# TaPa

Tampereen Palloilijat or TaPa is a Finnish football club, based in Tampere. In the past club also played ice hockey, they participated to first ever Finnish championship in 1928. In 1931 they won Finnish ice hockey championship.

## Football

TaPa was founded in 1921. They have played five seasons in the Finnish top tier. Tampereen Palloilijat were founding member of Finnish FA Häme district. In 1924 club members build the first grass pitch of inner Finland to Kaleva district in Tampere, in opening match they won HIFK 3–2. In 1969 it merged with Tampellan Pallo and changed club name to Tampellan Palloilijat, Tampellan Pallo was founded only year before as a merger of Tampellan Terä and Tampereen Kalevan Pallo-Pojat. In 1974 they combined with Ilves Tampere together with Ilves-Kissat and Ilves continued as a leading club of Tampere. Ilves was founded in 1931 but played most of its history in the district level. Tampereen Palloilijat continued later on from lower levels.

### Season to season

Season to Season :
| Season | Level | Division | Section | Administration | Position | Movements |
| 1930 | Tier 2 | B-Sarja (Second Division) | Cup format | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | Semi-finals | |
| 1931-34 | | Häme District competitions | | | | |
| 1935 | Tier 2 | B-Sarja (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | |
| 1936 | Tier 2 | Itä-Länsi-sarja (Second Division) | West League | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 5th | |
| 1937 | Tier 2 | Itä-Länsi-sarja (Second Division) | West League | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 5th | |
| 1938 | Tier 2 | Itä-Länsi-sarja (Second Division) | West League, North Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | |
| 1939 | Tier 2 | Itä-Länsi-sarja (Second Division) | West League, Group 3 | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Promotion Group West 4th |
| 1940-41 | Tier 2 | B-Sarja (Second Division) | | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 6th | |
| 1945-46 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja (Third Division) | Satakunta | Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) | 1st | Promotion Playoff |
| 1946-47 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja (Third Division) | Tampere | Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) | 2nd | |
| 1947-48 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja (Third Division) | Satakunta | Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) | 3rd | |
| 1948 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja (Third Division) | West Group A | Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) | 1st | Promotion Playoff |
| 1949 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja (Third Division) | West Group B | Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) | 6th | Relegated |
| 1950 | Tier 4 | Piirisarja (District League) | West | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | | Promotion Playoff |
| 1951 | Tier 4 | Piirisarja (District League) | West | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | | Promotion Playoff |
| 1952 | Tier 4 | Piirisarja (District League) | | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | | Promotion Playoff |
| 1953-54 | | Piirisarja (District League) | | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | | |
| 1955 | Tier 4 | Piirisarja (District League) | | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | | Promotion Playoff - Promoted |
| 1956 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja (Third Division) | West Group I | Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) | 6th | |
| 1957 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja (Third Division) | West Group II | Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) | 3rd | |
| 1958 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja (Third Division) | Group 5 | Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) | 2nd | |
| 1959 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja (Third Division) | Group 6 | Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) | 1st | Promoted |
| 1960 | Tier 2 | Suomensarja (Second Division) | North Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Promoted |
| 1961 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier League) | | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | |
| 1962 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier League) | | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | |
| 1963 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier League) | | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 11th | Relegated |
| 1964 | Tier 2 | Suomensarja (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Promoted |
| 1965 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier League) | | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 12th | Relegated |
| 1966 | Tier 2 | Suomensarja (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 6th | |
| 1967 | Tier 2 | Suomensarja (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 6th | |
| 1968 | Tier 2 | Suomensarja (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 5th | |
| 1969 | Tier 2 | Suomensarja (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | Tampellan Palloilijat |
| 1970 | Tier 2 | II Divisioona (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | Tampellan Palloilijat |
| 1971 | Tier 2 | II Divisioona (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Promotion Group 2nd - Promoted,Tampellan Palloilijat |
| 1972 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier League) | | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | Tampellan Palloilijat |
| 1973 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier League) | | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 12th | Relegated Tampellan Palloilijat |
| 1974 | Tier 2 | I Divisioona (First Division) | | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | Relegated, merged with Ilves-Kissat to join Ilves |
| 1975-97 | No team | | | | | |
| 1998 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 6th | |
| 1999 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | | |
| 2000 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | South | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | | |
| 2001 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | North | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 2nd | |
| 2002 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | South | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 2nd | |
| 2003 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | North | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 2nd | Promoted |
| 2004 | Tier 5 | Nelonen (Fourth Division) | North | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 9th | |
| 2005 | Tier 5 | Nelonen (Fourth Division) | North | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 11th | |
| 2006 | Tier 5 | Nelonen (Fourth Division) | North | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 9th | Relegated |
| 2007 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | Group 1 | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 11th | Relegation Playoff |
| 2008 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | Group 3 | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 6th | |
| 2009 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | Group 2 | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 5th | |
| 2010 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | Group 2 | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 7th | |
| 2011 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | Group 1 | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 9th | |
| 2012 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | Group 2 | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 4th | |
| 2013 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | Group 1 | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 11th | Relegated |
| 2014 | Tier 7 | Kutonen (Sixth Division) | Group 3 | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 2nd | Promotion Playoff - Promoted |
| 2015 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | Group 1 | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 2nd | |
| 2016 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | Group 2 | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 3rd | |
| 2017 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 3rd | |
| 2018 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 6th | |
| 2019 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | | Tampere District (SPL Tampere) | 2nd | Promoted |

## Ice Hockey

TaPa played in the first SM-sarja season. TaPa played a total of 4 seasons in the SM-sarja (1928, 1929, 1931 and 1932).
The best result for TaPa was the winning of SM-sarja in 1931

### Notable players

* Niilo Tammisalo
* Risto Tiitola