Myllykosken Pallo −47

MyPa

Full name	Myllykosken Pallo -47
Short name	MyPa
Founded	1947;77 years ago (1947)
Ground	Kymenlaakson Sähkö Stadion Kouvola
Capacity	4,167
Chairman	Inka Häkkinen
Manager	Mika Pasanen
League	Kakkonen
2023	Kolmonen South-Eastern Group, 1st of 12 (champions)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Myllykosken Pallo -47 (or MyPa) is a Finnish football club, based in the industrial village of Myllykoski, part of the city of Kouvola. The club temporarily shut down after having ceased operations in 2015 due to financial difficulties, but returned in 2017 earning a place in the fourth tier and won back-to-back promotions to reach the second division in 2019. It then suffered consecutive relegations in 2020 and 2021, ending up in the fourth-tier of Finnish football league Kolmonen.

History

MyPa was founded in December 1947 in the village of Myllykoski in the then municipality of Sippola, which in 1975 became part of the town of Anjalankoski and since 2009 is part of Kouvola. Before that there had been some small-scale football culture in Myllykoski, so forming a football club was a natural step. The final move came from the local paper industry, which built a football pitch with spectator stands. MyPa was promoted to the highest tier in 1975, but the season ended in relegation. ^[1]

Veikkausliiga

MyPa played continuously in the Veikkausliiga from 1992 to 2014. From 1993 to 1996 they were second four times in a row under the control of Harri Kampman. They won a first Finnish Cup in 1992, and a second in 1995. In 1997 Timo Liekoski was named as the manager of the club, but his employment lasted only one season. He was replaced by Juha Malinen. From 1999 to 2001 under the control of Malinen MyPa were third three times in a row, and finished second in 2002. After the 2003 season Malinen was replaced by Ilkka Mäkelä. Though dropping to 8th in the league, in 2004 MyPa won a third Finnish Cup, and the next season won their first Finnish championship. Mäkelä resigned during the 2007 season and the former assistant coach Janne Hyppönen became the new manager. Hyppönen was sacked in September 2008 and assistant Janne Lindberg took over in a caretaker capacity for the rest of the season. MYPA was denied league licence for the 2015 season due to financial troubles, and after having at first accepted a place in the second tier Ykkönen, finally withdrew from all professional football on 13 February 2015.

Return

MYPA made a return in the 2017 season earning a place from Inkeroisten Purha in the fourth tier Kolmonen due to Purha having difficulties gathering a team for the upcoming season.

In the 2017 Kolmonen season MYPA didn't lose a single game and was promoted to third tier Kakkonen. Playing in group A of the second division MYPA continued their positive endeavours and won the group, which granted them a place in the promotion playoffs to Ykkönen. They lost the following playoffs to Tampereen Pallo-Veikot.

Due to PS Kemi relinquishing their place in Ykkönen after getting relegated from Veikkausliiga, ^[2] MYPA received an invitation to join Ykkönen on their place as first in line for the 2019 season. MYPA accepted the offer and played in Ykkönen for the next two seasons. After struggling on a higher level. MYPA was relegated in the 2020 Ykkönen back to Kakkonen. Losing many key players after getting relegated, MYPA's struggles continued and after the season in Kakkonen was relegated back into Kolmonen. After the season MYPA changed their club name's spelling back into 'MyPa'. ^[3]

MyPa against FC Kuusysi in 2023 Finnish Cup

In 2022 on their first season back in Kolmonen, while being heavy favourites for the coming campaign, MyPa was able to stabilize their results and started winning matches more frequently. However, due to losing points in key matches through the season, MyPa narrowly missed the promotion playoffs and came second behind Haminan Pallo-Kissat. ^[4] In 2023 after bringing back many key players from the earlier seasons such as Jari Hassel and Jussi-Pekka Rämä, their results improved and won the league by a large margin. The championship granted them a direct promotion to Kakkonen for the 2024 season with Rämä being the top goalscorer of the league with 31 goals in 17 matches. ^[5]

International achievements

MyPa has participated in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup and Intertoto Cup. It has faced many clubs like Boavista, PSV Eindhoven, Rapid București, Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers and Dundee United. In 2005 they reached the first round of UEFA Cup but lost the decisive match against Swiss side Grasshoppers 1–4 on aggregate.

