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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.

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
2021	7th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

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 1 January 2022. [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 — DF  FIN Patrick Byskata 7 FW  FIN Pietro Kytölaakso 8 MF  FIN Sebastian Mannström 9 FW  FIN Justus Lehto 10 FW  FIN Miika Kauppila 12 DF  USA Kyle Curinga 15 MF  FIN Santeri Mäkinen — FW  FIN Sampo Rintala

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  FIN Harri Heiermann 21 DF  GRE Charalampos Chantzopoulos 22 FW  FIN Joonas Paananen 23 DF  NED Marcello Beuker 29 FW  FIN Wegye Wegye 31 GK  FIN Hemmo Riihimäki (on loan from KuPS) 32 DF  FIN Aku Ahokangas 33 GK  RUS Sergey Lazarev — DF  FIN Samuel Uusitalo

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

На других языках

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- [en] Kokkolan Palloveikot

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[ru] КПВ (футбольный клуб)

«Кокколан Палловеикот» (КПВ) — футбольный клуб из города Коккола на западе Финляндии. Основан в 1930 году. Домашние матчи проводит на стадионе «Кокколан», вмещающем 3 000 зрителей. Чемпион Финляндии 1969 года. В настоящее время играет в Юккёнене.

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