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FC Honka is a Finnish football club based in Espoo. It was founded in 1957 as Tapion Honka, and changed its name to FC Honka in 1975. The club currently play in the Finnish premier division (Veikkausliiga), having been promoted for the first time in their history at the end of the 2005 season. It plays its home matches at the Tapiolan Urheilupuisto.
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| Full name | FC Honka | ||
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| Founded | 1957 | ||
| Ground | Tapiolan Urheilupuisto, Espoo | ||
| Capacity | 6,000 | ||
| Chairman | Färid Ainetdin | ||
| Manager | Vesa Vasara | ||
| League | Veikkausliiga | ||
| 2021 | 9th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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FC Honka is largely renowned in Finland for its extensive youth scheme with over 1,000 youth players playing in various age groups. It also has a women's team in the Kansallinen Liiga.
History
Until 2005 FC Honka was thought of as a "nearly, but not quite" team, a promising but always underachieving side in the Finnish First Division (Ykkönen). In the late 1990s the objective was promotion, but year after year they failed. At the beginning of the 21st century FC Honka almost went bankrupt but was saved at the last moment. In early 2005 the club was taken over by Jouko Pakarinen and Jouko Harjunpää, who had a plan to turn FC Honka from underachievers to a UEFA Champions League candidate.
In the first year of their take-over of FC Honka, the new management succeeded in assembling a squad which won the First Division (Ykkönen) with ease and also made the semi-finals of the Finnish Cup where they eventually lost 1–0 to FC Haka.
FC Honka was able to fight for top positions instantly, but narrowly missed the top three in their first two seasons. In 2007 the team reached the Finnish Cup final, losing to Tampere United on penalties after extra time. As Tampere United also won the league title that season, FC Honka qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. In 2008, FC Honka achieved its highest place by finishing 2nd in the league.
FC Honka won the Finnish Cup in 2012. However, due to financial difficulties the team was relegated to the third tier Kakkonen in 2015. In 2015 the fitness center company Esport bought the club and after that, the club has also been known as Esport Honka. The club dominated their first season in the Kakkonen in 2015 and lost only two games, but were defeated in the promotion battle. After the 2016 season, the team was promoted to the second tier Finnish First Division (Ykkönen). After the 2017 Ykkönen season Honka was promoted to the highest Finnish tier (Veikkausliiga) after Promotion playoffs against HIFK.
Honours
League
Veikkausliiga
- Runners-up (3): 2008, 2009, 2013
Ykkönen
- Champions: 2005
Cups
Finnish Cup
- Winners: 2012
- Runners-up (3): 1969, 2007, 2008
Finnish League Cup
- Winners (3): 2010, 2011, 2022
Friendly
La Manga Cup
- Winners: 2009
European competitions
As runners-up in the 2007 Finnish Cup to Tampere United, who had also won the league title, FC Honka qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, beating the Icelandic club ÍA 4–2 in the 1st qualifying round and the Norwegian club Viking in the 2nd. In the first round of actual competition, they were drawn against Racing Santander and lost 0–2 on aggregate.
Next year, Honka qualified for the new UEFA Europa League, starting from the second qualifying round. The club beat Welsh side Bangor City F.C. 3–0 on aggregate but lost 1–3 to FK Karabakh from Azerbaijan in the third qualifying round.
For the 2010–11 season, FC Honka was again drawn against Bangor City in the second round but lost 3–2 on aggregate.
During the winter of 2009, Honka won the annual La Manga Cup, beating FC Nordsjælland in the final.
European cups record
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 21 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| Total | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 29 |
Matches
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
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| 2007 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | First round |  TVMK |
0–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 |  |
| Second round |  AaB |
2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 (a) |  | ||
| 2008–09 | UEFA Cup | First qualifying round |  IA Akranes |
3–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | |
| Second qualifying round |  Viking Stavanger |
0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | ||
| First round |  Racing Santander |
0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | ||
| 2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round |  Bangor City |
2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| Third qualifying round |  Qarabağ FK |
0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | ||
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round | Bangor City |
1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | |
| 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | JK Nõmme Kalju |
0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Second qualifying round |  BK Häcken |
0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | | ||
| 2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round |  Lech Poznań |
1–3 | 1–2 | 2–5 | |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | Sillamäe Kalev |
3–2 | 1–2 | 4–4 (a) | |
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | AGF |
— | 2–5 | — | |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | First qualifying round |  NSÍ Runavík |
0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
| Second qualifying round |  Domžale |
0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | ||
| 2023–24 | UEFA Europa Conference League | First qualifying round |
UEFA club ranking
This is the UEFA Club Ranking As of June 2021[update], including season 2013–14.[1]
Last update: 22 June 2021
| Rank | Team | Points |
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| 397 |  Ballymena United FC | 1.391 |
| 398 | Glenavon FC | 1.391 |
| 399 |  FC Dinamo Batumi | 1.375 |
| 400 |  FC Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol | 1.375 |
| 400 |  FC Honka | 1.375 |
| 402 | Speranța Nisporeni | 1.375 |
| 403 | FC Lahti | 1.375 |
| 404 | IFK Mariehamn | 1.375 |
| 405 | VPS Vaasa | 1.375 |
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Current squad
As of 19 August 2022[update].[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Management
As of 19 February 2021.[4]
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FC Honka Akatemia
FC Honka Akatemia is the reserve team of FC Honka. The team plays in Kakkonen in 2022 season.
- As of 19 August 2022[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
Jari Europaeus (Jan 1, 2001 – Dec 31, 2003)- Abdou "Dalla" Talat (Jan 1, 2004 – Dec 31, 2004)
- Mika Lehkosuo (Jan 1, 2005 – Feb 7, 2014)
- Shefki Kuqi (Feb 15, 2014 – Dec 31, 2014)
- Juho Rantala (Feb 7, 2015 – Dec 1, 2016)
- Vesa Vasara (Dec 5, 2016– )
See also
Footnotes
References
- "Club coefficients 2020/21". UEFA.com. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- http://www.finlandfootball.net/
- "Joukkue" [Team]. esporthonka.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- "Valmentajat" (in Finnish). Esport Honka. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- "Esport Honka Akatemia". esporthonka.com. Esport Honka. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
External links
Media related to FC Honka at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Website (in Finnish)
- Honka Supporters (in Finnish)
На других языках
[de] FC Honka Espoo
Der FC Honka, in deutschsprachigen Ländern als FC Honka Espoo bekannt, ist ein finnischer Fußballverein aus Espoo. Die Männermannschaft spielte von der Saison 2006 bis zur Saison 2014 und ab der Saison 2018 in der Veikkausliiga. Die Frauenmannschaft spielt in der Naisten Liiga und ist vierfacher finnischer Meister.- [en] FC Honka
[es] Football Club Honka Espoo
El Football Club Honka Espoo, popularmente llamado Honka, es un club de fútbol finlandés, con sede en Tapiola, Espoo. En la temporada 2005 ascendió a la primera división finlandesa (Veikkausliiga) por primera vez en su historia. Juega sus partidos de casa en el Tapiolan Urheilupuisto y su entrenador actual es Mika Lehkosuo. Originalmente fundado en 1953 como Tapion Honka cambió su nombre a FC Honka en 1975. FC Honka es conocido en Finlandia por su gran trabajo de cantera con más de 1000 jóvenes jugando en las distintas categorías.[ru] Хонка (футбольный клуб)
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