Inter Turku U18

Finnish Veikkausliiga U18
2 Feb 2027
Tuesday
Process
27 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Janne-Pekka Laine hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Inter Turku can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Prosper Ahiabu in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Inter Turku this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Daniel Marín out for 17 days

The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Daniel Marín, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Tuure Siira gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Iiro Järvinen is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Inter Turku has been clear about where Iiro Järvinen stands, which is more than many ever get.

Market

Prosper Ahiabu linked with a move away

The name of Prosper Ahiabu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Inter Turku say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

Back issues
26 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Inter Turku lose Rasmus Leislahti

17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Jussi Niska in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Inter Turku this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom

Wages eat 96% of everything Inter Turku earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

In brief

25 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Cabral Carter says Inter Turku went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Prosper Ahiabu in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Inter Turku this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Vincent Ulundu

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Vincent Ulundu, and the manager let it.

In brief

24 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Inter Turku

Prosper Ahiabu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Rasmus Leislahti gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Cabral Carter knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Inter Turku, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

23 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Daniel Marín out for 46 days

The medical room confirms 46 days on the sidelines for Daniel Marín, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Prosper Ahiabu in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Inter Turku this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Juuso Hämäläinen out for 34 days

The medical room confirms 34 days on the sidelines for Juuso Hämäläinen, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

22 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Home is on Cabral Carter's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Inter Turku are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad

Tempers go at Inter Turku

Prosper Ahiabu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom

183% of the income goes out in wages at Inter Turku

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

In brief

21 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Prosper Ahiabu in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Inter Turku this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Tuure Siira gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

The Jussi Niska talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Inter Turku know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

20 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Janne-Pekka Laine hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Inter Turku can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Georgy Yudintsev in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Inter Turku this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Inter Turku lose José Luis García

27 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

In brief

19 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Prosper Ahiabu in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Inter Turku this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Inter Turku lose Juuso Hämäläinen

67 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Alie Conteh

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

18 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Alie Conteh: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Inter Turku have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at Inter Turku

Prosper Ahiabu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom

235% of the income goes out in wages at Inter Turku

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

In brief

17 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Prosper Ahiabu in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Inter Turku this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Janne-Pekka Laine

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Janne-Pekka Laine, and the manager let it.

Squad

Cabral Carter asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

16 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Janne-Pekka Laine hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Inter Turku can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Janne-Pekka Laine: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Inter Turku have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at Inter Turku

Prosper Ahiabu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief

15 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Prosper Ahiabu in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Inter Turku this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Juuso Hämäläinen out for 98 days

The medical room confirms 98 days on the sidelines for Juuso Hämäläinen, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Rasmus Leislahti gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

14 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Home is on Cabral Carter's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Inter Turku are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad

Tempers go at Inter Turku

Prosper Ahiabu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom

235% of the income goes out in wages at Inter Turku

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

In brief

13 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Eetu Huuhtanen

There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

Inter Turku out of the cup

KuPS ended it 0‑1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Squad

Seth Saarinen: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Inter Turku have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

In brief

12 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Janne-Pekka Laine hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Inter Turku can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Albin Granlund keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Inter Turku may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Tempers go at Inter Turku

Prosper Ahiabu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

In brief

11 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Prosper Ahiabu in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Inter Turku this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Alie Conteh

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Prosper Ahiabu linked with a move away

The name of Prosper Ahiabu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Inter Turku say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Loic Essomba called up by his country

A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Inter Turku that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.

Squad

A season on the outside for Matías González

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Inter Turku has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

Market

José Luis García joins Inter Turku on a free

No fee and no drama: José Luis García has signed at Inter Turku, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.

In brief

10 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Tempers go at Inter Turku

Prosper Ahiabu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom

422% of the income goes out in wages at Inter Turku

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

No hiding place for Rasmus Leislahti

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rasmus Leislahti, and the manager let it.

