Kokkolan Palloveikot

KPV Kokkola
Full nameKokkolan Palloveikot
Nickname(s)KPV
Founded1930
GroundKokkolan Keskuskenttä,
Kokkola
Finland
Capacity3,000
ChairmanHenri Myntti
ManagerGoncalo Pereira
LeagueYkkönen
2024Ykkönen, 2nd of 12
Websitehttps://kpv.fi/

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

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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

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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 - Finland Pekka Kainu  – 17
2001 3rd 5 20 8 5 7 33 32 29 Fifth Round - Finland 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 - - Finland Lasse Linjala  – 7
2010 2nd 4 26 14 5 7 43 31 47 Sixth Round - Georgia (country) Irakli Sirbiladze  – 16
2011 2nd 12 24 4 4 16 19 58 16 - - Finland Olli Pekka Itälä  – 4
2012 3rd 7 24 7 7 10 30 39 28 Fifth Round - Finland Henri Myntti  – 11
2013 3rd 6 27 11 4 12 46 47 37 Third Round - Finland Henri Myntti  – 16
2014 3rd 6 27 9 7 11 28 35 34 Third Round - Finland Henri Myntti  – 8
2015 3rd 1 27 18 4 5 63 35 58 Sixth Round - Nigeria Emmanuel Ihionu Bright  – 14
2016 2nd 5 27 11 6 10 40 43 39 Sixth Round - Georgia (country) Irakli Sirbiladze  – 15
2017 2nd 3 27 12 9 6 42 26 45 Quarterfinal - Belgium Washilly Tshibasu  – 8
Georgia (country) Irakli Sirbiladze  – 8
2018 2nd 2 27 16 4 7 44 26 52 Group stage - Finland Kalle Multanen  – 11
2019 1st 11 27 7 4 16 32 47 25 Semifinal - Ghana Ishmael Yartey  – 6
2020 2nd 8 22 8 4 10 38 34 28 1/8 finals - Finland Aleksi Tarvonen  - 10

European history

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Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1970–71 European Cup First Round Scotland Celtic 0–9 0–5 0–14
1974–75 UEFA Cup First Round Germany 1. FC Köln 1–5 1–4 2–9

Current squad

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Updated 3 August 2024 [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 Poland POL Maciej Raniowski
2 DF Finland FIN Jusa Ihalainen
4 DF Finland FIN Elias Vesala
5 DF Brazil BRA David Oliveira da Silva
6 GK Finland FIN Arop Ring
7 FW São Tomé and Príncipe STP Ricardo Gué Cardoso
9 MF Finland FIN Wegye Wegye
10 MF Ghana GHA Eric Oteng
11 FW Finland FIN Joonas Paananen
14 MF Finland FIN Ville Välipakka
15 MF Finland FIN Santeri Mäkinen
16 GK Portugal POR Philip Reis
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Finland FIN Noa Lehtonen
19 MF Ghana GHA Abraham Okyere
20 FW Ghana GHA Torfiq Ali-Abubakar
21 FW Finland FIN Badreddine Bushara
22 DF Finland FIN Sampo Ala-Iso
25 MF Finland FIN Waltteri Koivisto
24 DF Finland FIN Onni Santalo
25 MF Estonia EST Sten Jakob Viidas (on loan from Paide Linnameeskond)
26 MF Finland FIN Pyry Pensaari
27 DF Finland FIN Matias Åberg
28 DF Ghana GHA Justice Adarkawa
29 FW Finland FIN Vertti Åkerblom
30 FW Finland FIN Willem Haapiainen
36 GK Finland FIN Topi Valtonen

Former players

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For a complete list of former Kokkolan Palloveikot players with Wikipedia articles, see Category:Kokkolan Palloveikot players.

Management and boardroom

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Management

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As of 17 April 2019[3]

Name Role
Finland Jarmo Korhonen Head Coach
Finland Niko Kalliokoski Coach
Finland Rasmus Broberg Fitness Coach
Finland Matti Laitinen Team Manager
Finland Tuomas Moilanen Team Manager
Finland Keijo Hautamäki Kit Manager
Finland Miikka Mäntylä Kit Manager

Boardroom

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As of 17 April 2019[4]

Name Role
Finland Jouko Vierimaa Chairman
Finland Kim Huuhka Vice chairman

Honours

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  • 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

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Footnotes

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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.