Tampereen-Viipurin Ilves-Kissat

Ilves-Kissat
Full nameTampereen-Viipurin Ilves-Kissat
Founded1934, Viipuri
GroundRatina Stadium, Tammela Stadion and others., Tampere
LeagueKakkonen
2023Group B, 3rd
Locations of Viipuri and Tampere within the 1920–1940 borders

Tampereen-Viipurin Ilves-Kissat is a Finnish football club from Tampere. As of 2017 are playing in the Kolmonen league.[1]

They play their home matches in the Tammelan Stadion, which was opened in 1931.[2]

History

The name of the club was changed to Viipurin Ilves (‘Lynx of Viipuri’) in 1934, and as a result of the Winter War, the club was relocated in Tampere in 1940. However, there already was a club called Ilves in Tampere, so the club reverted to the name Ilves-Kissat in December 1944.[3]

IKissat Tampere were promoted to the Mestaruussarja, the top flight of Finnish football, for the 1949 season, and were champions in 1950. They were relegated in 1951.[4]

In 1974 Ilves-Kissat and Tampellan Palloilijat merged with Ilves Tampere, which now became fully involved in football. Ilves-Kissat discontinued its activities in the sport, but on lower tiers of Finnish football it is, in a way, represented by its sister club, Kissalan Pojat (namesake of the Katzenjammer Kids).[3]

In the autumn of 2004, with the club's football team in 6th Division, the management of the club decided to make a push for higher tiers, and in the autumn of 2010 the club achieved promotion to Kakkonen, i.e. 3rd tier. For the 2011 season, Ilves-Kissat entered an arrangement whereby they became the farm team for FC Haka of Valkeakoski, but the season ended with relegation to 3rd Division.[5]

After the 2023 season, reports about the club's financial troubles have emerged.[6]

Season to season

Further reading

  • Matti Wacklin: Sydämenasiana Ilves. Tampere: Ilves ry, 2006. ISBN 952-92-0783-2

References

  1. ^ "Tampereen-Viipurin Ilves-Kissat". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Tammelan Stadion". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b History of Tampereen-Viipurin Ilves-Kissat. Archived 2012-01-28 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Heikki Pietarinen (8 December 2016). "Finland - List of League First Level Tables". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. ^ Farm team deal between Haka and Ilves-Kissat.
  6. ^ "Tamperelaisseura konkurssin partaalla: Tähtipelaajalla ei ollut varaa ruokaan, joukkuekaveri riehui lyömäaseen kanssa – päävalmentaja lataa suorat sanat Ilves-Kissojen kaaoksesta". 19 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Home". finlandfootball.net.
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