In brief

9 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Prosper Ahiabu in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Inter Turku this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Janne-Pekka Laine asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

The Jussi Niska talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Inter Turku know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

8 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Tempers go at Inter Turku

Prosper Ahiabu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Juuso Hämäläinen gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Janne-Pekka Laine asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

7 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Prosper Ahiabu in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Inter Turku this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Julius Tauriainen gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Prosper Ahiabu linked with a move away

The name of Prosper Ahiabu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Inter Turku say nothing, which says plenty.

Player ratings

Vincent Ulundu runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 11. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

A season on the outside for Matías González

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Inter Turku has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

Squad

Johannes Yli-Kokko has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Johannes Yli-Kokko keeps the shirt for now, at Inter Turku's convenience rather than his own.

In brief

6 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Tempers go at Inter Turku

Prosper Ahiabu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match

6 unbeaten for Inter Turku

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Inter Turku did not have in the autumn.

Boardroom

416% of the income goes out in wages at Inter Turku

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Eetu Huuhtanen

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Alie Conteh

Marked 8.53 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Johannes Yli-Kokko

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

One of those days for Henri Salomaa

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.12, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Jasse Tuominen in the eights

A performance of 8.02 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Alie Conteh rescues a point for Inter Turku

It needed Alie Conteh to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against KuPS, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

In brief

5 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Jean Botué sends Inter Turku through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Jean Botué obliged against HIFK. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Inter Turku.

Market

Janne-Pekka Laine hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Inter Turku can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings

Bismark Ampofo shuts the door

Defensive actions: 30, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Eetu Huuhtanen

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Loic Essomba

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Prosper Ahiabu

Defensive actions: 23. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Tempers go at Inter Turku

Georgy Yudintsev was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

One of those days for Luka Kuittinen

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.49, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

No hiding place for Albin Granlund

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Albin Granlund, and the manager let it.

In brief

4 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Inter Turku march on in the cup

SJK are out and Inter Turku go through, 2‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Johannes Yli-Kokko

Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Eetu Huuhtanen

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Tempers go at Inter Turku

Prosper Ahiabu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Rasmus Leislahti gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

Loic Essomba in the eights

A performance of 8.40 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

Alie Conteh in the eights

A performance of 8.38 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

Jasse Tuominen in the eights

A performance of 8.22 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Honours even between Inter Turku and Ilves

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

3 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Inter Turku tear VPS apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4‑1 against VPS, and it could have been more.

Market

Eetu Huuhtanen attracts admirers

The name of Eetu Huuhtanen has come up in conversations Inter Turku were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Prosper Ahiabu in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Inter Turku this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Henri Salomaa

Marked 8.92 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Loic Essomba

Marked 8.83 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Iiro Järvinen

Marked 8.78 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

One of those days for Johannes Yli-Kokko

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.30, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

No hiding place for Janne-Pekka Laine

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Janne-Pekka Laine, and the manager let it.

Market

Talks stall between Inter Turku and Georgy Yudintsev

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief

2 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Inter Turku say no — this time

The offer from Al Nasr for Eetu Huuhtanen was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Player ratings

Johannes Yli-Kokko runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Prosper Ahiabu in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Inter Turku this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Inter Turku come up short against SJK

SJK left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jean Botué

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

This league is too small for Tuure Siira

He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Inter Turku will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

Market

Talks stall between Inter Turku and Rasmus Leislahti

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Market

36 months and counting on Jasse Tuominen

Still no offer on the table, and Jasse Tuominen’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Squad

Alie Conteh finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Inter Turku have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

In brief

1 Edition

The Inter Turku Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Loic Essomba runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 33. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Inter Turku say no — this time

The offer from MFK Skalica for Jasse Tuominen was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Janne-Pekka Laine puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Inter Turku, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Bismark Ampofo

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 25 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

Prosper Ahiabu stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Prosper Ahiabu and Inter Turku agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Tempers go at Inter Turku

Prosper Ahiabu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Luka Kuittinen

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 20 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

No hiding place for Alie Conteh

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alie Conteh, and the manager let it.

Market

The clock runs on Jean Botué's contract

49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

In brief