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Score	Agg.
1993–94	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round		Valur	1–3, 0–1	1–4
1994–95	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round		Inter Bratislava	3–0, 0–1	3–1
		First round		Boavista	1–2, 1–1	2–3
1995–96	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round		Motherwell	3–1, 0–2	3–3
		First round		PSV Eindhoven	1–1, 1–7	2–8
1996–97	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round		Qarabağ	1–0, 1–1	2–1
		First round		Liverpool	0–1, 1–3	1–4
1997–98	UEFA Cup	Prel. round		Apollon Limassol	1–1, 0–3	1–4
2000	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round		Neuchâtel Xamax	1–2, 3–3	4–5
2001–02	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round		Helsingborgs IF	1–3, 1–2	2–5
2002–03	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round		OB Odense	1–0, 0–2	1–2
2003–04	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round		Young Boys	3–2, 2–2	5–4
		First round		Sochaux	0–1, 0–2	0–3
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round		Tescoma Zlín	1–1, 2–3	3–4
2005–06	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round		FC TVMK	1–1, 1–0	2–1
		Second qualifying round		Dundee United	0–0, 2–2	2–2
		First round		Grasshopper	1–1, 0–3	1–4
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	First qualifying round		The New Saints	1–0, 1–0	2–0
		Second qualifying round		Copenhagen	2–2, 0–2	2–4
2007–08	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round		EB/Streymur	1–0, 1–1	2–1
		Second qualifying round		Blackburn Rovers	0–1, 0–2	0–3
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round		Narva Trans	2–0, 5–0	7–0
		Second qualifying round		UE Sant Julià	3–0, 5–0	8–0
		Third qualifying round		Politehnica Timișoara	1–2, 3–3	4–5
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round		Cefn Druids	0–0, 5–0	5–0
		Second qualifying round		Rapid București	1–3, 0–2	1–5
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round		ÍF Fuglafjørður	1–0, 0–0	1–0
		Second qualifying round		Dinamo Minsk	0–3, 0–0	0–3

UEFA club competition record

Updated 14 February 2015.

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Champions League	4	2	1	1	4	4
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	6	1	1	4	4	9
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	42	12	13	17	52	57
UEFA Intertoto Cup	4	0	2	2	7	9
Total	56	15	17	24	67	79

Honours

Veikkausliiga match against AC Oulu in May 2007

• Veikkausliiga
  • Winners (1): 2005
  • Runners up (5): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002
  • Third place (3): 1999, 2000, 2001
• Ykkönen, I divisioona
  • Winners (2): 1974, 1991
• Kakkonen
  • A-Group, Winners (1): 2018
• Kolmonen
  • South-Eastern Group, Winners (1): 2017, 2023
• Finnish Cup
  • Winners (3): 1992, 1995, 2004

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements 1929-1947 Myllykosken Kilpa-Veikot (MyKV) 1947 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja(Second Division) Häme-East Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd 1948 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja(Second Division) East Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd 1949 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja(Second Division) East Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd 1950 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja(Second Division) East Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd 1951 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja(Second Division) East Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd 1952 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja(Second Division) East Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd 1953 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja(Second Division) East Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th 1954 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja(Second Division) East Group IV Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th Relegated 1955 Tier 4 Piirinsarja(District League) Kotka (SPL Kymenlaakso) 1956 Tier 4 Aluesarja(Fourth Division) Group 16 Kotka (SPL Kymenlaakso) 2nd 1957 Tier 4 Aluesarja(Fourth Division) Group 10 Kymenlaakso & Lahti Kotka (SPL Kymenlaakso) 1st Promoted 1958 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja(Third Division) Group 2 South-East Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th Relegated 1959 Tier 4 Aluesarja(Fourth Division) Group 10 Kymenlaakso Kotka (SPL Kymenlaakso) 2nd 1960 Tier 4 Aluesarja(Fourth Division) Group 10 Kotka (SPL Kymenlaakso) 1st Promoted 1961 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja(Third Division) Group 4 South-East Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd 1962 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja(Third Division) Group 4 South-East Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd 1963 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja(Third Division) Group 5 South-East Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 4th 1964 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja(Third Division) Group 5 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 4th 1965 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja(Third Division) Group 5 South-East Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd 1966 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja(Third Division) Group 6 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd 1967 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja(Third Division) Group 6 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd 1968 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja(Third Division) Group 5 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th 1969 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja(Third Division) Group 5 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promoted 1970 Tier 2 II divisioona(First Division) East Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 8th 1971 Tier 2 II divisioona(First Division) East Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd 1972 Tier 2 II divisioona(First Division) East Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd moved to a new, First Division 1973 Tier 2 I divisioona(First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th 1974 Tier 2 I divisioona(First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promoted 1975 Tier 1 Mestaruussarja(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 12th Relegated 1976 Tier 2 I divisioona(First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th 1977 Tier 2 I divisioona(First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th 1978 Tier 2 I divisioona(First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th 1979 Tier 2 I divisioona(First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th 1980 Tier 2 I divisioona(First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th 1981 Tier 2 I divisioona(First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th Relegated 1982 Tier 3 II divisioona(Second Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1983 Tier 3 II divisioona(Second Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1984 Tier 3 II divisioona(Second Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) Promoted 1985 Tier 2 I divisioona(First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th 1986 Tier 2 I divisioona(First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th 1987 Tier 2 I divisioona(First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th 1988 Tier 2 I divisioona(First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd Promotion play-offs 1989 Tier 2 I divisioona(First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th 1990 Tier 2 I divisioona(First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th 1991 Tier 2 I divisioona(First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promoted 1992 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th 1993 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd Upper Group – 2nd 1994 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd 1995 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd 1996 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th Upper Group – 2nd 1997 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th Third Round – 5th 1998 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th Third Round – 7th 1999 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th Upper Group – 3rd 2000 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd 2001 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd 2002 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd Upper Group – 2nd 2003 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th 2004 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th 2005 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Champions 2006 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th 2007 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th 2008 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th 2009 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9th 2010 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9th 2011 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th 2012 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th 2013 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th 2014 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga(Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th Bankruptcy 2015 Closed 2016 2017 Tier 4 Kolmonen(Third Division) South-East Finland Group Southeast Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi) 1st Promoted 2018 Tier 3 Kakkonen(Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promoted 2019 Tier 2 Ykkönen(First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9th 2020 Tier 2 Ykkönen(First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 12th Relegated 2021 Tier 3 Kakkonen(Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 11th Relegated 2022 Tier 4 Kolmonen(Third Division) South-East Finland Group B Southeast Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi) 2nd 2023 Tier 4 Kolmonen(Third Division) South-East Finland Group B Southeast Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi) 1st Promoted 2024 Tier 4 Kakkonen(Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 23 seasons in Veikkausliiga \ mestaruussarja 20 seasons in Ykkönen \ I divisioona 23 seasons in Kakkonen \ II divisioona , Maakuntasarja 8 seasons in Kolmonen \ Aluesarja

