Turku Trojans

Turun Ylakentta

Turku Trojans^[1] is one of the oldest American Football teams in Finland, established in 1982. Turku Trojans plays in the Maple League (Vaahteraliiga in Finnish) operated by American Football Association in Finland.^[2] Finnish champions in 2003. Maple Bowl appearances in 1984, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004 and 2014. Third place in 1991, 1997, 2000 and 2001. After the 2012 season the Trojans decided to voluntarily drop one level down and play the next season in division I. In 2013 the Trojans won all the regular season games, the semifinal game and the Spaghetti Bowl. After a perfect season the Trojans was granted a Maple League license and this season (2014) the team will play again in the highest level.

Lineup

Roster 2014

Quarterbacks 4 Teemu Thorström 12 Jonathan West
Runningbacks 1 Jocques Crawford 26 Mikael Koho 29 Tuomas Tuominen 44 Samuli Alppiranta	Offensive Line 60 Tobias Pirttikangas 62 Kamran Osman 63 Heikki Nevalainen 64 Tuomas Tammero 65 Mikko Saksi 66 Emil Vänskä 67 Mikael Lindroos 69 Jani Nurmi 75 Tuomas Valtonen 79 Karri Kuuttila
Wide Receivers 5 Joonas Andersson 7 Rodney Brown Jr. 8 Ville Vene 9 Samu Laakso 11 Aappo Saloranta 13 Miko Plihtari 17 Markus Häkli 80 Juuso Mäkinen 81 Kim Madsen 82 Juha Yli-Arvela 84 Tuomas Mankki 85 Martti Kass 88 Valtteri Varjokivi 89 Kimmo Pajunen
Defensive Line 50 Jouni Revo '52 Joni Kotro 55 Juha Pennanen 68 Jussi Jalonen 71 Rikhard Helenius 72 Kalle Koivisto 76 Juho Jäntti 90 Aleksi Vuorinen 94 Mika Laine	Defensive backs 2 Jani Karvinen 21 Ville-Valtteri Suojanen 22 Arto Ahtola 23 Kalle Kilickesen 24 Mikael Reponen 27 Jaakko Tirkkonen 28 Iisakki Ullakonoja 34 Miko Ylikoski 35 Matti Partanen 47 Seikko Vennelä 48 Severi Salo
Linebackers 3 Ilkka Koiranen 10 Sami Toivonen 14 Antonio Harris 32 Janne Nevalainen 38 Joonas Raatikainen 40 Ilya Redin 53 Antero Kivinen
Kickers 85 Martti Kass

References

External links

Official site

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