Kokkolan Palloveikot

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 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

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
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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	FW	NGA	Oke Akpoveta
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
—	MF	EST	Sten Jakob Viidas (on loan from Paide Linnameeskond)
—	FW	FIN	Badreddine Bushara
—	MF	GHA	Eric Oteng
—	FW	GHA	Torfiq Ali-Abubakar
—	FW	STP	Ricardo Gué Cardoso
—	MF	GHA	Abraham Okyere

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

Footnotes

"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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[1] "Kokkolan Palloveikot Pääsivusto". Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2010-06-11.

[2] "Joukkue". Archived from the original on 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2020-10-07.

[3] "Joukkueen toimihenkilöt" (in Finnish). KPV. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[4] "Seuran toimihenkilöt" (in Finnish). KPV. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.