Käpylän Pallo

KäPa

Full name	Käpylän Pallo
Founded	1956; 68 years ago (1956)
Ground	Brahenkenttä Helsinki, Finland
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Petri Vanhala
Head coach	Lari Lummepuro
League	Ykkösliiga
2024	Ykkösliiga, 9th of 10
Home colours Away colours

Käpylän Pallo, commonly referred to as KäPa for short, is a football (soccer) club from the Käpylä district of Helsinki. The club currently plays in the Ykkösliiga, the new second tier of the Finnish league system. Their home arena is Max Westerberg Areena in Käpylän liikuntapuisto, Käpylä, Helsinki. KäPa first team currently play their home matches at the Brahenkenttä, Helsinki due to the requirements in the second-tier.

The club played 21 seasons in the Kakkonen (Second Division), the third tier of Finnish football, in 1979, 1983–1989, 1997–2007 and 2009–2012. KäPa played one season in the Ykkönen (First Division), the second tier of Finnish football, in 2008 and one season in the Kolmonen, the fourth tier of Finnish football, in 2012.^[1]

KäPa was the first club in Finland to organise football leagues for youth players. The teams in these leagues were named after English League clubs and some teams even received their shirts as gifts from the English clubs they were named for. It has youth teams in a wide range of age groups, and it is the organiser of Finland's biggest youth football tournament, Helsinki Cup, together with FC Honka.

As of 3 August 2024^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FIN Aleksi Piispa 2 DF  FIN Miika Kauppila 3 DF  FIN Niilo Heikurinen 4 DF  FIN Pekka Hietalahti 5 DF  FIN Otto-Eemeli Niemela 6 DF  FIN Niko Nurmi 7 MF  FIN Benjamin Heikkinen 8 MF  FIN Mikko Kuningas 9 FW  FIN Miro Turunen (on loan from SJK Akatemia) 10 MF  FIN Maximo Tolonen 11 FW  FIN Samuel Tammivuori 12 FW  FIN Willem Haapiainen 13 DF  FIN Mikael Pulkkinen 14 FW  FIN Yilson Lika 15 MF  FIN Arttu Auranen 17 MF  FIN Casper Lönnqvist

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  FIN Toivo Valakari 19 MF  FIN Aleksi Wahlman 21 MF  FIN Kim Lahikainen 22 DF  FIN Aaron Sivonen 23 DF  FIN Joel Huovinen 24 GK  FIN Otto Brusiin 25 MF  FIN Topi Pasi 26 MF  FIN Mehmet Ozel 27 MF  FIN Elias Kallio 28 DF  FIN Pontus Lindberg 29 DF  FIN Joonas Salmi 30 GK  FIN Otto Hautamo 31 MF  FIN Adam Jouhi

KäPa currently has 2 men's teams, 1 veterans' team, 1 ladies' team, 24 boys' teams and 7 girls' teams. The club operates a large junior section and is able to take full advantage of the extensive training facilities at the indoor Käpylän Juniorihalli (Käpylä Junior Hall). The club provides a number of additional initiatives, including sports camps and events.

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• Finnish Wikipedia
• Suomen Cup
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