The Finnish Football Hall of Fame is an honorary gallery which was established in 1993, and is located in the () in Valkeakoski. Players, coaches, referees or other persons that are merited in developing the Finnish football are eligible to be named in the gallery.Hall of Fame, Football Association of Finland
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.Hall of Fame, suomenjalkapallomuseo.fi
Inductees
Name Year Role Arto Tolsa 1993 Former player Niilo Tammisalo Influential multi-sports figure in football, bandy, ice hockey and basketball Former referee Aatos Lehtonen Former player, represented Finland at the 1936 Summer Olympics Erik von Frenckell Sports executive, the president of the Finnish FA in 1918–1952 Kai Pahlman Former player and coach Former goalkeeper and a long-time goalkeeping coach Eino Soinio Former player, represented Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics Aulis Rytkönen Former player, the first Finnish professional player abroad Stig-Göran Myntti Former player, represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics Max Viinioksa Former player Ernst Grönlund1994 Juhani Peltonen Veikko Asikainen1996 Former player, represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics Juuso Walden1997 Football executive, a long-time chairman of the Finnish FA Olavi Laaksonen Former player, represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics Frans Karjagin2003 Former player, represented Finland at the 1936 Summer Olympics Football executive, the Seceretary General of the Finnish FA in 1966–1983 Ari Hjelm Former player and coach Verner Eklöf2005 Former player Timo Kautonen Former player Kaarlo Soinio2007 Former player and executive, represented Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics Esko Malm Former player and manager Lars Näsman Former player and coach Tommy LindholmFormer player and manager Heikki Suhonen Atik IsmailFormer player Hanna-Mari SarlinFormer player, the first female-inductee Kalevi Lehtovirta2010Former player, represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics Former coach and a long-time coaching director of Finnish FA Former referee Matti PaatelainenFormer player Kaija SalopuroFormer player, had different roles in the Finnish FA for decades Anne Mäkinen2012Former player and manager Miikka Toivola Laura Österberg Kalmari2014Former player Sami Hyypiä2015Former player and manager Jari LitmanenFormer player, the most capped player of the Finland national team and a long-time captain Football executive, the president of the Finnish FA in 1987–1997 Pertti MäkipääFormer player 2016Former referee Olli HeinonenFormer player Esko Ranta Martti KuuselaFormer player and manager 2017Former player and football active Pekka HämäläinenFormer player and administrator, the President of the Finnish FA in 1997–2009 Pertti AlajaFormer player, the Secretary General and the President of the Finnish FA Göran Enckelman2018Former footballer and goalkeeping coach Jyrki HeliskoskiFormer manager and a long-time coaching director of the FA Former player and coach Katriina ElovirtaFormer player, referee and the development manager of the FA Former football and sports journalist Matti MäkeläFormer footballer Christina Forssell Simo SyrjävaaraFormer player and manager Olli HuttunenFormer goalkeeper, manager and executive Long-time kit manager and active in the FA Maija Liukkonen2019Former player and manager Jonatan Johansson Olavi RissanenFormer player Former player and manager Antti MuurinenFormer manager Valeri Popovitch2020Former player, the top goalscorer of Veikkausliiga, the Finnish premier league 2021Former sports journalist and author, former pr manager of the Finnish FA Pekka LuhtanenPEKKA LUHTANEN HALL OF FAMEEN, Football Association of Finland, 9 October 2021Researcher, pioneer in football game analysis Soile OjalaFormer player Pasi RautiainenFormer player, manager and football commentator Markku Peltoniemi2022Former player and a long-time team manager of HJK Kari UkkonenFormer player and coach, represented Finland at the 1980 Summer Olympics Aki LahtinenFormer player Sanna Valkonen Keith Armstrong2023Former player and manager Jukka VakkilaFormer manager Jutta RautiainenFormer player and manager Jessica Julin Jyrki Nieminen2024 Anna-Kaisa RantanenFormer player Jukka IkäläinenFormer player and manager Johanna Lindell nimettiin Hall of Fameen, Football Association of Finland, 9 April 20252025Former goalkeeper Ismo LiusFormer player Mika Lipponen Mixu PaatelainenFormer player and manager Pauliina Miettinen
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