkonen

Ilves (football) Ilves is a football club from Tampere, Finland. Ilves has 4,800 members, of which 3,900 are active players. This makes Ilves the biggest football club in Finland. It is also one of the most successful, having won the Finnish Championship in 1983 and the Finnish Cup in 1979 and 1990. Ilves is currently playing in Kakkonen, the 3rd highest level in Finland. Ilves sports club also has one of the most successful ice-hockey teams in Finland.