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🌍 Finland 📅 Founded 1923 🏷 KUP

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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 2025

League	#	P	Pts	GD
UEFA Europa Conference League	21	6	7	+1
Veikkausliiga	4	22	44	+16
Veikkausliiga	1	32	67	+28

Recent Fixtures 2025

Players by Country

Finland 29 ▾

A. Hakala A. Heinonen A. Lötjönen A. Puukko A. Sadiku A. Vidjeskog D. Arifi E. Kauppinen E. Tanninen H. Riihimäki J. Muzinga J. Oksanen J. Voutilainen L. Sahimaa M. Pitkänen M. Siltanen N. Hämäläinen N. Kujasalo O. Ruoppi P. Pennanen R. Salo R. Tahkola R. Tikkanen S. Koistinen S. Miettinen S. Pasanen S. Savolainen T. Hämäläinen T. Hukkanen

Ghana 4 ▾

B. Armah C. Antwi Derrick Agyei E. Boateng

Guinea 2 ▾

M. Toure P. Konaté

Sweden 2 ▾

G. Engvall M. Ndione

Argentina 1 ▾

V. Gasc

Austria 1 ▾

J. Kreidl

Brazil 1 ▾

Paulo Ricardo Ferreira

Congo DR 1 ▾

J. Luyeye-Lutumba

Côte d'Ivoire 1 ▾

I. Cissé

Kosovo 1 ▾

D. Krasniqi

Lithuania 1 ▾

P. Golubickas

Poland 1 ▾

P. Parzyszek

Squad 2025

Goalkeeper 12 ▾

Player	Apps	Assists	Yellow	Rating
J. Kreidl Austria	28	0	4	7.3
J. Kreidl Austria	8	0	0	8.1
A. Hakala Finland	5	0	0	6.4
J. Kreidl Austria	4		0
A. Hakala Finland	2		0
A. Hakala Finland	1		0
A. Hakala Finland	0	0	0
J. Kreidl Austria	0		0
H. Riihimäki Finland	0	0	0
M. Pitkänen Finland	0	0	0
M. Pitkänen Finland	0		0
M. Pitkänen Finland	0		0

Defender 47 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Assists	Yellow	Red	Rating
I. Cissé Côte d'Ivoire	26	2	0	9	0	7.2
S. Savolainen Finland	26	1	2	3	0	6.8
S. Miettinen Finland	20	0	0	2	1	6.6
C. Antwi Ghana	18	0	0	2	0	6.8
B. Armah Ghana	17	0	0	2	0	6.8
A. Lötjönen Finland	13	0	0	0	0	6.2
N. Hämäläinen Finland	12	0	0	1	0	6.9
Paulo Ricardo Ferreira Brazil	11	0	0	2	0	7.0
T. Hämäläinen Finland	11	0	0	0	0	6.8
C. Antwi Ghana	7	1	1	0	1	6.8
P. Konaté Guinea	6	0	0	1	0	6.6
A. Lötjönen Finland	6	0		0	0
I. Cissé Côte d'Ivoire	6	1	0	2	0	7.8
T. Hämäläinen Finland	6	0	0	0	0	6.9
B. Armah Ghana	6	0		1	0
B. Armah Ghana	6	0	1	0	0	6.7
R. Tikkanen Finland	5	0		0	0
R. Tikkanen Finland	5	0	0	0	0	6.2
C. Antwi Ghana	5	0		0	0
Paulo Ricardo Ferreira Brazil	4	0	0	0	0	6.8
S. Savolainen Finland	4	0	1	0	0	6.8
I. Cissé Côte d'Ivoire	4	1		1	0
S. Miettinen Finland	4	0	0	2	0	7.0
S. Miettinen Finland	3	1		0	0
E. Boateng Ghana	3	0		1	0
A. Lötjönen Finland	3	0	0	0	0	6.7
C. Antwi Ghana	2	0	0	1	0	6.7
P. Konaté Guinea	2	0	0	0	0	6.7
E. Kauppinen Finland	2	0		0	0
T. Hukkanen Finland	1	0		0	0
E. Boateng Ghana	1	0		0	0
S. Miettinen Finland	1	0		0	0
S. Koistinen Finland	1	0		0	0
R. Tikkanen Finland	1	0	0	0	0	6.6
R. Tikkanen Finland	1	0		0	0
B. Armah Ghana	1	0		0	0
Derrick Agyei Ghana	1	0	0	0	0	6.7
Paulo Ricardo Ferreira Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	6.4
N. Hämäläinen Finland	1	0		0	0
A. Lötjönen Finland	1	0	0	1	0	7.6
I. Cissé Côte d'Ivoire	1	0	0	0	0	8.2
N. Mattila	0	0	0	0	0
T. Hukkanen Finland	0	0		0	0
A. Puukko Finland	0	0	0	0	0	6.4
E. Boateng Ghana
E. Kauppinen Finland
S. Koistinen Finland

