Finnish Football Hall of Fame

The 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 posthumously 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 Influential multi-sports figure in football, bandy, ice hockey and basketball
Finland Martti Hirviniemi Former referee
Finland Aatos Lehtonen Former player, represented Finland at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Finland Erik von Frenckell Sports executive, the president of the Finnish FA in 1918–1952
Finland Kai Pahlman Former player and coach
Finland Thure Sarnola Former goalkeeper and a long-time goalkeeping coach
Finland Eino Soinio Former player, represented Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Finland Aulis Rytkönen Former player, the first Finnish professional player abroad
Finland Stig-Göran Myntti Former player, represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Finland Max Viinioksa Former player
Finland Ernst Grönlund 1994
Finland Juhani Peltonen
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 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 Football executive, the Seceretary General of the Finnish FA in 1966–1983
Finland Ari Hjelm Former player and coach
Finland Verner Eklöf 2005 Former player
Finland Timo Kautonen Former player
Finland Kaarlo Soinio 2007 Former player and executive, represented Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Finland Esko Malm Former player and manager
Finland Lars Näsman Former player and coach
Finland Tommy Lindholm Former player and manager
Finland Heikki Suhonen
Finland Atik Ismail Former player
Finland Hanna-Mari Sarlin Former player, the first female-inductee
Finland Kalevi Lehtovirta 2010 Former player, represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Finland Olavi Haaskivi Former coach and a long-time coaching director of Finnish FA
Finland Georg Krutelew Former referee
Finland Matti Paatelainen Former player
Finland Kaija Salopuro Former player, had different roles in the Finnish FA for decades
Finland Anne Mäkinen 2012 Former player and manager
Finland Miikka Toivola
Finland Laura Österberg Kalmari 2014 Former player
Finland Sami Hyypiä 2015 Former player and manager
Finland Jari Litmanen Former player, the most capped player of the Finland national team and a long-time captain
Finland Pentti Seppälä Football executive, the president of the Finnish FA in 1987–1997
Finland Pertti Mäkipää Former player
Finland Anders Mattsson 2016 Former referee
Finland Olli Heinonen Former player
Finland Esko Ranta
Finland Martti Kuusela Former player and manager
Finland Jaakko Lempinen 2017 Former player and football active
Finland Pekka Hämäläinen Former player and administrator, the President of the Finnish FA in 1997–2009
Finland Pertti Alaja Former player, the Secretary General and the President of the Finnish FA
Finland Göran Enckelman 2018 Former footballer and goalkeeping coach
Finland Jyrki Heliskoski Former manager and a long-time coaching director of the FA
Finland Ulla Kaasinen Former player and coach
Finland Katriina Elovirta Former player, referee and the development manager of the FA
Finland Göran Wallén Former football and sports journalist
Finland Matti Mäkelä Former footballer
Finland Christina Forssell
Finland Simo Syrjävaara Former player and manager
Finland Olli Huttunen Former goalkeeper, manager and executive
Finland Gunnar Yliharju Long-time kit manager and active in the FA
Finland Maija Liukkonen 2019 Former player and manager
Finland Jonatan Johansson
Finland Olavi Rissanen Former player
Finland Keijo Voutilainen Former player and manager
Finland Antti Muurinen 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] Researcher, pioneer in football game analysis
Finland Soile Ojala Former player
Finland Pasi Rautiainen Former player, manager and football commentator
Finland Markku Peltoniemi 2022 Former player and a long-time team manager of HJK
Finland Kari Ukkonen Former player and coach, represented Finland at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Finland Aki Lahtinen Former player
Finland Sanna Valkonen
England Keith Armstrong 2023 Former player and manager
Finland Jukka Vakkila Former manager
Finland Jutta Rautiainen Former player and manager
Finland Jessica Julin
Finland Jyrki Nieminen 2024
Finland Anna-Kaisa Rantanen Former player
Finland Jukka Ikäläinen Former player and manager
Finland Johanna Lindell[4] 2025 Former goalkeeper
Finland Ismo Lius Former player
Finland Mika Lipponen
Finland Mixu Paatelainen Former player and manager
Finland Pauliina Miettinen

References

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