Saimaan Pallo (SaiPa) is an ice hockey team in the Finnish Liiga. They play their home games at Kisapuisto in Lappeenranta, Finland. SaiPa has many nicknames, such as "The Sputniks", "Sputnik", "Miracle of the East" and "Eastern Giant."
Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat is a Finnish football club based in Kotka, and currently competing in Finland's second-tier, the new Ykkösliiga. The club was founded in 1927 and its colours are green and white. Immediately after its formation the club joined the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation, to which it still belongs. KTP play its home matches at Arto Tolsa Areena.
Sami Ristilä is a Finnish football manager and former player.
Jussi Nuorela is a Finnish professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of VPS in the Veikkausliiga.
Henri Aalto is a Finnish former professional footballer who last played as a defender for Finnish Veikkausliiga club Honka. He began his senior club career playing for Honka and made his league debut at age 19 in 2008. He helped Honka win two successive League Cup titles and the Finnish Cup.
Tuomas Kuparinen is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Jussi Vasara is a retired Finnish footballer who most recently played for Finnish Veikkausliiga club Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho.
The 2014 Ykkönen began on 27 April 2014 and ended on 4 October 2014. The winning team was directly promoted to the 2015 Veikkausliiga. The bottom two teams were relegated to Kakkonen.
The 2015 Veikkausliiga was the 85th season of top-tier football in Finland. HJK Helsinki were the defending champions. The season was won by SJK, ending HJK's record streak of six straight titles.
The 2015 season was Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 107th competitive season. HJK is the most successful football club in Finland with 27 Finnish Championships, 12 Finnish Cup titles, 5 Finnish League Cup titles, one appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stages and one appearance in the UEFA Europa League group stages.
The 2015 Finnish League Cup is the 19th season of the Finnish League Cup, Finland's second-most prestigious cup football tournament. SJK are the defending champions, having won their second league cup last year.
Lauri Elias Ala-Myllymäki is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ilves. He began his senior club career playing for Ilves, before signing with Venezia in 2021.
The 2015 season is Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho's 8th competitive season, during which they won their first Veikkausliiga title.
The 2016 Veikkausliiga is the 86th season of top-tier football in Finland. The season started on 2 April 2016; the regular season ended on 23 October 2016, with a promotion/relegation playoff continuing until 29 October. SJK were the defending champions.
The 2016 Ykkönen was the 45th season of Ykkönen, the second highest football league in Finland. The winning team qualified directly for promotion to the 2017 Veikkausliiga, while the second-placed team had to play a play-off against the eleventh-placed team from Veikkausliiga to decide who wod play in that division. The bottom two teams were relegated to Kakkonen.
The 2015 season is RoPS's 3rd Veikkausliiga season since their promotion back to the top flight in 2012.
Jere Koponen is a Finnish football goalkeeper for Salon Palloilijat (SalPa).
Rasmus Leislahti is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Finnish premier division club VPS.
Jussi Leppälahti is a Finnish football manager and a former player, currently working as a manager of IF Gnistan in Veikkausliiga. Leppälahti has also worked as a sports journalist in 2010s for Jalkapallolehti, Urheilulehti and Elmo, gaining popularity as a critical writer with controversial and provocative style.
