The biggest transfer price for a player moving out of Finnish teams was announced this week. The transfer fee 2,5 million euros made me think is it possible that football becomes bigger sport than ice hockey in Finland if money keeps on flowing to football. Recently there has been also other big transfers in Finnish football around million euros which are not happening in ice hockey. Also Finnish football teams have been earning money by playing in UEFA competitions. The capacity of football stadiums are still overall smaller than ice hockey stadiums. Also the financial statements from last completed season 2024 - 2025 from sports teams in Helsinki and Kuopio indicate that ice hockey is bigger sport than football. Ice hockey team of Helsinki called HIFK had turnover 18,7 million euros and made 230K losses. The football team of Helsinki called HJK had turnover 11,4 million euros and made 312K losses. Ice hockey team of Kuopio called Kalpa had turnover 12,2 million euros and made profit 308K euros. Football team of Kuopio called KuPS had turnover 9,1 million euros and made profit 3,4 millions. These figures make sports look like a lucrative business in Kuopio but the reality is that KuPS has made cumulative 20 million euro losses in the past 10+ years. At least the top teams in Finnish football have received remarkable transfer fees and if they keep on making remarkable transfers and attracting bigger crowds they have a chance to reach ice hockey teams and go past them.
Sunday, August 30, 2026
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