SC Kuopio Futis-98
Full nameSoccer Club Kuopio Futis-98
Nickname(s)SC KuFu-98
Founded1998 (1998)
GroundSavon Sanomat Areena
Kuopio
Capacity5,000
ChairmanMikko Kolehmainen
ManagerMarko Kurikka
CoachJarmo Matilainen
LeagueKolmonen

SC Kuopio Futis-98 (abbreviated SC KuFu-98 or KuFu-98) was a football club from Kuopio, Finland. The club was formed in 1998 and their home ground is Savon Sanomat Areena.

Since 2015 KuFu-98 acted as a farm club of Veikkausliiga club KuPS.[1] In December 2021, it was announced that the newly established KuPS Akatemia will continue as the reserve team of KuPS and will gain the position and rights of SC KuFu-98.[2]

Background

SC KuFu-98 was established in 1998, the club's inaugural meeting being attended by Leo Pohjolainen, Jarmo Hämäläinen, Heikki Kärkkäinen, Markku Korhonen, Pekka Toivanen, Janne Koskinen and Mikko Kolehmainen. The players for the first season came mainly from the Airakselan Yrityksen sports club.[3]

The club began their competitive matches in the Nelonen (Fourth Division). After their first season they gained promotion to the Kolmonen (Third Division) where they have subsequently played most of their football. The one exception was in 2003 when they have played one season in the Kakkonen (Second Division), the third tier of Finnish football.[4]

Well-known former players are Yrjö Happonen, Atik Ismail, Pele Koljonen, Janne Savolainen and Freddy Adu.

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
2002 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Eastern Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi) 2nd Promoted
2003 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) East Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 12th Relegated
2004 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Eastern Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi) 5th
2005 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Eastern Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi) 4th
2006 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Eastern Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi) 10th
2007 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Eastern Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi) 6th
2008 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Eastern Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi) 4th
2009 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi) 2nd
2010 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi)

Club structure

Soccer Club Kuopio Futis-98 run one team. The club does not have a junior section.

2010 season

SC KuFu-98 is competing in the Kolmonen administered by the Itä-Suomi SPL and Keski-Suomi SPL. This is the fourth highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2009 the team finished in second place in the Kolmonen.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Kuopion Palloseura ja KuFu-98 jatkavat tiivistä farmiyhteistyötään (in Finnish)
  2. ↑ KuPS Akatemia ottaa KuFu-98:n sarjapaikat
  3. ↑ "SC KUFU 98 Seura". Retrieved 2 July 2010.
  4. ↑ "Finland – Divisional Movements 1930–2009". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
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