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| Full name | Football Club International Turku | ||
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| Nicknames | Sinimustat (Black and Blues) | ||
| Founded | 1990; 35 years ago (1990) | ||
| Ground | Veritas Stadion Kupittaa,Turku,Finland | ||
| Capacity | 9,372 | ||
| Chairman | Stefan Håkans | ||
| Manager | Vesa Vasara | ||
| League | Veikkausliiga | ||
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga, 7th of 12 | ||
| Website | fcinter | ||
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Football Club International Turku, commonly referred to asInter Turku (Swedish:Inter Åbo) and colloquially known asInter, is a Finnish professionalfootball club based inTurku that competes in theVeikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish football. Founded in 1990 by Stefan Håkans, the club has a rivalry withTurun Palloseura. Inter won oneFinnish football championship title, twoFinnish Cups, and threeFinnish League Cups. They play home matches atVeritas Stadion, with a capacity of 9,372.
FC Inter was founded in 1990 by Stefan Håkans, themanaging director of thetowage andsalvage 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 divisionKolmonen). The following year, the club assumed the place of the financially troubled local clubTurun 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 theYkkönen and was promoted, as well as reaching the semi-final stage in the FinnishCup. The squad was strengthened with new players, and in 1996, as both of Turku's better teams were now playing in theVeikkausliiga, the club's attendance records were broken with 8,200 spectators in thelocal derby betweenTurun Palloseura (TPS) and Inter.
In 1997, the club were relegated after finishing last in theVeikkausliiga, 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, DutchmanRene van Eck. After the season van Eck returned to Switzerland to coachFC Wohlen, and another DutchmanJob Dragtsma took over.
In 2008 Inter led the league since early season and clinched their first Finnish championship title after winning againstFF Jaro in their final game.
In the2011 Veikkausliiga season, the club's first-choice strikerTimo Furuholm scored 22 goals and won the Veikkausliiga Golden Boot, and helped Inter to finish as the season's runner-up.
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
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| 2005 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R |  ÍA | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 |  |
| 2R |  NK Varteks | 2–2 | 3–4 | 5–6 |  | ||
| 2009–10 | UEFA Champions League | 2Q |  Sheriff | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | 3Q |  Genk | 1–5 | 2–3 | 3–8 | |
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q |  Twente | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–6 | |
| 2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  Víkingur Gøta | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| 2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  Brøndby | 2–0 | 1–4 | 3–4 | |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  Honvéd | — | 1−2 (a.e.t.) | — | |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1Q | Puskás Akadémia | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1Q |  Drita | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | |
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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As of 7 November 2024
| Name | Role |
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 Vesa Vasara | Manager |
| Riku Paularinne | Assistant coach |
| Jussi-Pekka Savolainen | Reserve team head coach |
| Miika Salmi | Goalkeeping coach |
 David Moore [fi] | First Team Administrator |
| Ville Peltonen | Physiotherapist |
| Teemu Ahonen | Physiotherapist |
| Seppo Pajunen | Kit Manager |
| Jani Meriläinen | InterAction director |
| Kalle Parviainen | Sporting director |
| Name | Role |
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| Jyrki Ahola | Scout |
 Sergio Almenara | Scout |
Anders Romberg (1992) Timo Sinkkonen (1993 – 1994) Hannu Paatelo (1995 – 1997)Tomi Jalo (1997 – 1998)Steven Polack (1998)Timo Askolin (1999 – 2000)Pertti Lundell (January 1, 2001 – December 31, 2002)Kari Virtanen (January 1, 2003 – September 16, 2006)René van Eck (September 16, 2006 – November 16, 2006)Job Dragtsma (January 1, 2007 – May 26, 2016)Jami Wallenius (May 26, 2016 – August 3, 2016)Shefki Kuqi (August 3, 2016 – August 3, 2017)
Fabrizio Piccareta (August 3, 2017 – June 10, 2018)José Riveiro (January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2021)Miguel Grau (January 1, 2022 – September 19, 2022)Ramiro Muñoz (September 20, 2022 – December 31, 2022)Jarkko Wiss (January 1, 2023 – November 6, 2023)Vesa Vasara (January 1, 2024 – present)
