Petri Pasanen is a Finnish football coach, TV studio presenter and a former professional footballer who played as a defender. He was most comfortable as centre-back, but also played right-back and left-back as well. Pasanen began his senior career in his native Finland before moving to Ajax. He spent most of his career at Bundesliga club Werder Bremen which he represented in the UEFA Champions League in multiple seasons, and in the 2009 UEFA Cup Final. At international level, he made 76 appearances for the Finland national team scoring one goal.
Riku is both a masculine Finnish given name and a unisex Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
Veikkausliiga is the premier division of association football in Finland, the highest tier of the Finnish football league structure, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, hence the league's name. Veikkausliiga was founded in 1990; before that the top division was called Mestaruussarja since 1930 which was an amateur or semi-professional league. Between 1908 and 1930 the championship was decided as a knock-out cup competition.
FC Lahti is a Finnish football club based in the city of Lahti. It currently plays in the Finnish Premier League (Veikkausliiga) after placing first in the Finnish First Division (Ykkönen) during season 2011. The homeground of Lahti is Lahden Stadion. Lahti is famous of being the local team of the most successful Finnish player, Jari Litmanen, who played for the club in two stints in 2004 and 2009–10. In his youth years and the start of his career, he played in Reipas Lahti.
Pekka Sakari Lagerblom is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Notably, he won the German double of Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal with Werder Bremen in 2004.
Antti Muurinen is a Finnish football coach.
Henrik Moisander is a Finnish former professional footballer.
Mikko Hyyrynen is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Finnish Cup 2009 was the 55th season of the main annual football (soccer) cup competition in Finland. It is organized as a single-elimination knock–out tournament.
Toni Lindberg is a Finnish football manager and former professional football player.
Toni Huuhka is a Finnish former footballer and current assistant coach for FC Lahti.
Kari Arkivuo is a Finnish football coach and a former professional football defender who could play as left back and right back. He is currently working as an assistant coach of FC Lahti. Arkivuo was born in Lahti, Finland where he played for the local teams before moving to Sandefjord at age 22 in 2006.
Jani Petteri Forsell is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for TFF First League club Şanlıurfaspor. He made twelve appearances scoring one goal for the Finland national team between 2013 and 2019.
The 2012 Veikkausliiga is the 82nd season of top-tier football in Finland. It began on 15 April 2012 and ended on 27 October 2012. HJK Helsinki were the defending champions and successfully defended their title.
The 2013 Veikkausliiga was the 83rd season of top-tier football in Finland. The season began on 13 April 2013 and ended on 26 October 2013. HJK Helsinki are the defending champions.
The 2014 Finnish League Cup will be the 18th season of the Finnish League Cup, Finland's second-most prestigious cup football tournament. FC Lahti are the defending champions, having won their second league cup last year.
Bubacar Boi Djaló is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Kuwaiti club Al-Tadamon SC. Born in Guinea-Bissau, he has represented Portugal at junior international levels.
Mikko Kuningas is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for Lahti.
The 2019 season is Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi's 111th competitive season.
The 2020 Finnish Cup is the 66th season of the Finnish Cup football competition.
