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League History

League	26/27	25/26	24/25	23/24	22/23	21/22	20/21	19/20	18/19	17/18	16/17	15/16	14/15	13/14	12/13
Friendlies Clubs cup	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
League Cup cup	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Suomen Cup cup	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
UEFA Champions League cup	✓	✓	·	·	·	·	✓	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Veikkausliiga	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	1	3	2	7	9	7	7	10
UEFA Europa Conference League cup	·	21	✓	✓	✓	✓	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
UEFA Europa League cup	·	✓	·	·	·	·	✓	✓	✓	·	·	·	·	·	·

Standings 2023

League	#	P	Pts	GD	Form
Veikkausliiga	2	27	53	+21
Veikkausliiga	2	22	43	+19

Recent Fixtures 2023

Players by Country

Finland 22 ▾

A. Heinonen A. Popovitch A. Vidjeskog H. Riihimäki H. Toivomäki J. Oksanen J. Tuominen J. Veteli L. Sahimaa M. Pitkänen M. Siltanen O. Ruoppi O. Viljamaa P. Lampinen S. Dahlström S. Miettinen S. Saarinen S. Savolainen T. Hämäläinen T. Miettinen U. Nissilä Z. Osman

Brazil 2 ▾

Eliton Júnior Gabriel Bispo

Australia 1 ▾

T. Yengi

Austria 1 ▾

J. Kreidl

Côte d'Ivoire 1 ▾

I. Cissé

Croatia 1 ▾

I. Dominić

Denmark 1 ▾

C. Jensen

England 1 ▾

J. Jervis

Ghana 1 ▾

C. Antwi

Kenya 1 ▾

C. Sichenje

Netherlands 1 ▾

J. Bakker

Senegal 1 ▾

M. Dieye

Uganda 1 ▾

D. Kakooza

USA 1 ▾

R. Castellanos

Squad 2023

Goalkeeper 11 ▾

Player	Apps	Yellow
J. Kreidl Austria	27	1
J. Kreidl Austria	5	0
H. Riihimäki Finland	3	0
J. Kreidl Austria	2	0
H. Riihimäki Finland	1	0
H. Riihimäki Finland	0	0
H. Riihimäki Finland	0	0
J. Kreidl Austria	0	0
M. Pitkänen Finland	0	0
M. Pitkänen Finland	0	0
M. Pitkänen Finland	0	0

Defender 34 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Yellow	Red
C. Antwi Ghana	26	1	3	0
I. Cissé Côte d'Ivoire	25	0	4	1
S. Saarinen Finland	24	3	0	0
C. Sichenje Kenya	20	0	10	0
T. Hämäläinen Finland	13	0	2	0
H. Toivomäki Finland	11	0	1	0
S. Saarinen Finland	6	0	0	0
H. Toivomäki Finland	5	0	0	0
J. Bakker Netherlands	5	0	1	0
J. Bakker Netherlands	5	0	0	0
C. Antwi Ghana	4	0	1	0
T. Hämäläinen Finland	4	0	1	0
I. Cissé Côte d'Ivoire	3	0	0	0
C. Antwi Ghana	3	0	0	0
T. Miettinen Finland	3	0	1	0
S. Saarinen Finland	3	0	0	0
R. Castellanos USA	3	0	0	0
S. Saarinen Finland	2	0	0	0
H. Toivomäki Finland	2	0	1	0
T. Hämäläinen Finland	2	0	0	0
C. Sichenje Kenya	2	0	0	0
C. Sichenje Kenya	1	0	0	0
I. Dominić Croatia	1	0	0	0
T. Hämäläinen Finland	1	0	0	0
S. Miettinen Finland	1	0	0	0
I. Cissé Côte d'Ivoire	1	0	0	0
H. Toivomäki Finland	1	0	0	0
T. Miettinen Finland	1	0	0	0
C. Antwi Ghana	1	0	0	0
T. Miettinen Finland	0	0	0	0
J. Bakker Netherlands	0	0	0	0
J. Bakker Netherlands	0	0	0	0
S. Miettinen Finland	0	0	0	0
I. Dominić Croatia	0	0	0	0

Midfielder 40 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Yellow
J. Oksanen Finland	24	0	3
Gabriel Bispo Brazil	23	2	7
A. Popovitch Finland	22	1	5
A. Vidjeskog Finland	22	4	3
A. Heinonen Finland	20	5	1
S. Dahlström Finland	19	0	0
U. Nissilä Finland	15	6	2
J. Veteli Finland	14	5	3
Eliton Júnior Brazil	9	2	2
Gabriel Bispo Brazil	6	0	2
J. Veteli Finland	6	1	1
A. Popovitch Finland	6	0	1
A. Vidjeskog Finland	5	0	0
S. Dahlström Finland	4	0	0
S. Dahlström Finland	3	1	0
A. Heinonen Finland	3	0	0
J. Veteli Finland	3	0	0
U. Nissilä Finland	3	0	0
Gabriel Bispo Brazil	3	1	1
J. Oksanen Finland	3	0	1
J. Oksanen Finland	3	1	0
A. Heinonen Finland	3	0	0
A. Heinonen Finland	2	0	0
Gabriel Bispo Brazil	2	0	0
J. Oksanen Finland	2	0	1
A. Popovitch Finland	2	0	1
A. Vidjeskog Finland	2	0	0
A. Vidjeskog Finland	2	1	1
O. Ruoppi Finland	2	0	0
Z. Osman Finland	2	0	1
M. Siltanen Finland	1	0	0
A. Popovitch Finland	1	0	0
S. Dahlström Finland	1	0	0
U. Nissilä Finland	1	0	0
J. Veteli Finland	0	0	0
M. Siltanen Finland	0	0	0
M. Siltanen Finland	0	0	0
O. Ruoppi Finland	0	0	0
L. Sahimaa Finland	0	0	0
L. Sahimaa Finland	0	0	0

