• Source: Football Association of Finland

The Football Association of Finland (Finnish: Suomen Palloliitto, abbr. SPL; Swedish: Finlands Bollförbund) is the governing body of football and futsal in Finland. It was founded in Helsinki on 19 May 1907.
The SPL organises the men's and women's national football teams, and the second to ninth tiers of national football. The premier division Veikkausliiga is organized by a distinct organisation. The SPL is based in the Finnish capital city of Helsinki.




Background


The SPL has more than 1,000 member clubs and approximately 140,000 registered players. The Finnish Gallup survey has indicated that football is a popular pastime with around 500,000 Finns interested in the sport. The SPL is Finland's largest amateur sports federation.
The association was also the governing body of bandy in Finland until Finland's Bandy Association was founded in 1972. In 1928, it also arranged the first Finland ice hockey championship, before the 1929 establishment of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association.




Publications


The association publishes several magazines, including now-defunct monthly magazine Futari.




National teams


Men's team
Under-21 team
Under-19 team
Under-17 team
Women's team
Women's under-20 team
Women's under-17 team
Men's Futsal team
Women's Futsal team




Presidents



Walter Flander: 1907–1908
John Catani: 1909
Uno Westerholm: 1910–1911
Carolus Lindberg: 1912
Walter Qvist: 1913–1917
Erik von Frenckell: 1918–1952
Juuso Walden: 1953–1963
Osmo P. Karttunen: 1963–1974
Ove H. Rehn: 1974–1975
Jouko Loikkanen: 1975–1983
Lauri Pöyhönen: 1983–1987
Pentti Seppälä: 1987–1997
Pekka Hämäläinen: 1997–2009
Sauli Niinistö: 2009–2012
Markku Lehtola: 2012 (interim)
Pertti Alaja: 2012–2017
Markku Lehtola: 2017–2018 (interim)
Ari Lahti: 2018–present




References






External links



Official website (in Finnish)
Finland at UEFA.com
Finland at FIFA.com

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