# 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.

## 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.

### 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
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 |
| 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 |
| 17 | DF | FIN | Noa Lehtonen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 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 |
| 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
| 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
| 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

* ↑ "Kokkolan Palloveikot Pääsivusto". Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
* ↑ "Joukkue". Archived from the original on 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
* ↑ "Joukkueen toimihenkilöt" (in Finnish). KPV. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
* ↑ "Seuran toimihenkilöt" (in Finnish). KPV. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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