Association football club
Football club
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Full name | Kokkolan Palloveikot |
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Nickname(s) | KPV |
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Founded | 1930 |
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Ground | Kokkolan Keskuskenttä, Kokkola Finland |
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Capacity | 3,000 |
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Chairman | Henri Myntti |
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Manager | Christian Sund |
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League | Ykkönen |
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2023 | Ykkönen, 11th of 12 (relegated) |
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Website | Club website |
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KPV (or Kokkolan Palloveikot) is a Finnish football club, based in Kokkola. It currently plays Ykkönen, in Finnish third-tier. 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
European history
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 | 2 | DF | FIN | Jusa Ihalainen | 3 | DF | FIN | Sami Sipola | 4 | DF | FIN | Samuel Uusitalo | 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 | 13 | MF | FIN | Tino Hautamäki | 14 | FW | FIN | Miika Kauppila | 15 | MF | FIN | Santeri Mäkinen | 16 | DF | FIN | Matias Åberg | 17 | FW | BRA | Vitor Gomes | 18 | MF | FIN | Ville Välipakka | 20 | DF | FIN | Oskar Ylimäki | | |
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
- (in Finnish) Official website
- (in Finnish) KPV Juniors Website (archived)
- (in Finnish) Finnish Wikipedia
- (in Finnish) Suomen Cup (archived)
- (in Finnish) KPV – Facebook
- ^ "Kokkolan Palloveikot Pääsivusto". Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
- ^ "Joukkue". Archived from the original on 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
- ^ "Joukkueen toimihenkilöt" (in Finnish). KPV. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Seuran toimihenkilöt" (in Finnish). KPV. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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