The TUL (Työväen Urheiluliitto) is the Labour Sports Association in Finland. Its competition lost its importance in 1948 when the TUL clubs joined the competitions of the SPL (Suomen Palloliitto, the Finnish FA).
Nowadays the TUL championship is a winter/spring competition which is mainly played indoors (normal 11-a-side football on full-sized ground). The participation rate is usually very low, and most of the top TUL clubs do not participate at all.
Only from 1945 to 1948, when the Finnish championship was decided in a final tournament entered by the best teams of the SPL and TUL internal championships, the TUL championship was incorporated in the official Finnish championship.
Also see comparable organizations in Austria, Germany, Norway and Switzerland.
1920 Kullervo Helsinki 1921 Kullervo Helsinki 1922 Kullervo Helsinki 1923 Kullervo Helsinki 1924 Kullervo Helsinki 1925 Kullervo Helsinki 1926 Vesa Helsinki 1927 Jyry Helsinki 1928 Kullervo Helsinki 1929 TuWe Turku 1930 Vesa Helsinki 1931 VT Viipuri 1932 TPV Tampere 1933 VT Viipuri 1934 TPV Tampere 1935 Vesa Helsinki 1936 Vesa Helsinki 1937 KTP Kotka 1938 TPV Tampere 1939 KTP Kotka 1940 TPV Tampere 1941-42 - not played - 1943 TPV Tampere 1944 - not played - 1945 Kullervo Helsinki 1946 TPV Tampere 1947 KTP Kotka 1948 RTU Rauma 1949 KTP Kotka 1950 KTP Kotka 1951 KTP Kotka 1952 KTP Kotka 1953 Pyrkivä Turku 1954 Pyrkivä Turku 1955 Tenho Kemi 1956-72 - not played - 1973 Into Kemi 1974 Pyrkivä Turku 1975 Pyrkivä Turku 1976 Into Kemi 1977 MiPK Mikkeli 1978 Pyrkivä Turku 1979 JyPK Jyväskylä 1980 OTP Oulu 1981 KTP Kotka 1982 PPT Pori 1983 KTP Kotka 1984 Elo Kuopio 1985 PPT Pori 1986 OTP Oulu 1987 PPT Pori 1988 Elo Kuopio 1989 OTP Oulu 1990 PPT Pori 1991 OTP Oulu 1992 VanPa Vantaa 1993 Jazz Pori 1994 TPV Tampere 1995 Ponnistus Helsinki 1996 Jazz Pori 1997 TPV Tampere 1998 Jazz Pori 1999 KajHa Kajaani 2000 PP-70 Tampere 2001 PP-70 Tampere 2002 Jazz Pori 2003 PP-70 Tampere 2004 KooTeePee Kotka 2005 KooTeePee Kotka 2006 Kiisto Vaasa 2007 TPV Tampere 2008 KTP Kotka 2009 WJK Varkaus 2010 KooTeePee Kotka 2011 JPS Jyväskylä 2012 KooTeePee Kotka 2013 - not played - 2014 SisuP Seinäjoki 2015 - not played - 2016 TPV Tampere 2017 ToVe Pori 2018 MiPK Mikkeli 2019 MiPK Mikkeli The TUL clubs have won the Finnish championship six times: 1951 KTP Kotka 1952 KTP Kotka 1954 Pyrkivä Turku 1993 Jazz Pori 1994 TPV Tampere 1996 Jazz Pori
10 KTP Kotka 1937, 1939, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952,
1981, 1983, 2008
TPV Tampere 1932, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1994,
1997, 2007, 2016
8 Kullervo Helsinki 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1928,
1945
5 Pyrkivä Turku 1953, 1954, 1974, 1975, 1978
4 Jazz Pori 1993, 1996, 1998, 2002
KooTeePee Kotka 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012
OTP Oulu 1980, 1986, 1989, 1991
PPT Pori 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990
Vesa Helsinki 1926, 1930, 1935, 1936
3 MiPK Mikkeli 1977, 2018, 2019
PP-70 Tampere 2000, 2001, 2003
2 Elo Kuopio 1984, 1988
Into Kemi 1973, 1976
VT Viipuri 1931, 1933
1 JPS Jyväskylä 2011
JyPK Jyväskylä 1979
Jyry Helsinki 1927
KajHa Kajaani 1999
Kiisto Vaasa 2006
Ponnistus Helsinki 1995
RTU Rauma 1948
SisuP Seinäjoki 2014
Tenho Kemi 1955
ToVe Pori 2017
TuWe Turku 1929
VanPa Vantaa 1992
WJK Varkaus 2009
Note: PPT Pori were re-organized to Jazz Pori before the 1992 season.
In total, PPT and Jazz have won 8 TUL championships.
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