Turku Trojans is one of the oldest American Football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 teams in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, established in 1982. Turku Trojans plays in the Maple League (Vaahteraliiga in Finnish) operated by American Football Association in Finland. Finnish champions in 2003. Maple Bowl appearances in 1984, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2002 and 2004. Third place in 1991, 1997, 2000 and 2001.

Roster 2008

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Quarterbacks 5 Joonas Andersson 7 Jayson Davis 15 Ville-Valtteri Suojanen	Tight Ends 82 Juha Yli-Arvela 85 Juha Suoniemi
Runningbacks 21 Jarno Hillo 29 Jaska Salminen 34 Teemu Pietiäinen 36 Eemeli Sainio	Offensive Line 58 Esko Pirkiö 60 Eetu Siltari 61 Jussi Tammi 62 Tobias Pirttikangas 63 Heikki Nevalainen 64 Harri Väyrynen 66 Mikko Hohkuri 69 Tomi Vuorinen 71 Kamran Osman 79 Niklas Vainio
Wide Receivers 8 Ville Vene 11 Ilkka Marja-aho ## Malaki Lesa 22 Mikko Rannikko 23 Antti Palmroos 26 Kim Madsen 31 Arto Ahtola 37 Johnell Wyatte 87 Nicholas Madsen 88 Janne Stenberg 89 Viljo Niemeläinen
Defensive Line 1 Martti Välimaa Martti Välimaa Martti Välimaa is a Finnish professional American football player, who currently play for the Cineplexx Blue Devils, which is part of Swiss National League A. He has build career in numerous teams in Finland, such as Seinäjoki Crocodiles, Turku Trojans and Lappeenranta Rajaritarit... 13 Kimmo Erola 50 Jussi Jalonen 70 Tomi Myyrä 74 Jouni Revo 75 Tuomas Valtonen 97 Mikko Rastas 99 Jukka Vesikko	Defensive backs 17 Kaarle Kurkijärvi 20 Miikka Riionheimo 24 Ville Järviö 25 Kalle Vähätalo 27 Joel Rantanen 28 Iisakki Ullakonoja 47 Seikko Vennelä
Linebackers 10 Sami Toivonen 40 Janne Salonen 51 Ilkka Koiranen 52 Miko Ylikoski 53 Juha Pennanen 54 Ilja Redin 59 Otto Kurkijärvi 90 Manos Papandreu
Kickers 11 Ilkka Marja-aho 88 Janne Stenberg