found the former CEO Deniz Bavautdin and the former chairman of the board Harri Pyhältö guilty of money laundering. Revival by the supporters Supporters of Tampere United founded a supporters' trust in 2009 after the club had hit financial difficulties. The aim was to help fans gain a voice within the club and to buy shares of the club. In 2012 the supporters' trust founded a new team named after the supporters' trust, TamU-K, In 2012 the team played in Kutonen, the bottom division in Finnish football, and gained promotion to Vitonen. The promotion playoff match that decided promotion had the attendance of 441. In 2013 the team was promoted to Vitonen and in 2014 the team made it to penalties in the promotion playoff and lost. After another season in Nelonen TamU-K was promoted to Kolmonen, In the lead up to the 2016 season, Tampere United took over all the teams that played under TamU-K. Thereby the first team played in Kolmonen in 2016, and after the season it got promoted Kakkonen. In 2017 Tampere United finished sixth in Kakkonen Group B and in 2018 it finished ninth in Group C, and remains in Kakkonen in the 2019 season. Honours Veikkausliiga Champions: 2001, 2006, 2007 Finnish Cup Champions: 2007 Runners-up: 2001, 2009 Finnish League Cup Champions: 2009 Runners-up: 2011 Finnish Regions’ Cup Champions: 2021 Tampere United in Europe Season to season Current squad Managers Harri Kampman (1999–2000) Ari Hjelm (2001–2010) Jarkko Wiss (2011) Antti Pettinen (2011–2012) Mika Suonsyrjä (2012–2015) Mikko Mäkelä (2016–2018) Leroy Maluka (2018) Mourad Seddiki (2019) Jukka Listenmaa (2020–) References External links Official website Football clubs in Finland Association football clubs established in 1998 1998 establishments in Finland Sport in Tampere