Finnish Football Hall of Fame

Finnish Football Hall of Fame is an honorary gallery which was established in 1993, and is located in the Football Museum of Finland (Finnish: Suomen Jalkapallomuseo) in Valkeakoski. Players, coaches, referees or other persons that are merited in developing the Finnish football are eligible to be named in the gallery.[1]

The inductions are decided by a certain committee. The committee consists of representatives of the Football Association of Finland, Sports Museum of Finland, Football Museum of Finland and Pallo-Kopla, the association of Finnish sports journalists. A player is eligible to be named in the gallery after three years have passed since their playing career ended.[2]

Inductees

Former national team player Arto Tolsa was selected in 1993.
Juhani Peltonen was selected in 1994. Peltonen was the first Finnish player in Bundesliga.
Former national team player Laura Österberg Kalmari was selected in 2014.
Jari Litmanen was selected in 2015.
Sami Hyypiä was selected in 2015.
Pertti Alaja, the former President of the Finland FA, was posthumously named in 2017.
Former national team manager Antti Muurinen was named in 2019.
Former player and manager Keith Armstrong was named in 2023.
Name Year Role
FinlandArto Tolsa1993 Former player
FinlandNiilo Tammisalo1993 Influential multi-sports figure in football, bandy, ice hockey and basketball
FinlandMartti Hirviniemi1993 Former referee
FinlandAatos Lehtonen1993 Former player, represented Finland at the 1936 Summer Olympics
FinlandErik von Frenckell1993 Sports executive, the president of the Finnish FA in 1918–1952
FinlandKai Pahlman1993 Former player and coach
FinlandThure Sarnola1993 Former goalkeeper and a long-time goalkeeping coach
FinlandEino Soinio1993 Former player, represented Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
FinlandAulis Rytkönen1993 Former player, the first Finnish professional player abroad
FinlandStig-Göran Myntti1993 Former player, represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
FinlandMax Viinioksa1993 Former player
FinlandErnst Grönlund1994 Former player
FinlandJuhani Peltonen1994 Former player
FinlandVeikko Asikainen1996 Former player, represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
FinlandJuuso Walden1997 Football executive, a long-time chairman of the Finnish FA
FinlandOlavi Laaksonen1997 Former player, represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
FinlandFrans Karjagin2003 Former player, represented Finland at the 1936 Summer Olympics
FinlandErkki Poroila2003 Football executive, the Seceretary General of the Finnish FA in 1966–1983
FinlandAri Hjelm2003 Former player and coach
FinlandVerner Eklöf2005 Former player
FinlandTimo Kautonen2005 Former player
FinlandKaarlo Soinio2007 Former player and executive, represented Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
FinlandEsko Malm2007 Former player and manager
FinlandLars Näsman2007 Former player and coach
FinlandTommy Lindholm2007 Former player and manager
FinlandHeikki Suhonen2007 Former player and manager
FinlandAtik Ismail2007 Former player
FinlandHanna-Mari Sarlin2007 Former player, the first female-inductee
FinlandKalevi Lehtovirta2010 Former player, represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
FinlandOlavi Haaskivi2010 Former coach and a long-time coaching director of Finnish FA
FinlandGeorg Krutelew2010 Former referee
FinlandMatti Paatelainen2010 Former player
FinlandKaija Salopuro2010 Former player, had different roles in the Finnish FA for decades
FinlandAnne Mäkinen2012 Former player and manager
FinlandMiikka Toivola2012 Former player and manager
FinlandLaura Österberg Kalmari2014 Former player
FinlandSami Hyypiä2015 Former player and manager
FinlandJari Litmanen2015 Former player, the most capped player of the Finland national team and a long-time captain
FinlandPentti Seppälä2015 Football executive, the president of the Finnish FA in 1987–1997
FinlandPertti Mäkipää2015 Former player
FinlandAnders Mattsson2016 Former referee
FinlandOlli Heinonen2016 Former player
FinlandEsko Ranta2016 Former player
FinlandMartti Kuusela2016 Former player and manager
FinlandJaakko Lempinen2017 Former player and football active
FinlandPekka Hämäläinen2017 Former player and administrator, the President of the Finnish FA in 1997–2009
FinlandPertti Alaja2017 Former player, the Secretary General and the President of the Finnish FA
FinlandGöran Enckelman2018 Former footballer and goalkeeping coach
FinlandJyrki Heliskoski2018 Former manager and a long-time coaching director of the FA
FinlandUlla Kaasinen2018 Former player and coach
FinlandKatriina Elovirta2018 Former player, referee and the development manager of the FA
FinlandGöran Wallén2018 Former football and sports journalist
FinlandMatti Mäkelä2018 Former footballer
FinlandChristina Forssell2018 Former footballer
FinlandSimo Syrjävaara2018 Former player and manager
FinlandOlli Huttunen2018 Former goalkeeper, manager and executive
FinlandGunnar Yliharju2018 Long-time kit manager and active in the FA
FinlandMaija Liukkonen2019 Former player and manager
FinlandJonatan Johansson2019 Former player and manager
FinlandOlavi Rissanen2019 Former player
FinlandKeijo Voutilainen2019 Former player and manager
FinlandAntti Muurinen2019 Former manager
RussiaValeri Popovitch2020 Former player, the top goalscorer of Veikkausliiga, the Finnish premier league
FinlandEsko S. Lahtinen2021 Former sports journalist and author, former pr manager of the Finnish FA
Finland Pekka Luhtanen[3]2021 Researcher, pioneer in football game analysis
FinlandSoile Ojala2021 Former player
FinlandPasi Rautiainen2021 Former player, manager and football commentator
FinlandMarkku Peltoniemi2022 Former player and a long-time team manager of HJK
FinlandKari Ukkonen2022 Former player and coach, represented Finland at the 1980 Summer Olympics
FinlandAki Lahtinen2022 Former player
FinlandSanna Valkonen2022 Former player
EnglandKeith Armstrong2023 Former player and manager
FinlandJukka Vakkila2023 Former manager
FinlandJutta Rautiainen2023 Former player and manager
FinlandJessica Julin2023 Former player and manager
FinlandJyrki Nieminen2024 Former player and manager
FinlandAnna-Kaisa Rantanen2024 Former player
FinlandJukka Ikäläinen2024 Former player and manager

References

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