FC Inter Turku

FC Inter was founded in 1990 by Stefan Håkans, the managing director of the towage and salvage 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 Division). The following year, the club assumed the place of the financially troubled local club Turun 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 the Ykkönen and was promoted, as well as reaching the semi-final stage in the Finnish Cup. The squad was strengthened with new players, and in 1996, as both of Turku's better teams were now playing in the Veikkausliiga, the club's attendance records were broken with 8,200 spectators in the local derby between TPS and Inter.

In 1997, the club were relegated after finishing last in the Veikkausliiga, 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, Dutchman Rene van Eck. After the season van Eck returned to Switzerland to coach FC Wohlen, and another Dutchman Job Dragtsma took over.

In 2008 Inter led the league since early season and clinched their first Finnish championship title after winning against FF Jaro in their final game.

As of 18 April 2023[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FIN Walter Viitala 2 DF  FIN Jussi Niska 3 DF  FIN Juuso Hämäläinen 4 DF  FIN Mikael Almén 5 MF  FIN Noah Nurmi 6 DF  CIV Dimitri Legbo 8 MF  FIN Matias Ojala 9 FW  RSA Darren Smith 10 MF  FIN Petteri Forsell 11 MF  KOS Arlind Sejdiu 12 GK  FIN Matias Riikonen 13 GK  FIN Eetu Huuhtanen

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  FIN Tommi Jyry 17 MF  GHA Bismark Ampofo 18 DF  NZL Nikko Boxall 19 MF  FIN Iiro Järvinen 20 DF  FIN Juho Hyvärinen 21 FW  FIN Matias Tamminen 22 DF  FIN Luka Kuittinen 23 FW  FIN Daniel Rökman 24 FW  FIN Timo Stavitski 25 DF  ARG Rodrigo Arciero 26 FW  FIN Otto Lehtisalo 27 GK  FIN Anton Aaltonen 28 MF  FIN Roope Kantola — DF  FIN Valentin Purosalo

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  FIN Tino Kangasaho (at Pargas until 31 December 2023)

As of 19 January 2021.

Name	Role
Jarkko Wiss	Manager
Ramiro Muñoz	Coach
Lauri Hakanen	Coach
Ville Vastamäki	Goalkeeping Coach
David Moore	First Team Administrator
Ville Peltonen	Physiotherapist
Teemu Ahonen	Physiotherapist
Seppo Pajunen	Kit Manager

• Veikkausliiga

Winners: 2008

Runners-up: 2019

• Finnish Cup

Winners: 2009, 2017–18

Runners-up: 2020, 2022

• Finnish League Cup

Winners: 2008

• 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)

• FCInter.fi – The club's official site.
• Ultraboyz – A supporters' club in Finnish.