Rafael Scapini de Almeida, commonly known as Rafinha, is a Brazilian football coach of OLS and a former professional footballer. Besides Brazil, he has played in Finland and Belgium. During his career, Rafinha was deployed on different positions on the field, having started as a winger, moving on to midfield and ending his career as a centre back.
IF Gnistan, commonly known as Gnistan, is a Finnish football club from the city of Helsinki, founded in 1924. The club is currently playing in the Veikkausliiga, the first tier of the Finnish league system. IF Gnistan play their home matches at Mustapekka Areena. Club's home district is Oulunkylä, which locates in northern part of the capital city.
Toni Korkeakunnas is a Finnish football manager and a former professional player who is currently the head coach of Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki.
The 2012 Finnish Cup is the 58th season of the main annual association football cup competition in Finland. It is organised as a single-elimination knock–out tournament. Participation in the competition is voluntary. A total of 198 teams registered for the competition, with 12 teams from the Veikkausliiga, 10 from the Ykkönen, 28 from the Kakkonen, 54 from the Kolmonen and 94 teams from other divisions.
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.
Lucas Lingman is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for HJK.
Miro Tenho is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Allsvenskan team Djurgården and the Finland national team.
Joakim Latonen is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for Veikkausliiga club Gnistan, as an attacking midfielder.
Momodou Sarr is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for Kolding in Danish 1st Division, as a striker.
Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Veikkausliiga club HJK.
Tuomas Ollila is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 2 club Paris FC, and the Finland national team.
The 2024 Veikkausliiga was the 94th season of top-tier football in Finland, which takes place from April to November. Veikkaus was the league's sponsor.
Sampo Ala-Iso is a Finnish professional football player who plays as a centre back for Ykkönen side KPV.
Elmo Veikko Oskari Henriksson is a Finnish professional footballer, playing as a goalkeeper for Sporting Gijón in Segunda División, on loan from HJK Helsinki.
Abdoulaye Kanté is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club Ilves. Born in France, Kanté is of Malian descent. After starting in his native France, Kanté has played in the lower divisions in Portugal and Belgium, before he moved to Finland in the summer 2022.
Stanislav Baranov is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Meistriliiga club Tallinna Kalev, on loan from HJK Helsinki.
Väinö Vehkonen is a Finnish professional football defender for Veikkausliiga club Ekenäs IF.
Tommi Jäntti is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lahti.
Niilo Kujasalo is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Veikkausliiga club HJK.
The 2024 season is Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 116th competitive season. HJK entered the Veikkausliiga season as four-time defending champions.