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Players

As of 24 October 2023 ^[7]

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 Eetu Kangaskolkka 5 DF   FIN Juhani Rauos 7 FW   FIN Daniel Kaiga 8 DF   FIN Niko Ritola 10 MF   FIN Olli Mäkelä 11 MF   FIN Joakim Joutjärvi 13 DF   FIN Olli Kähkönen 15 MF   FIN Sasu Hernesniemi 16 FW   FIN Jussi-Pekka Rämä 17 MF   FIN Jari Hassel 18 FW   FIN Väinö Hietala 19 MF   UKR Anatolii Moiseyev 20 MF   FIN Kalle Korpi 21 MF   FIN Vili Toppinen

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF   FIN Panu Pykäläinen 23 FW   FIN Aleksi Mykrä 24 MF   FIN Tuomas Stadig 26 DF   FIN Joona Martikainen 27 FW   FIN Tommi Roponen 29 MF   FIN Aaro Laine 30 GK   FIN Joel Peltola 32 DF   FIN Veeti Laiho 34 FW   FIN Niklas Rautomäki 45 FW   FIN Juho Innanen 61 DF   FIN Veeti Karppanen 80 DF   FIN Vilho Katajala 99 GK   FIN Antti Kaikkonen

Managers

• Harri Kampman (1991–96)
• Timo Liekoski (1997)
• Juha Malinen (1998–2003)
• Ilkka Mäkelä (Jan 2004 – Aug 2007)
• Janne Hyppönen (Aug 2007 – Sept 2008)
• Janne Lindberg (Sept 2008 – Dec 2010)
• Toni Korkeakunnas (Jan 2011 – Sept 2013)
• Antti Muurinen (Sept 2013 – Feb 2015)
• Jukka Karjalainen (Apr 2017 – Nov 2019)
• Ilkka Mäkelä (Jan 2020 – Sep 2020)
• Marko Honkanen (Sep 2020 – Nov 2021)
• Jyrki Saarela (Nov 2021 – Oct 2023)
• Mika Pasanen (Oct 2023 –)

Kits

Kit supplier	Period
Umbro	?–1993
Reebok	1994–1996
Nike	1997–2009
Puma	2010–2013
Umbro	2014
Craft	2017–2020
Macron	2021–present

References

1. "Historia – MyPa" (in Finnish). MyPa. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
2. "MyPan mahdollisuudet sarjanousuun paranivat – PS Kemi veti lisenssihakemuksensa pois". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 30 November 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
3. "Perinteikäs MyPa palaa seuran viralliseksi kirjoitusasuksi | Myllykosken Pallo". mypa.fi. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
4. "Tulospalvelu". tulospalvelu.palloliitto.fi. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
5. "Tulospalvelu". tulospalvelu.palloliitto.fi. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
6. "Football Archive". Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
7. "Joukkue" (in Finnish). Myllykosken Pallo. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

External links

• (in Finnish) Official website