Football Association of Finland

Sports governing body in Finland

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Football Association of FinlandUEFA

Founded| 19 May 1907; 117 years ago (19 May 1907)
Headquarters| Bolt Arena
FIFA affiliation| 1908
UEFA affiliation| 1954
President| Ari Lahti
Website| https://www.palloliitto.fi/

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

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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

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The association publishes several magazines, including now-defunct monthly magazine Futari.[3]

## National teams

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* 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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Commemorative plaque in Esplanadi, Helsinki where was Football Association of Finland founded. (Finnish, Swedish and English)

* 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 [fi]: 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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Main article: Finnish Football Hall of Fame

## References

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1. ^ "Palloliitto" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
2. ^ "Idrott" (in Swedish). Uppslagsverket Finland. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
3. ^ "A-lehdet Dialogi Oy". Aikakaus Media (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

## External links

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* Official website (in Finnish)
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Football in Finland

Football Association of Finland

National teams|

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* National team
* U-21
* U-19
* U-18
* U-17
* U-16

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Women's|

* National team
* U-20
* U-17

League system|

| Men's|

* Veikkausliiga (tier 1)
* Ykkösliiga (tier 2)
* Ykkönen (tier 3)
* Kakkonen (tier 4)
* Kolmonen (tier 5)
* Nelonen (tier 6)
* Vitonen (tier 7)
* Kutonen (tier 8)
* Seiska (tier 9)

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Women's|

* Kansallinen Liiga (tier 1)
* Naisten Ykkönen (tier 2)
* Naisten Kakkonen (tier 3)
* Naisten Kolmonen (tier 4)
* Naisten Nelonen (tier 5)

Domestic cups|

* Finnish Cup
* Finnish League Cup
* Finnish Women's Cup

International cups|

* Helsinki Cup

* List of clubs
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* Hall of Fame

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Futsal in Finland

* Futsal
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League competitions|

* Futsal-Liiga

Cup competitions|

* Futsal Cup of Finland

National teams|

* Finland national futsal team
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Finnish District Football Associations

Previous|

* Åland FF
* SPL Helsinki
* SPL Itä-Suomi
* SPL Kaakkois-Suomi
* SPL Keski-Pohjanmaa
* SPL Keski-Suomi
* SPL Pohjois-Suomi
* SPL Satakunta
* SPL Tampere
* SPL Turku
* SPL Uusimaa
* SPL Vaasa
* SPL Hämeen-Satakunta
* SPL Häme
* SPL Joensuu
* SPL Karjala
* SPL Keski-Uusimaa
* SPL Kymenlaakso
* SPL Lahti
* SPL Lappi
* SPL Länsi-Uusimaa
* SPL Oulu
* SPL Saimaa
* SPL Savo

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Others Sports|

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