Tampereen Pyrintö (basketball)

Tampereen Pyrintö, more commonly referred to as shortly Pyrintö, is a Finnish basketball team from Tampere. It is the basketball section of a club with the same name. Pyrintö's men's and women's teams play in Korisliiga, the highest tier of Finnish basketball.

Pyrintö
Leagues	Korisliiga
Founded	1941; 84 years ago (1941)
History	Tampereen Pyrintö (1941–present)
Arena	Pyynikin Palloiluhalli
Location	Tampere, Finland
Team colors	White and Red
Head coach	Tero Vasell
Championships	3 Finnish Championships 2 Finnish Cups
Website	www.pyrinto.fi
Home Away

After 2010 Pyrintö has participated internationally in the EuroChallenge and the Baltic Basketball League.

Achievements

• Korisliiga: 3

Champions: 2010, 2011, 2014

Runner-up: 1958, 1980, 1981, 2001, 2016

Third–place: 2009

• Finnish Basketball Cup: 2

Champions: 1969, 2013

Runner-up: 2000, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2021

• Baltic Basketball League

Fourth–place: 2014

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Tampereen Pyrintö roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. SG 5 Tomas Pihlajamäki 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) PG 7 Valtteri Leppänen 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) PG 9 Lassi Kilpinen 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) G/F 10 Osku Heinonen 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) G 12 David Gonzalvez 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) F 14 Eero Lehtonen 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) F/C 16 Panu Peltokangas 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) PG Valtteri Mervola 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) PG Antero Lehto 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) PG Trey Niemi 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Head coach Miikka Sopanen Assistant coach(es) Damon Williams Santeri Liljeberg Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 24 July 2021

Retired numbers

Damon Williams, Pyrintö all-time statistical leader in multiple categories.

All numbers are hanging in the rafters of the home arena, but current players can still play with them excluding Williams′ #32.^[1]

Tampereen Pyrintö retired numbers
N°	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure
5		Arvo Jantunen	N/A	1949–1966
7		Olavi Ahonen	G	1960–1970
7		Ismo Niemi	N/A	1978–1987
8		Jarmo Laitinen	N/A	As player: 1979–1989 As head coach: 1985–2008
8		Antti Nikkilä	N/A	1996–2014
15		Kalevi Tuominen	N/A	1952–1963
32		Damon Williams	F	1999–2016

Notable players

See also: Category:Tampereen Pyrintö players

To appear in this section a player must have either: played at least one season for the club, set a club record or won an individual award while at the club, played at least one official international match for their national team at any time or performed very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.^[2]

Olavi Ahonen ◆◆ Olli Ahvenniemi ◆ Joonas Cavén ◆◆ Petri Heinonen ◆◆ Shawn Hopkins ◆◆ Arvo Jantunen ◆◆ Pentti Kaivonen ◆ Mikko Koskinen ◆◆◆ Jarmo Laitinen ◆◆◆ Antero Lehto ◆◆◆ Tero Minetti ◆ Antti Nikkilä ◆◆◆ Topias Palmi ◆◆ Kalevi Tuominen ◆◆ / Heino Enden ◆◆ Ashante Johnson ◆ Carl Kilpatrick ◆ Edmund Lawrence ◆ Kelvin Lewis ◆ Kenneth Lowe ◆ Ricky Minard ◆ / Shawn Myers ◆ Marcus Norris ◆◆ B.J. Raymond ◆ Eric Washington ◆ Damon Williams ◆◆ Notes ◆ Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. ◆ Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. ◆ To perform very successfully during period in the club or at later/previous stages of his career.

Women's team

Pyrintö's women's team currently plays in Women's Korisliiga, the highest tier of basketball for women in Finland, and has won eight Finnish titles and the Finnish Cup once. Among club's women's team, Pyrintö has retired the jersey of Seija Leino.

Former coaches

• Pieti Poikola