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| Full name | Jalkapalloseura Tampere United ry | ||
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| Founded | July 1998; 27 years ago (1998-07) (original club) February 2011; 14 years ago (2011-02) (current club) | ||
| Dissolved | December 2010; 14 years ago (2010-12) (original club) | ||
| Ground | Tammela Stadion | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| Chairman | Antti Niemistö | ||
| Manager | Tero Suonperä | ||
| League | Ykkönen | ||
| 2024 | 3rd out of 11 (promoted via play-offs) | ||
| Website | http://www.tampereunited.fi/ | ||
Tampere United is aFinnishfootball club from the city ofTampere. In the 2025 season, the club plays inYkkönen, the third highest level offootball in Finland.
The club had a team inVeikkausliiga, the premier football league inFinland, until the end of the 2010 season. It was excluded from participating in Finnish football during the 2011 season amid suspicions of money laundering. The club was kept alive by its supporters, who entered a team calledTamU-K in Kutonen, the lowest level of football in Finland, in 2012. The club earned three promotions in four years, and all its teams were taken over by Tampere United in the lead up to the 2016 season. Tampere United is now a fan-owned club and controlled by the same supporters who ran TamU-K.
The club was formed in July 1998. The initial plan was to merge two local football clubsFC Ilves andTPV but TPV decided to continue as its own team. FC Ilves continued to play in lower divisions and Tampere United inherited its place in the second highest division.
In their first season, 1999 they won promotion to the top division, 15 months after the formation of the club. During season 2000 they reached sixth place in the league. In their third season 2001 they won the Finnish championship.
In 2002, they finished in fifth place, and in 2003, third place. In 2006, Tampere United won their 2nd Finnish Championship and one year later, in 2007, they were the champions yet again taking home their 3rd title.
During the 2007 season, Tampere United also reached the third qualifying round of theUEFA Champions League. Tampere defeated Bulgarian championsLevski Sofia 2–0 on aggregate in the second qualifying round. Tampere United failed to reach the Champions League group stage whenRosenborg BK defeated them 5–0 on aggregate. In theUEFA Cup first round, United lost toGirondins de Bordeaux 4–3 on aggregate.
On 14 April 2011 the club were suspended indefinitely by theFootball Association of Finland because they had received money from a dubious company based in Singapore, known for involvement in fixed games and money laundering. The club was excluded from the 2011 season ofVeikkausliiga.[1] Players under contract were released due to lack of funds.
The club did not participate in any league in 2012 or 2013. In April 2013 the Turku Court of Appeal found the former CEO Deniz Bavautdin and the former chairman of the board Harri Pyhältö guilty of money laundering.
Supporters of Tampere United founded a supporters' trust in 2009 after the club had hit financial difficulties. The aim was to help fans gain a voice within the club and to buy shares of the club.
In 2012 the supporters' trust founded a new team named after the supporters' trust, TamU-K, In 2012 the team played inKutonen, the bottom division in Finnish football, and gained promotion toVitonen. The promotion playoff match that decided promotion had the attendance of 441.[2] In 2013 the team was promoted toVitonen and in 2014 the team made it to penalties in the promotion playoff and lost.[3] After another season in Nelonen TamU-K was promoted toKolmonen,
In the lead up to the 2016 season, Tampere United took over all the teams that played under TamU-K. Thereby the first team played in Kolmonen in 2016, and after the season it got promotedKakkonen. In 2017 Tampere United finished sixth in Kakkonen Group B and in 2018 it finished ninth in Group C, and remains in Kakkonen in the 2019 season.
Finnish Regions’ Cup
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Score (home-away) |
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| 2002–03 | UEFA Champions League | Q1 |  Pyunik F.C. | 0–4, 0–2 |
| 2003 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1 |  Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 1–0, 1–2 |
| 2 |  FK Sutjeska Nikšić | 0–0, 1–0 | ||
| 3 |  HNK Cibalia | 0–2, 1–0 | ||
| 2004 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1 |  CS Grevenmacher | 0–0, 1–1 |
| 2 |  Khazar Universiteti | 3–0, 0–1 | ||
| 3 |  OFK Beograd | 0–0, 0–1 | ||
| 2005 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1 |  Skála ÍF | 2–0, 1–0 |
| 2 |  R. Charleroi S.C. | 1–0, 0–0 | ||
| 3 |  SS Lazio | 1–1, 0–3 | ||
| 2006 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1 |  Carmarthen Town | 5–0, 3–1 |
| 2 |  Kalmar FF | 1–2, 2–3 | ||
| 2007–08 | UEFA Champions League | Q1 |  SS Murata | 2–0, 2–1 |
| Q2 |  PFC Levski Sofia | 1–0, 1–0 | ||
| Q3 |  Rosenborg BK | 0–3, 0–2 | ||
| 2007–08 | UEFA Cup | 1 |  Girondins de Bordeaux | 2–3, 1–1 |
| 2008–09 | UEFA Champions League | Q1 |  FK Budućnost Podgorica | 2–1, 1–1 |
| Q2 |  FC Artmedia Petržalka | 1–3, 2–4 |
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Harri Kampman (1999–2000)Ari Hjelm (2001–2010)Jarkko Wiss (2011) Antti Pettinen (2011–2012) Mika Suonsyrjä (2012–2015) Mikko Mäkelä (2016–2018)
Leroy Maluka (2018) Mourad Seddiki (2019) Jukka Listenmaa (2020–2024) Tero Suonperä (2024 – present)
