Английская Википедия:Football Association of Finland
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Expand Finnish Шаблон:Infobox football association The Football Association of Finland (Шаблон:Lang-fi, Шаблон:Small SPL; Шаблон:Lang-sv) 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 and third tiers of national football. The premier division Veikkausliiga is organized by a distinct organisation, and the lower tiers (the fourth tier and below) are organized by the 12 district organisations. The SPL is based in the Finnish capital city of Helsinki.
Background
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]
District organisations
At the more local level Finnish football is administered by the following 12 district organisations of the SPL:[3]
- Ålands Fotbollförbund
- SPL Helsingin piiri
- SPL Itä-Suomen piiri
- SPL Kaakkois-Suomen piiri
- SPL Keski-Pohjanmaan piiri
- SPL Keski-Suomen piiri
- SPL Pohjois-Suomen piiri
- SPL Satakunnan piiri
- SPL Tampereen piiri
- SPL Turun piiri
- SPL Uudenmaan piiri
- SPL Vaasan piiri
There were also 12 other district organisations that no longer exist.
Publications
The association publishes several magazines, including now-defunct monthly magazine Futari.[4]
Presidents
- 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
- Шаблон:Ill: 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
External links
- Шаблон:Official website Шаблон:In lang
- Finland at UEFA.com
- Finland at FIFA.com
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