Founded in 1932 as TBK (Tammerfors Bollklubb), after winning three championships in a row between 1953 and 1955 the club decided to change its Swedish name to the Finnish ‘Tappara Tampere’, used ever since. During the 1970s, Tappara revolutionised hockey coaching methods and founded a very successful youth academy with alumni such as Teppo Numminen, Pekka Marjamäki, Janne Ojanen, Ville Nieminen, Timo Jutila, or Aleksander Barkov. After three more titles between 1986 and 1988, Tappara had to wait 12 years before winning the Liiga again in 2000, adding four more titles since in 2003, 2016, 2017 and 2022, thus surpassing local rivals ‘Ilves’ as Finnish record champions, with a total of 18 national titles. Tappara are a regular CHL participant, having never missed a season since 2014/15. They lost 1-2 the final in 2021/22, when they faced SHL side Rögle Ängelholm, but in 2022/23, the Finnish team ended a spectacular season with their first title of European Club Champions, as they beat Luleå Hockey 3-2.
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