Kokkolan Palloveikot

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.

KPV Kokkola

Full name	Kokkolan Palloveikot
Nickname(s)	KPV
Founded	1930
Ground	Kokkolan Keskuskenttä, Kokkola Finland
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Henri Myntti
Manager	Goncalo Pereira
League	Ykkönen
2024	Ykkönen, 2nd of 12
Website	https://kpv.fi/
Home colours Away colours

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 2024 ^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POL Maciej Raniowski 2 DF  FIN Jusa Ihalainen 4 DF  FIN Elias Vesala 5 DF  BRA David Oliveira da Silva 6 GK  FIN Arop Ring 7 FW  STP Ricardo Gué Cardoso 9 MF  FIN Wegye Wegye 10 MF  GHA Eric Oteng 11 FW  FIN Joonas Paananen 14 MF  FIN Ville Välipakka 15 MF  FIN Santeri Mäkinen 16 GK  POR Philip Reis

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  FIN Noa Lehtonen 19 MF  GHA Abraham Okyere 20 FW  GHA Torfiq Ali-Abubakar 21 FW  FIN Badreddine Bushara 22 DF  FIN Sampo Ala-Iso 25 MF  FIN Waltteri Koivisto 24 DF  FIN Onni Santalo 25 MF  EST Sten Jakob Viidas (on loan from Paide Linnameeskond) 26 MF  FIN Pyry Pensaari 27 DF  FIN Matias Åberg 28 DF  GHA Justice Adarkawa 29 FW  FIN Vertti Åkerblom 30 FW  FIN Willem Haapiainen 36 GK  FIN Topi Valtonen

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

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.