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 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
Finland Arto Tolsa 1993 Former player
Finland Niilo Tammisalo 1993 Influential multi-sports figure in football, bandy, ice hockey and basketball
Finland Martti Hirviniemi 1993 Former referee
Finland Aatos Lehtonen 1993 Former player, represented Finland at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Finland Erik von Frenckell 1993 Sports executive, the president of the Finnish FA in 1918–1952
Finland Kai Pahlman 1993 Former player and coach
Finland Thure Sarnola 1993 Former goalkeeper and a long-time goalkeeping coach
Finland Eino Soinio 1993 Former player, represented Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Finland Aulis Rytkönen 1993 Former player, the first Finnish professional player abroad
Finland Stig-Göran Myntti 1993 Former player, represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Finland Max Viinioksa 1993 Former player
Finland Ernst Grönlund 1994 Former player
Finland Juhani Peltonen 1994 Former player
Finland Veikko Asikainen 1996 Former player, represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Finland Juuso Walden 1997 Football executive, a long-time chairman of the Finnish FA
Finland Olavi Laaksonen 1997 Former player, represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Finland Frans Karjagin 2003 Former player, represented Finland at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Finland Erkki Poroila 2003 Football executive, the Seceretary General of the Finnish FA in 1966–1983
Finland Ari Hjelm 2003 Former player and coach
Finland Verner Eklöf 2005 Former player
Finland Timo Kautonen 2005 Former player
Finland Kaarlo Soinio 2007 Former player and executive, represented Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Finland Esko Malm 2007 Former player and manager
Finland Lars Näsman 2007 Former player and coach
Finland Tommy Lindholm 2007 Former player and manager
Finland Heikki Suhonen 2007 Former player and manager
Finland Atik Ismail 2007 Former player
Finland Hanna-Mari Sarlin 2007 Former player, the first female-inductee
Finland Kalevi Lehtovirta 2010 Former player, represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Finland Olavi Haaskivi 2010 Former coach and a long-time coaching director of Finnish FA
Finland Georg Krutelew 2010 Former referee
Finland Matti Paatelainen 2010 Former player
Finland Kaija Salopuro 2010 Former player, had different roles in the Finnish FA for decades
Finland Anne Mäkinen 2012 Former player and manager
Finland Miikka Toivola 2012 Former player and manager
Finland Laura Österberg Kalmari 2014 Former player
Finland Sami Hyypiä 2015 Former player and manager
Finland Jari Litmanen 2015 Former player, the most capped player of the Finland national team and a long-time captain
Finland Pentti Seppälä 2015 Football executive, the president of the Finnish FA in 1987–1997
Finland Pertti Mäkipää 2015 Former player
Finland Anders Mattsson 2016 Former referee
Finland Olli Heinonen 2016 Former player
Finland Esko Ranta 2016 Former player
Finland Martti Kuusela 2016 Former player and manager
Finland Jaakko Lempinen 2017 Former player and football active
Finland Pekka Hämäläinen 2017 Former player and administrator, the President of the Finnish FA in 1997–2009
Finland Pertti Alaja 2017 Former player, the Secretary General and the President of the Finnish FA
Finland Göran Enckelman 2018 Former footballer and goalkeeping coach
Finland Jyrki Heliskoski 2018 Former manager and a long-time coaching director of the FA
Finland Ulla Kaasinen 2018 Former player and coach
Finland Katriina Elovirta 2018 Former player, referee and the development manager of the FA
Finland Göran Wallén 2018 Former football and sports journalist
Finland Matti Mäkelä 2018 Former footballer
Finland Christina Forssell 2018 Former footballer
Finland Simo Syrjävaara 2018 Former player and manager
Finland Olli Huttunen 2018 Former goalkeeper, manager and executive
Finland Gunnar Yliharju 2018 Long-time kit manager and active in the FA
Finland Maija Liukkonen 2019 Former player and manager
Finland Jonatan Johansson 2019 Former player and manager
Finland Olavi Rissanen 2019 Former player
Finland Keijo Voutilainen 2019 Former player and manager
Finland Antti Muurinen 2019 Former manager
Russia Valeri Popovitch 2020 Former player, the top goalscorer of Veikkausliiga, the Finnish premier league
Finland Esko S. Lahtinen 2021 Former sports journalist and author, former pr manager of the Finnish FA
Finland Pekka Luhtanen[3] 2021 Researcher, pioneer in football game analysis
Finland Soile Ojala 2021 Former player
Finland Pasi Rautiainen 2021 Former player, manager and football commentator
Finland Markku Peltoniemi 2022 Former player and a long-time team manager of HJK
Finland Kari Ukkonen 2022 Former player and coach, represented Finland at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Finland Aki Lahtinen 2022 Former player
Finland Sanna Valkonen 2022 Former player
England Keith Armstrong 2023 Former player and manager
Finland Jukka Vakkila 2023 Former manager
Finland Jutta Rautiainen 2023 Former player and manager
Finland Jessica Julin 2023 Former player and manager
Finland Jyrki Nieminen 2024 Former player and manager
Finland Anna-Kaisa Rantanen 2024 Former player
Finland Jukka Ikäläinen 2024 Former player and manager

References

  1. ^ Hall of Fame, Football Association of Finland
  2. ^ Hall of Fame, suomenjalkapallomuseo.fi
  3. ^ PEKKA LUHTANEN HALL OF FAMEEN, Football Association of Finland, 9 October 2021
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