Jämsänkosken Ilves is a sports club from Jämsänkoski

Jämsänkoski

Jämsänkoski is a former town and municipality in central Finland located near Lake Päijänne and the Jämsänjoki river. The town had population of 7,581 . It covered an area of 448.67 km² of which 48.02 km² is water...

, Finland

Finland

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. The club is active in cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing

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 , swimming

Swimming (sport)

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 , athletics and football

Football (soccer)

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 , where it has a long tradition. The club's home ground is at the Jämsänkosken Pallokenttä. Other venues used by the club include the Oinaalan urheilukenttä (Oinaala sports field), Paunu and Jaatilan kenttä at Jämsä

Jämsä

Jämsä is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

.

Background

The club was formed on 2 May 1930 when 30 sports minded people met at the club of the local paper mill, Yhtyneet Paperitehtaat Oy, to revive Jämsänkosken VPK's gymnastics and sports clubs. The year 2010 is the eightieth anniversary of the club and a number of celebratory events are being held.

JIlves played 8 seasons in the second tier of Finnish football

Finnish football league system

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 from 1963 until 1970. They also have had 5 spells in the third tier (the Second Division) in 1974-76, 1978, 1981–83, 1985, 1990.

In the late 1980s the club found itself in the Fourth Division but a merger with Jämsän Pallo enabled the club to return to the Second Division for a short-lived spell in 1990. Over the last decade JIlves has played in the Kolmonen

Kolmonen

Kolmonen is the fourth highest football league in Finland. The most famous club competing at this level is Helsingin Palloseura who won the Finnish Championship on 9 occasions, the last time being in 1957. They also won the Finnish Cup in 1962...

 (Third Division)

Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Administration	Position	Movements
2003	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	2nd
2004	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	3rd
2005	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	2nd
2006	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	3rd
2007	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	3rd
2008	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	5th
2009	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Central & Eastern Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	7th
2010	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Central & Eastern Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)

• 8 seasons in Kolmonen
  Kolmonen
  Kolmonen is the fourth highest football league in Finland. The most famous club competing at this level is Helsingin Palloseura who won the Finnish Championship on 9 occasions, the last time being in 1957. They also won the Finnish Cup in 1962...
  
  

Club Structure

Jämsänkosken Ilves runs a large number of teams including 2 men's teams, 1 veteran's team, 1 ladies team, 10 boys teams and 2 girls teams. The club has recently appointed Atik Ismail, the former Finnish international, as head coach who has been making some significant changes to the coaching provision at the club.

2010 season

JIlves First Team are competing in the Kolmonen administered by the Itä-Suomi SPL and Keski-Suomi SPL. This is the fourth highest tier in the Finnish football system

Finnish football league system

The Finnish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Finland. The three highest levels are managed by the Finnish FA while the higher leagues are managed by the regional departments of the FA.-The system:...

. In 2009 JIlves finished in seventh place in the Kolmonen.

JIlves/2 are participating in the Vitonen section administered by the Keski-Suomi SPL.

Players in 2010

1. Matti Koskela2. Mikko Sorsakivi3. Atte Puronaho4. Kyösti Rajala5. Tommi Kaipainen6. Olli Riikonen7. Tero Valtonen (C)9. Hatem El Sayed10. Sami Kunnari11. Pasi Lahtinen12. Jarno Kauttio13. Marko Vendla19. Ville Manninen20. Joona Ojala21. Joona Sinisalo22. Jukka Lommi

27. Jani Järvi30. Jari Hautamäki32. Lauri Västinen41. Olli Raiskio44. Jarmo Mäkelä47. Mikko Niemelä62. Tero Talvinen67. Ville Kuusisto69. Lassi Karjalainen71. Joona Västinen73. Marko Nieminen77. Johannes Karjalainen81. Petri Koskinen93. Mohammed Skouri99. Saigou Jabang