Football Association of Finland

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Football Association of Finland
UEFA

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 organized 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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Presidents

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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

References

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^ "Palloliitto" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
^ "Idrott" (in Swedish). Uppslagsverket Finland. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
^ "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)
Finland at UEFA.com
Finland at FIFA.com

Football in Finland

Football Association of Finland

National teams

Men's	National team U-21 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16
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)
Women's	Kansallinen Liiga (tier 1) Naisten Ykkönen (tier 2) Naisten Kakkonen (tier 3) Naisten Kolmonen (tier 4) Naisten Nelonen (tier 5)

Domestic cups

International cups

Helsinki Cup

v t e Futsal in Finland
Futsal Football Association of Finland
League competitions	Futsal-Liiga
Cup competitions	Futsal Cup of Finland
National teams	Finland national futsal team Finland women's national futsal team

v t e 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
Football Association of Finland

National football associations of Europe (UEFA)

Current

Defunct

v t e Sports governing bodies in Finland (FIN)
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating Figure Speed Short Track Ice hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing Alpine Cross Country Nordic Combined Freestyle Jumping Snowboarding
Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water ski Wushu
Others Sports	American Football Disc golf Rugby Union Rugby League Ringette
Finnish Olympic Committee Finnish Paralympic Committee

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	Germany United States Finland