KPV Kokkola

Full name	Kokkolan Palloveikot
Nickname(s)	KPV
Founded	1930
Ground	Kokkolan Keskuskenttä, Kokkola Finland
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Henri Myntti
Manager	Christian Sund
League	Ykkönen
2023	Ykkönen, 11th of 12 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

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

History

KPV is a football club from the town of Kokkola. The rival club is Swedish-speaking GBK.

KPV runs a number of teams including 1 men's team, 1 women’s team, 10 boys teams 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
2000	3rd	6	22	9	6	7	49	47	33	Fourth Round	-	Pekka Kainu  – 17
2001	3rd	5	20	8	5	7	33	32	29	Fifth Round	-	Pekka Kainu  – 13
2002	3rd	2	22	16	1	5	60	27	49	Fifth Round	-
2003	3rd	4	20	8	5	7	38	36	29	Fourth Round	-
2004	3rd	1	20	15	1	4	48	13	46	Fourth Round	-
2005	2nd	4	26	13	2	11	36	29	41	-	-
2006	2nd	9	26	8	9	9	42	47	33	Runners Up	-
2007	2nd	10	26	8	7	11	27	46	31	-	-
2008	2nd	6	26	10	8	8	37	36	38	Sixth Round	-
2009	2nd	2	26	15	6	5	32	25	51	-	-	Lasse Linjala  – 7
2010	2nd	4	26	14	5	7	43	31	47	Sixth Round	-	Irakli Sirbiladze  – 16
2011	2nd	12	24	4	4	16	19	58	16	-	-	Olli Pekka Itälä  – 4
2012	3rd	7	24	7	7	10	30	39	28	Fifth Round	-	Henri Myntti  – 11
2013	3rd	6	27	11	4	12	46	47	37	Third Round	-	Henri Myntti  – 16
2014	3rd	6	27	9	7	11	28	35	34	Third Round	-	Henri Myntti  – 8
2015	3rd	1	27	18	4	5	63	35	58	Sixth Round	-	Emmanuel Ihionu Bright  – 14
2016	2nd	5	27	11	6	10	40	43	39	Sixth Round	-	Irakli Sirbiladze  – 15
2017	2nd	3	27	12	9	6	42	26	45	Quarterfinal	-	Washilly Tshibasu  – 8 Irakli Sirbiladze  – 8
2018	2nd	2	27	16	4	7	44	26	52	Group stage	-	Kalle Multanen  – 11
2019	1st	11	27	7	4	16	32	47	25	Semifinal	-	Ishmael Yartey  – 6
2020	2nd	8	22	8	4	10	38	34	28	1/8 finals	-	Aleksi Tarvonen  - 10

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 3 August 2023. ^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FIN Ville Seppä 2 DF  FIN Jusa Ihalainen 3 DF  FIN Sami Sipola 4 DF  FIN Samuel Uusitalo 5 DF  FIN Samuel Mahlamäki 6 MF  FIN Niilo Kujasalo (on loan from Klubi 04) 7 FW  FIN Benjamin Heikkinen 8 MF  FIN Sebastian Mannström 9 FW  FIN Juuso Liukkonen 10 MF  FIN Harri Heiermann 11 FW  FIN Joonas Paananen 12 DF  USA Kyle Curinga 13 MF  FIN Tino Hautamäki 14 FW  FIN Miika Kauppila 15 MF  FIN Santeri Mäkinen

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  FIN Matias Åberg 17 FW  BRA Vitor Gomes 18 MF  FIN Ville Välipakka 20 DF  FIN Oskar Ylimäki 21 DF  GER Charalampos Chantzopoulos 22 FW  NGA Oke Akpoveta 23 MF  FIN Altti Hellemaa 24 DF  FIN Simon Uusitalo 26 FW  FIN Johannes Moilanen 29 FW  FIN Wegye Wegye 30 FW  FIN Willem Haapiainen 32 DF  FIN Aku Ahokangas 33 GK  RUS Sergey Lazarev 36 GK  FIN Topi Valtonen 90 DF  FIN Patrick Byskata

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

• (in Finnish) Official Website
• (in Finnish) KPV Juniors Website
• (in Finnish) Finnish Wikipedia
• (in Finnish) Suomen Cup
• (in Finnish) KPV Facebook

Footnotes