Kokkolan Palloveikot

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.

KPV Kokkola
Full nameKokkolan Palloveikot
Nickname(s)KPV
Founded1930
GroundKokkolan Keskuskenttä,
Kokkola
Finland
Capacity3,000
ChairmanHenri Myntti
ManagerChristian Sund
LeagueYkkönen
20217th
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
20202nd82284103834281/8 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 1 January 2022. [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
2 DF  FIN Jusa Ihalainen
— DF  FIN Patrick Byskata
7 FW  FIN Pietro Kytölaakso
8 MF  FIN Sebastian Mannström
9 FW  FIN Justus Lehto
10 FW  FIN Miika Kauppila
12 DF  USA Kyle Curinga
15 MF  FIN Santeri Mäkinen
— FW  FIN Sampo Rintala
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  FIN Harri Heiermann
21 DF  GRE Charalampos Chantzopoulos
22 FW  FIN Joonas Paananen
23 DF  NED Marcello Beuker
29 FW  FIN Wegye Wegye
31 GK  FIN Hemmo Riihimäki (on loan from KuPS)
32 DF  FIN Aku Ahokangas
33 GK  RUS Sergey Lazarev
— DF  FIN Samuel Uusitalo

Out on loan
As of 12 May 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

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. "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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