Palloseura Kemi Kings

PS Kemi

Full name	Palloseura Kemi Kings
Nickname(s)	Kingit (The Kings)
Founded	1999
Ground	Sauvosaaren Urheilupuisto
Capacity	4,000
Chairman	Antti Pasanen
Manager	David Hannah
League	Veikkausliiga
2017	Veikkausliiga, 10th
Home colours Away colours

Palloseura Kemi Kings or PS Kemi^[1][2] for short is a Finnish football team based in the town of Kemi, who are currently playing in the Finnish first division, the Ykkönen. After winning the championship, they will play in the premier division, the Veikkausliiga, in 2016.

History

The club was established on October 21, 1999. Kemi Kings was created out of a merger between Kemin Palloseura (KePS), Kemin Pallotoverit-85 (KPT-85) and Visan Pallo. All three teams continue only as junior teams–having younger than B-juniors–while PS Kemi took over A and B juniors. The best achievement of PS Kemi Kings so far has been reaching eighth place in the Finnish Cup competition 2006. The team also played in Finnish Cup's small final, but lost it to Kultsu FC after the penalty shootout. In the 2007 season PS Kemi Kings won the Kakkonen's C-sector and were promoted to the second division, the Ykkönen. In the 2008 season PS Kemi Kings successfully fought against the relegation and also Qualified for the Top-16 in the Finnish Cup. In January 2011 the sport director Jukka Kuusisto signed a contract with finish TopSpot – Sports, Development and Technology – Sports Management with Social Responsibility and signed later his first two Nigerian players for his club the forward Patrick Chibuzor Onyeaghala from Nigerian Football Academy and the defender Faith Friday Obilor from FC Odiaba.^[3] PS Kemi won two successive promotions to the first division in 2014, the Ykkönen, and then, for the first time in their history, to the premier division, the Veikkausliiga in 2015.

Season to season

Current squad

As of 16 April 2018. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Tatu Kujanpää 3 DF Kristian Heinolainen 5 DF Jean-Felix Somay 7 MF Adam Vidjeskog 8 MF Luiyi Laguerre 9 FW Husein Demiri 10 MF Justus Lehto 11 MF Kevin Tano 14 FW Kevin Mombilo 15 FW Taiye Ajiye 17 FW Aleksi Isomäki 18 FW Juho Mäkelä

No. Position Player 19 MF Iiro Vanha 20 MF Maksim Lipin 21 MF Ville Moilanen 22 MF Demir Imeri 23 MF Kaapo Lepojärvi 26 DF Marek Kaljumäe 27 DF Jorginho 29 DF Victor Şevcenco 30 DF Jacob Esposito 33 DF Henrik Ölander 35 GK Mikko Vilmunen

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Niko-Petteri Kuukasjärvi (at TP-47)

Management

As of 20 December 2017.^[4]

Name Role Jari Åhman Head Coach Jari Pyykölä Assistant Coach Tuomo Könönen Team Manager Janne Olsen Goalkeeper Coach Ilkka Nisula Kit Manager Pasi Rauta Kit Manager Markku Lappalainen Fitness Coach

References

External links

• Official Website (in Finnish)