FC Inter Turku explained

Clubname:FC Inter Turku
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Fullname:Football Club International Turku
Nickname:Sinimustat ('Black and Blues')
Ground:Veritas Stadion
Kupittaa, Turku, Finland
Capacity:9,372
Chairman:Stefan Håkans
Manager:Vesa Vasara
League:Veikkausliiga
Season:2023
Position:Veikkausliiga, 6th of 12
Website:https://fcinter.fi/
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Football Club International Turku, commonly referred to as Inter Turku (Swedish: Inter Åbo) and colloquially known as Inter, is a Finnish professional football club based in Turku that competes in the Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish Football. Founded in 1990 by Stefan Håkans, the club has a rivalry with Turun Palloseura.

Inter have won one League title, two Finnish Cups, and one League Cup. They play their home league matches at Veritas Stadion, with a capacity of 9,372 seats for most matches.

History

FC Inter was founded in 1990 by Stefan Håkans, the managing director of the towage and salvage company Alfons Håkans, allegedly after his 11-year-old son could not fit into any of the other youth teams in Turku. The club started out as a youth team, but in 1992 a senior squad was founded and it entered the Finnish league system at the fourth level (third division Kolmonen). The following year, the club assumed the place of the financially troubled local club Turun Toverit in the Second Division. Manager Timo Sinkkonen invested in new players, and eventually the club finished first and was promoted to the First Division (Ykkönen).

In 1995, Inter finished first in the Ykkönen and was promoted, as well as reaching the semi-final stage in the Finnish Cup. The squad was strengthened with new players, and in 1996, as both of Turku's better teams were now playing in the Veikkausliiga, the club's attendance records were broken with 8,200 spectators in the local derby between Turun Palloseura (TPS) and Inter.

In 1997, the club were relegated after finishing last in the Veikkausliiga, but achieved promotion again the following season. New foreign players were bought to strengthen the squad, such as Richard Teberio and Fernando della Sala. Since then the club has consistently finished between 7th and 4th in the league, and maintained a steady inflow of foreign players as well as young starlets from its own youth academy.

During the 2006 season Inter sacked their manager Kari Virtanen and hired new coach, Dutchman Rene van Eck. After the season van Eck returned to Switzerland to coach FC Wohlen, and another Dutchman Job Dragtsma took over.

In 2008 Inter led the league since early season and clinched their first Finnish championship title after winning against FF Jaro in their final game.

European cup history

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2005UEFA Intertoto Cup1R ÍA0–04–04–0
2R NK Varteks2–23–45–6
2009–10UEFA Champions League2Q Sheriff0–10–10–2
2010–11UEFA Europa League3Q Genk1–52–33–8
2012–13UEFA Europa League2Q Twente0–51–11–6
2013–14UEFA Europa League1Q Víkingur Gøta0–11–11–2
2019–20UEFA Europa League1Q Brøndby2–01–43–4
2020–21UEFA Europa League1Q Honvéd1−2
2021–22UEFA Europa Conference League1Q Puskás Akadémia1–10–21–3
2022–23UEFA Europa Conference League1Q Drita1–00–31–3

Season to season

SeasonLevelDivisionSectionAdministrationPositionMovements
1992Tier 4III divisioona (Third Division)Group 3Turku District (SPL Turku)6th
1993Tier 3II divisioona (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)2ndPromoted
1994Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)3rd
1995Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)1stPromoted
1996Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5thUpper Group – 6th
1997Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)7thThird round – 10th – Relegated
1998Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division)South GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)2ndUpper Group – 3rd – Promoted
1999Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)3rdUpper Group – 5th
2000Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)7th
2001Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th
2002Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th
2003Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)7th
2004Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)4th
2005Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th
2006Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)10th
2007Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)9th
2008Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)1stChampions
2009Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th
2010Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)6th
2011Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)2nd
2012Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)2nd
2013Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)9th
2014Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)10th
2015Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)4th
2016Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)11th
2017Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)9th
2018Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)7th
2019Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)2nd
2020Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)2nd
2021Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)3rd
2022Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th
2023Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)6th

Current squad

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Out on loan

Management

As of 19 January 2021.

NameRole
Vesa VasaraManager
Riku PaularinneAssistant coach
Ramiro MuñozAssistant coach
Jussi-Pekka SavolainenReserve team head coach
Ville VastamäkiGoalkeeping Coach
David MooreFirst Team Administrator
Ville PeltonenPhysiotherapist
Teemu AhonenPhysiotherapist
Seppo PajunenKit Manager
Jani MeriläinenInterAction director

Honours

Player records

Past managers

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joukkue FC Inter . 2021-03-05 . 2021-04-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210411220706/https://fcinter.fi/joukkue/ . live .