Kokkolan Palloveikot

KPV (or Kokkolan Palloveikot) is a Finnish football club, based in Kokkola. It currently plays in the Finnish Premier Division (Veikkausliiga). The club's head coach is Jarmo Korhonen, and it plays its home matches at Kokkolan keskuskenttä.

KPV Kokkola
Full nameKokkolan Palloveikot
Nickname(s)KPV
Founded1930
GroundKokkolan Keskuskenttä,
Kokkola
Finland
Capacity2000
ChairmanJouko Vierimaa
ManagerJani Uotinen
LeagueVeikkausliiga
201911th (Relegated)
WebsiteClub website

History

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

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]

Domestic history
Season Level Pos Pld W D L For Against Points Finnish Cup League Cup Top goalscorer
20003rd622967494733Fourth Round- Pekka Kainu  – 17
20013rd520857333229Fifth Round- Pekka Kainu  – 13
20023rd2221615602749Fifth Round-
20033rd420857383629Fourth Round-
20043rd1201514481346Fourth Round-
20052nd42613211362941--
20062nd926899424733Runners Up-
20072nd10268711274631--
20082nd6261088373638Sixth Round-
20092nd2261565322551-- Lasse Linjala  – 7
20102nd4261457433147Sixth Round- Irakli Sirbiladze  – 16
20112nd12244416195816-- Olli Pekka Itälä  – 4
20123rd7247710303928Fifth Round- Henri Myntti  – 11
20133rd62711412464737Third Round- Henri Myntti  – 16
20143rd6279711283534Third Round- Henri Myntti  – 8
20153rd1271845633558Sixth Round- Emmanuel Ihionu Bright  – 14
20162nd52711610404339Sixth Round- Irakli Sirbiladze  – 15
20172nd3271296422645Quarterfinal- Washilly Tshibasu  – 8
Irakli Sirbiladze  – 8
20182nd2271647442652Group stage- Kalle Multanen  – 11
20191st11277416324725Semifinal- Ishmael Yartey  – 6

European history
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1970–71 European Cup First Round Celtic 0–9 0–5 0–14
1974–75 UEFA Cup First Round 1. FC Köln 1–5 1–4 2–9

Current squad

Updated 19 February, 2020. [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 GK Miika Töyräs
3 DF Samu Laitinen
4 DF Ulrich Meleke
5 DF Elmer Kääntä
6 MF Abu Sanunu
7 DF Juri Kinnunen
8 MF Sebastian Mannström
9 FW Simo Roiha
10 MF Aleksi Pahkasalo
11 FW Akseli Ollila
12 DF Kyle Curinga
14 FW Aleksi Tarvonen
No. Position Player
15 MF Santeri Mäkinen
16 MF Adam Vidjeskog
17 DF Noa Lehtonen
18 DF Honar Abdi
20 MF Harri Heiermann
21 DF Charalampos Chantzopoulos
22 GK Teppo Marttinen
23 FW Elias Ahde
26 DF Jarkko Hurme
28 DF Tommi Saarinen
30 MF Pietro Kytölaakso
33 GK Sergey Lazarev

Former players

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

Management and boardroom

Management

As of 17 April 2019[3]

Name Role
Jarmo Korhonen Head Coach
Niko Kalliokoski Coach
Rasmus Broberg Fitness Coach
Matti Laitinen Team Manager
Tuomas Moilanen Team Manager
Keijo Hautamäki Kit Manager
Miikka Mäntylä Kit Manager

Boardroom

As of 17 April 2019[4]

Name Role
Jouko Vierimaa Chairman
Kim Huuhka Vice chairman

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

References and sources

Footnotes
  1. "Kokkolan Palloveikot Pääsivusto". Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
  2. https://www.kpv.fi/joukkueet/6311/joukkue
  3. "Joukkueen toimihenkilöt" (in Finnish). KPV. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. "Seuran toimihenkilöt" (in Finnish). KPV. Retrieved 17 April 2019.


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