Posted on 8 May, 2008 by Egan
EDIT-see my FC Haka Correction regarding the first few paragraphs.
The previous post was a bit premature, it must be said. Haka still have an appeal, and most people expect them to get their licence, but the whole affair does raise some questions. For instance, why has their budget been passed for Veikkausliiga competition but is [...]
Filed under: Football economy | Tagged: Aamulehti, budgets, FC Haka, Jan Walden, MyPa, UPM, Veikkausliiga | 4 Comments »
Posted on 6 May, 2008 by Egan
FC Haka have been denied a licence to play in the 2008-09 UEFA Cup. Apparently this is for financial reasons, and TPS have been ‘promoted’ from the Intertoto to fill their place. The full list of Finnish entrants now reads:
Champions League: Tampere United
UEFA Cup: Honka, TPS, Jaro (if they win the Fair Play ballot)
Intertoto: [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: budgets, FC Haka, Honka, MyPa, TamU, TPS, UEFA Cup | No Comments »
Posted on 25 April, 2008 by Egan
When Tampere United got to the Third Qualifying Round of the Champions League in 2007, it should have been a big step towards confirming the improvements made in the Finnish game. The national team was having one of it’s best ever qualification campaigns, the Under 21s were looking good for the 2009 European Championships, [...]
Filed under: Veikkausliiga | Tagged: Ari Hjelm, budgets, Diego Corpache, Dominic Chatto, FC Inter, Haka, Hammarby, Job Dragtsma, Jos Hooiveld, KuPs, Martti Kuusela, Medo, Mika Nurmela, Paulus Roiha, Ratina, RoPs, Tammela, Tampere United, TPS, Turku, Zeddy Saileti | 4 Comments »
Posted on 21 April, 2008 by Egan
Nelonen news have dug out the budgets for this coming season, and once again TPS are right at the top. Here are the figures for the total club budgets:
TPS 2 300 000
Tampere United 1 963 000
HJK 1 880 000
FC Honka 1 820 000
MyPa 1 200 000
VPS 1 083 000
FC Haka 1 080 000
FC Inter 931 [...]
Filed under: Veikkausliiga | Tagged: budgets, Finances | 5 Comments »
