Finnish Football Hall of Fame


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.
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.
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Inductees

NameYearRole
Arto Tolsa1993Former player
Niilo Tammisalo1993Influential multi-sports figure in football, bandy, ice hockey and basketball
1993Former referee
Aatos Lehtonen1993Former player, represented Finland at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Erik von Frenckell1993Sports executive, the president of the Finnish FA in 1918–1952
Kai Pahlman1993Former player and coach
1993Former goalkeeper and a long-time goalkeeping coach
Eino Soinio1993Former player, represented Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Aulis Rytkönen1993Former player, the first Finnish professional player abroad
Stig-Göran Myntti1993Former player, represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Max Viinioksa1993Former player
Ernst Grönlund1994Former player
Juhani Peltonen1994Former player
Veikko Asikainen1996Former player, represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Juuso Walden1997Football executive, a long-time chairman of the Finnish FA
Olavi Laaksonen1997Former player, represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Frans Karjagin2003Former player, represented Finland at the 1936 Summer Olympics
2003Football executive, the Seceretary General of the Finnish FA in 1966–1983
Ari Hjelm2003Former player and coach
Verner Eklöf2005Former player
Timo Kautonen2005Former player
Kaarlo Soinio2007Former player and executive, represented Finland at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Esko Malm2007Former player and manager
Lars Näsman2007Former player and coach
Tommy Lindholm2007Former player and manager
Heikki Suhonen2007Former player and manager
Atik Ismail2007Former player
Hanna-Mari Sarlin2007Former player, the first female-inductee
Kalevi Lehtovirta2010Former player, represented Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics
2010Former coach and a long-time coaching director of Finnish FA
2010Former referee
Matti Paatelainen2010Former player
Kaija Salopuro2010Former player, had different roles in the Finnish FA for decades
Anne Mäkinen2012Former player and manager
Miikka Toivola2012Former player and manager
Laura Österberg Kalmari2014Former player
Sami Hyypiä2015Former player and manager
Jari Litmanen2015Former player, the most capped player of the Finland national team and a long-time captain
2015Football executive, the president of the Finnish FA in 1987–1997
Pertti Mäkipää2015Former player
2016Former referee
Olli Heinonen2016Former player
Esko Ranta2016Former player
Martti Kuusela2016Former player and manager
2017Former player and football active
Pekka Hämäläinen2017Former player and administrator, the President of the Finnish FA in 1997–2009
Pertti Alaja2017Former player, the Secretary General and the President of the Finnish FA
Göran Enckelman2018Former footballer and goalkeeping coach
Jyrki Heliskoski2018Former manager and a long-time coaching director of the FA
2018Former player and coach
Katriina Elovirta2018Former player, referee and the development manager of the FA
2018Former football and sports journalist
Matti Mäkelä2018Former footballer
Christina Forssell2018Former footballer
Simo Syrjävaara2018Former player and manager
Olli Huttunen2018Former goalkeeper, manager and executive
2018Long-time kit manager and active in the FA
2019Former player and manager
Jonatan Johansson2019Former player and manager
Olavi Rissanen2019Former player
2019Former player and manager
Antti Muurinen2019Former 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 Luhtanen2021Researcher, pioneer in football game analysis
Soile Ojala2021Former player
Pasi Rautiainen2021Former player, manager and football commentator
Markku Peltoniemi2022Former player and a long-time team manager of HJK
Kari Ukkonen2022Former player and coach, represented Finland at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Aki Lahtinen2022Former player
Sanna Valkonen2022Former player
Keith Armstrong2023Former player and manager
Jukka Vakkila2023Former manager
Jutta Rautiainen2023Former player and manager
Jessica Julin2023Former player and manager
Jyrki Nieminen2024Former player and manager
Anna-Kaisa Rantanen2024Former player
Jukka Ikäläinen2024Former player and manager