TaPa

Tampereen Palloilijat

Full name	Tampereen Palloilijat
Nickname(s)	TaPa
Founded	1921
League	Nelonen
Home colours

Tampereen Palloilijat or TaPa is a Finnish football club, based in Tampere. In the past club also played ice hockey, they participated to first ever finnish championship in 1928. In 1931 they won finnish ice hockey championship.

Football

TaPa was founded in 1921. They have played five seasons in the Finnish top tier. Tampereen Palloilijat were founding member of Finnish FA Häme district. In 1924 club members build the first grass pitch of inner Finland to Kaleva district in Tampere, in opening match they won HIFK 3-2. In 1969 it merged with Tampellan Pallo and changed club name to Tampellan Palloilijat, Tampellan Pallo was founded only year before as a merger of Tampellan Terä and Tampereen Kalevan Pallo-Pojat. In 1974 they combined with Ilves Tampere together with Ilves-Kissat and Ilves continued as a leading club of Tampere. Ilves was founded in 1931 but played most of its history in the district level. Tampereen Palloilijat continued later on from lower levels.

Season to season

Season to Season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements 1930 Tier 2 B-Sarja (Second Division) Cup format Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) Semi-finals 1931-34 Häme District competitions 1935 Tier 2 B-Sarja (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th 1936 Tier 2 Itä-Länsi-sarja (Second Division) West League Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th 1937 Tier 2 Itä-Länsi-sarja (Second Division) West League Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th 1938 Tier 2 Itä-Länsi-sarja (Second Division) West League, North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th 1939 Tier 2 Itä-Länsi-sarja (Second Division) West League, Group 3 Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promotion Group West 4th 1940-41 Tier 2 B-Sarja (Second Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th 1945-46 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) Satakunta Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promotion Playoff 1946-47 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) Tampere Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd 1947-48 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) Satakunta Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd 1948 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) West Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promotion Playoff 1949 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) West Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th Relegated 1950 Tier 4 Piirisarja (District League) West Tampere District (SPL Tampere) Promotion Playoff 1951 Tier 4 Piirisarja (District League) West Tampere District (SPL Tampere) Promotion Playoff 1952 Tier 4 Piirisarja (District League) Tampere District (SPL Tampere) Promotion Playoff 1953-54 Piirisarja (District League) Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 1955 Tier 4 Piirisarja (District League) Tampere District (SPL Tampere) Promotion Playoff - Promoted 1956 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) West Group I Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th 1957 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) West Group II Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd 1958 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) Group 5 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd 1959 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) Group 6 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promoted 1960 Tier 2 Suomensarja (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promoted 1961 Tier 1 Mestaruussarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th 1962 Tier 1 Mestaruussarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd 1963 Tier 1 Mestaruussarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 11th Relegated 1964 Tier 2 Suomensarja (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promoted 1965 Tier 1 Mestaruussarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 12th Relegated 1966 Tier 2 Suomensarja (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th 1967 Tier 2 Suomensarja (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th 1968 Tier 2 Suomensarja (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th 1969 Tier 2 Suomensarja (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th Tampellan Palloilijat 1970 Tier 2 II Divisioona (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th Tampellan Palloilijat 1971 Tier 2 II Divisioona (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promotion Group 2nd - Promoted,Tampellan Palloilijat 1972 Tier 1 Mestaruussarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th Tampellan Palloilijat 1973 Tier 1 Mestaruussarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 12th Relegated Tampellan Palloilijat 1974 Tier 2 I Divisioona (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th Relegated, merged with Ilves-Kissat to join Ilves 1975-97 No team 1998 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 6th 1999 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 2000 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) South Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 2001 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) North Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 2nd 2002 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) South Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 2nd 2003 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) North Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 2nd Promoted 2004 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) North Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 9th 2005 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) North Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 11th 2006 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) North Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 9th Relegated 2007 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Group 1 Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 11th Relegation Playoff 2008 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Group 3 Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 6th 2009 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Group 2 Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 5th 2010 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Group 2 Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 7th 2011 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Group 1 Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 9th 2012 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Group 2 Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 4th 2013 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Group 1 Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 11th Relegated 2014 Tier 7 Kutonen (Sixth Division) Group 3 Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 2nd Promotion Playoff - Promoted 2015 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Group 1 Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 2nd 2016 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Group 2 Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 3rd 2017 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 3rd 2018 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 6th 2019 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Tampere District (SPL Tampere) 2nd Promoted 6 seasons in Mestaruussarja 16 seasons in Ykkönen 9 seasons in Maakuntasarja 4 seasons in Piirisarja 4 seasons in Nelonen 18 seasons in Vitonen 1 season in Kutonen

Ice Hockey

TaPa played in the first SM-sarja season. TaPa played a total of 4 seasons in the SM-sarja (1928, 1929, 1931 and 1932).

The best result for TaPa was the winning of SM-sarja in 1931

Notable players

• Niilo Tammisalo
• Risto Tiitola

External links

• Official website
• Finnish Wikipedia