Attacker 25 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Yellow
J. Tuominen Finland	23	4	3
S. Savolainen Finland	18	4	0
P. Lampinen Finland	13	1	2
T. Yengi Australia	11	1	2
J. Jervis England	10	1	0
C. Jensen Denmark	6	2	0
J. Tuominen Finland	5	1	1
C. Jensen Denmark	4	0	1
S. Savolainen Finland	3	0	0
P. Lampinen Finland	3	0	0
M. Dieye Senegal	3	0	0
S. Savolainen Finland	2	2	0
P. Lampinen Finland	2	0	0
J. Tuominen Finland	2	1	0
J. Tuominen Finland	2	1	0
J. Jervis England	2	0	0
T. Yengi Australia	2	0	1
O. Viljamaa Finland	2	0	0
O. Viljamaa Finland	1	0	0
O. Viljamaa Finland	1	0	0
D. Kakooza Uganda	1	0	0
C. Jensen Denmark	0	0	0
O. Viljamaa Finland	0	0	0
P. Lampinen Finland	0	0	0
S. Savolainen Finland	0	0	0

Transfers

▲ In 24 ▾

Date	Player	From	Type
Mar 2026	J. Moreno	Carabobo FC	Transfer
Jan 2026	Akseli Puukko	Bologna	Transfer
Aug 2025	T. Hämäläinen	ADO Den Haag	Loan
Jun 2025	Sadat Seidu	Accra Lions	Transfer
May 2025	Paulo Ricardo Ferreira	Al Urooba	Free agent
Jan 2025	B. Armah	Accra Lions	Free agent
Jul 2023	T. Miettinen	AC Oulu	N/A
Mar 2023	C. Sichenje	AIK Stockholm	Loan
Jan 2023	J. Tuominen	BK Hacken	N/A
Jul 2022	J. Oksanen	Brentford	Free
Apr 2021	Rangel	Adana Demirspor	Free
Mar 2021	P. Hellquist	Asan Mugunghwa	Free
Feb 2020	Albert Vauhkonen	PK-37	Free
Jan 2020	Viljami Aittokoski	PK-37	Free
Jan 2019	A. Heinonen	PK-37	Free
Jan 2019	Eetu Rissanen	PK-37	Free
Apr 2018	Abdalla El Said	Al Ahly	Loan
Jan 2018	R. Karjalainen	AC Oulu	Free
Jan 2018	Sharp Räsänen	AC Oulu	N/A
Mar 2017	R. Gabriel	AS Trencin	N/A
Jan 2017	J. Nissinen	PK-37	N/A
Mar 2016	Aliyu Abubakar	CA Bizertin	N/A
Jul 2014	J. Hakola	Aris	N/A
Apr 2014	Admir Ćatović	Assyriska FF	Free

▼ Out 24 ▾

Date	Player	To	Type
Jan 2026	I. Cissé	AIK Stockholm	Free agent
Dec 2025	I. Cissé	AIK Stockholm	Free agent
Feb 2025	M. Ndione	AC Oulu	Transfer
Jan 2025	T. Hämäläinen	ADO Den Haag	Transfer
Jan 2024	C. Sichenje	AIK Stockholm	N/A
Dec 2023	J. Jervis	Brackley Town	Free
Feb 2023	T. Heiskanen	Kuopion Elo	Free
Jan 2023	Paulo Ricardo Ferreira	Al-Hazm	N/A
Aug 2021	Nuno Tomás	Academico Viseu	N/A
Jan 2021	Rangel	Adana Demirspor	Free
Jan 2020	Sharp Räsänen	AC Kajaani	Free
Jan 2020	M. Pitkänen	AC Kajaani	Free
Jul 2019	R. Gabriel	Abha	Free
Jul 2019	Tero Taipale	PK-37	N/A
Jul 2018	Abdalla El Said	Al-Ahli Jeddah	N/A
Jan 2018	A. Räisänen	AC Kajaani	Free
Aug 2017	Sharp Räsänen	AC Oulu	Loan
Jan 2017	P. Onobi	Abia Warriors	N/A
Jan 2017	S. Jovović	AC oulu	N/A
Jan 2016	D. Hatakka	Brann	Free
Jan 2016	Ebrima Sohna	Al Arabi SC	N/A
Jan 2014	J. Hakola	Aris	N/A
Mar 2013	P. Obiefule	Assyriska FF	Free
Sept 2010	Dickson Nwakaeme	Aalborg	Loan