Kokkolan Palloveikot

KPV Kokkola
Full name Kokkolan Palloveikot
Nickname(s) KPV
Founded 1930
Ground Kokkolan Keskuskenttä,
Kokkola
Finland
Capacity 2000
Chairman Finland Risto Pouttu
Manager Finland Antti Ylimäki
League Ykkönen
2017 3rd

KPV (or Kokkolan Palloveikot) is a Finnish football club, based in Kokkola. It currently plays in the Finnish First Division (Ykkonen). The club's manager is Henri Myntti, and it plays its home matches at Kokkolan keskuskenttä.

KPV is the club of Finnish-speaking people in the town. The rival club is Swedish-speaking GBK.

Honours

  • Finnish championship (league format): 1969
  • Finnish championship (league format) 2nd: 1973
  • Finnish championship (league format) 3rd: 1971, 1975, 2005
  • Finnish Cup finalist: 1982, 2006

KPV in Europe

  • 1R = First Round
Season Competition Round Country Club Score
1970–71 European Cup 1R Scotland Celtic FC 0–9, 0–5
1974–75 UEFA Cup 1R Germany 1. FC Köln 1–5, 1–4

Season to season


Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
1999 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th KPV-j – Relegation Group – Relegated
2000 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th KPV-j
2001 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th KPV-j
2002 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd KPV-j
2003 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 4th KPV-j
2004 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promoted
2005 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 4th
2006 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th
2007 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 10th
2008 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th
2009 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd
2010 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 4th
2011 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 12th Relegated
2012 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)

Club structure

KPV run a number of team including 1 men's teams, 1 ladies team, 10 boys team and 7 girls teams. The club also runs an Academy and Soccer School.[1]

2011 season

KPV are competing in the Ykkönen (First Division) administered by the Football Association of Finland (Suomen Palloliitto). This is the second tier of the Finnish football system. In 2009 the team finished in second position in the Ykkönen.

Current squad in 2018

Updated 9 May 2018. [2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Finland GK Joonas Myllymäki
2 The Gambia DF Matthew Mendy
3 Serbia DF Miloš Josimov
4 Finland DF Elmer Kääntä
5 Finland DF Ville Koskimaa
6 Finland DF Teemu Mäki
7 Finland FW Joonas Nissinen
9 Finland MF Aram Hasanzada
10 Iran FW Reza Karamolachaab
11 Colombia MF Brayan Bermúdez
12 Finland GK Riku Lelo Lun Koka
13 Finland MF Oskari Saviranta
No. Position Player
14 Finland DF Ville Huuhka
15 Finland DF Henri Myntti
17 Finland FW Kalle Multanen
19 Finland MF Kim Ågren
20 Finland MF Harri Heiermann
21 Finland DF Timo Rauhala
22 Finland GK Teppo Marttinen (on loan from SJK)
23 Finland MF Patrick Poutiainen
67 Finland GK Oliver Lakanen
77 Colombia DF César Hinestroza
90 Finland MF Patrick Byskata
99 Ukraine MF Kostyantyn Yaroshenko

Former players

For a complete list of former Kokkolan Palloveikot players with Wikipedia articles, see Category:Kokkolan Palloveikot players.

References and sources

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Kokkolan Palloveikot Pääsivusto". Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
  2. ↑ http://www.kpv.fi/joukkueet/5202/joukkue


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