Midfielder 47 ▾

#	Player	Apps	Goals	Assists	Yellow	Red	Rating
	O. Ruoppi Finland	32	3	3	2	0	7.0
	P. Pennanen Finland	31	2	0	3	0	7.0
	J. Oksanen Finland	29	0	4	5	0	7.4
	D. Arifi Finland	29	1	0	2	0	6.9
	M. Toure Guinea	28	7	0	1	0	7.2
	J. Voutilainen Finland	22	0	1	3	0	6.9
	A. Heinonen Finland	17	0	0	2	0	7.0
	S. Pasanen Finland	14	1	0	0	0	7.1
	D. Krasniqi Kosovo	10	0	0	0	0	6.3
	D. Arifi Finland	6	0	1	1	0	7.2
	J. Oksanen Finland	6	1	0	0	0	7.3
	O. Ruoppi Finland	6	0		0	0
	Derrick Agyei Ghana	4	0		0	0
	J. Oksanen Finland	4	0		1	0
	A. Heinonen Finland	4	1		1	0
	D. Arifi Finland	4	0		0	0
	J. Voutilainen Finland	4	0	1	0	0	6.8
	P. Golubickas Lithuania	3	0	0	0	0	6.6
	P. Pennanen Finland	3	0		1	0
	S. Pasanen Finland	3	0	0	0	0	6.6
26	R. Salo Finland	2	0	0	1	0	6.5
	V. Gasc Argentina	2	0	0	0	0	6.3
	E. Tanninen Finland	2	0	0	0	0	6.6
	R. Tahkola Finland	2	0		0	0
	J. Voutilainen Finland	2	0		0	0
	J. Voutilainen Finland	1	1	1	0	0	7.8
	P. Pennanen Finland	1	0		1	0
	A. Heinonen Finland	1	0		0	0
	A. Heinonen Finland	1	0	0	0	0	6.9
	D. Arifi Finland	1	0	0	1	0	6.4
	J. Oksanen Finland	1	0		1	0
	O. Ruoppi Finland	1	0		0	0
	R. Salo Finland	1	0		0	0
	L. Sahimaa Finland	1	0		0	0
	L. Sahimaa Finland	0	0		0	0
	L. Sahimaa Finland	0	0		0	0
	S. Pasanen Finland	0	0		0	0
	N. Kujasalo Finland	0	0	0	0	0	6.8
	M. Siltanen Finland	0	0		0	0
	Derrick Agyei Ghana	0	0		0	0
	V. Lahtela	0	0	0	0	0
	Sadat Seidu	0	0	0	0	0	7.0
	Sadat Seidu	0	0	0	0	0
	J. Kivijarvi	0	0	0	0	0
	A. Vidjeskog Finland	0	0		0	0
	R. Tahkola Finland
	Derrick Agyei Ghana

Attacker 25 ▾

Player	Apps	Goals	Assists	Yellow	Red	Rating
J. Luyeye-Lutumba Congo DR	28	0	1	2	0	6.7
A. Sadiku Finland	27	2	1	4	0	6.7
P. Parzyszek Poland	13	5	0	0	0	7.1
P. Pennanen Finland	8	0	0	2	0	6.5
P. Golubickas Lithuania	8	0	1	0	0	6.7
O. Ruoppi Finland	8	0	0	0	0	6.4
M. Toure Guinea	6	0		0	0
J. Luyeye-Lutumba Congo DR	6	2		0	0
S. Savolainen Finland	6	4		0	0
P. Parzyszek Poland	6	3	0	0	0	6.9
M. Toure Guinea	5	0	0	0	1	6.6
E. Tanninen Finland	4	0		0	0
A. Sadiku Finland	4	0	0	0	0	6.2
J. Luyeye-Lutumba Congo DR	4	0	0	0	1	5.4
A. Sadiku Finland	2	1		0	0
J. Muzinga Finland	2	0		0	0
G. Engvall Sweden	2	0	0	0	0	6.4
M. Ndione Sweden	1	1		0	0
A. Sadiku Finland	1	0		0	0
J. Luyeye-Lutumba Congo DR	1	1		0	0
E. Tanninen Finland	1	0		0	0
M. Toure Guinea	1	1		0	0
D. Krasniqi Kosovo	0	0		0	0
S. Savolainen Finland	0	0		0	0
J. Muzinga Finland

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