# 2024 Kuopion Palloseura season

The 2024 season is the 102nd season in the history of Kuopion Palloseura and the club's 17th consecutive season in the Finnish topflight.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | AUT | Johannes Kreidl |
| 2 | DF | NED | Justin Bakker |
| 4 | DF | CPV | Kristopher Da Graca (on loan from Sirius) |
| 6 | DF | FIN | Saku Savolainen |
| 7 | MF | FIN | Jerry Voutilainen |
| 8 | MF | FIN | Petteri Pennanen |
| 9 | FW | FIN | Jonathan Muzinga |
| 11 | FW | FIN | Pyry Lampinen |
| 12 | GK | FIN | Aatu Hakala |
| 13 | MF | FIN | Jaakko Oksanen |
| 14 | FW | NGA | Mohammed Muritala (on loan from TikiTaka FC) |
| 15 | DF | CIV | Ibrahim Cissé |
| 16 | DF | FIN | Samuli Miettinen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | FIN | Arttu Heinonen |
| 18 | DF | FIN | Seth Saarinen |
| 19 | DF | FIN | Samu Koistinen |
| 21 | FW | FIN | Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba |
| 23 | FW | NGA | Paul Ogunkoya (on loan from Mahanaim FC) |
| 25 | DF | GHA | Clinton Antwi |
| 26 | MF | FIN | Axel Vidjeskog |
| 28 | MF | FIN | Matias Siltanen |
| 30 | MF | FIN | Lauri Sahimaa |
| 31 | DF | FIN | Tatu Hukkanen |
| 33 | DF | FIN | Taneli Hämäläinen |
| 34 | MF | FIN | Otto Ruoppi |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Veikkausliiga | 6 April 2024 | 1 September 2024 | Matchday 1 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 056.25 |
| Finnish Cup | 16 June 2024 | | Fifth round | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Conference League | 11 July 2024 | | First qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 18 | +25 | 061.90 |
Last updated: 21 July 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Veikkausliiga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | KuPS | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 44 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 2 | HJK | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 43 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 3 | Ilves | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 25 | +20 | 39 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 4 | SJK | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 36 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 5 | Haka | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 35 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | KuPS (C) | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Ilves | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 54 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | HJK | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 45 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | SJK (O) | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 40 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round play-off final |
| 5 | VPS | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 39 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round play-off quarter-finals |
* 1 2 The 2024 Finnish Cup winners qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round. Since the cup winners (KuPS) qualified based on league position, the Conference League second round spot was passed to the second-placed team, the Conference League first round spot was passed to the third-placed team, the Conference League play-off final spot was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the fourth Conference League play-off quarter-final spot was passed to the eighth-placed team.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Inter Turku | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 41 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round play-off quarter-finals |
| 2 | Gnistan | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 37 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round play-off quarter-finals |
| 3 | Oulu | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 28 | |
| 4 | Mariehamn | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 26 | |
| 5 | Lahti (R) | 27 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 47 | −16 | 24 | Qualification for the Veikkausliiga play-off |
| 6 | EIF (R) | 27 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 57 | −33 | 19 | Relegation to the Ykkösliiga |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Ground | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W |
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#### Matches

The match schedule was released on 18 January.