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
	7th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

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.

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
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 12 May 2021. ^[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	MF	FIN	Jan Heinonen (on loan from Inter Turku)
6	MF	FIN	Adam Vidjeskog
7	FW	FIN	Pietro Kytölaakso
8	FW	FIN	Sebastian Mannström
9	FW	FIN	Justus Lehto
10	FW	NGA	Oke Akpoveta
11	FW	JPN	Takanori Yokochi
12	DF	USA	Kyle Curinga
13	MF	LTU	Karolis Chvedukas
15	MF	FIN	Santeri Mäkinen
16	MF	FIN	Severi Kähkönen
17	DF	FIN	Noa Lehtonen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	DEN	Kristian Andersen
19	FW	FIN	Eetu Rissanen (on loan from KuPS)
20	MF	FIN	Harri Heiermann
21	DF	GRE	Charalampos Chantzopoulos
22	FW	FIN	Joonas Paananen
23	GK	FIN	Antti Vironen
24	FW	COL	Ángel Zapata
28	DF	FIN	Tommi Saarinen
29	FW	FIN	Wegye Wegye
31	GK	FIN	Hemmo Riihimäki (on loan from KuPS)
32	DF	FIN	Aku Ahokangas
33	GK	RUS	Sergey Lazarev
35	DF	NGA	Stanley Amuzie
77	DF	CIV	Christ Kouadio

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[]

(in Finnish) Official Website
(in Finnish) KPV Juniors Website
(in Finnish) Finnish Wikipedia
(in Finnish) Suomen Cup
(in Finnish) KPV Facebook

Footnotes[]

^ "Kokkolan Palloveikot Pääsivusto". Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
^ "Joukkue".
^ "Joukkueen toimihenkilöt" (in Finnish). KPV. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
^ "Seuran toimihenkilöt" (in Finnish). KPV. 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".

[3] "Joukkueen toimihenkilöt" (in Finnish). KPV. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[4] "Seuran toimihenkilöt" (in Finnish). KPV. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

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