MYPA

MyPa

Full name	Myllykosken Pallo –47
Short name	MyPa
Founded	1947
Ground	Saviniemi, Kouvola (Capacity: 4,167)
Chairman	Seppo Mäkinen
Manager	Toni Korkeakunnas
League	Veikkausliiga
2010	Veikkausliiga, 9th
Home colours Away colours

Myllykosken Pallo –47 (or MyPa) is a Finnish football club, based in the industrial town of Myllykoski, part of the city of Kouvola since January 2009. They currently play in the Finnish Premier Division (Veikkausliiga). The club's manager is Toni Korkeakunnas, and they play their home matches at Saviniemi.

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.

Veikkausliiga

MyPa have played continuously in the Veikkausliiga since 1992. Between 1993 and 1996 they were second four times in a row under the control of Harri Kampman. They also won a first Finnish Cup in 1992, and again 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. Between 1999 and 2001, under the control of Malinen MyPa were third three times in a row, and second in 2002. After the 2003 season Malinen was replaced by Ilkka Mäkelä. In 2004 MyPa won a third Finnish Cup, and the next season it was time for the first Finnish championship of the club. 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.

International achievements

MyPa has participated in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup and Intertoto Cup. It has faced many big clubs like Boavista, PSV Eindhoven, Dundee United, Politehnica Timişoara and Liverpool. 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	2–3
1994–95	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round		Inter Bratislava	3-0, 0–1	3–1
		First round		Boavista FC	1-2, 1–1	2–3
1995-96	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round		Motherwell FC	3-1, 0-2	3-3
		First round		PSV	1-1, 1-7	2-8
1996–97	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round		FK Qarabag	1-0, 1-1	2–1
		First round		Liverpool FC	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		Odense BK	1-0, 0–2	1–2
2003-04	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round		BSC Young Boys	3–2, 2–2	5–4
		First round		FC Sochaux	0–1, 0–2	0–3
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round		FC 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 FC	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 FC	1–0, 1–0	2–0
		Qualifying round		FC 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 FC	0–1, 0-2	0–3
2010−11	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round		JK Narva Trans	2-0, 5-0	7-0
		Second qualifying round		UE Sant Julia	3-0, 5-0	8-0
		Third qualifying round		Politehnica Timişoara	1-2, 3-3	4-5

Honours

• Veikkausliiga
  • Winners (1): 2005
• Finnish Cup
  • Winners (3): 1992, 1995, 2004

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements 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 17 seasons in Veikkausliiga

Squad

As of 31 August 2011.^[1]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Antti Kuismala (vice-captain) 2 MF Konsta Hietanen 3 DF Sampsa Timoska 4 DF Niko Kukka 5 DF Tommi Vesala 6 MF Antti Okkonen (vice-captain) 7 FW Mikko Innanen 9 FW Maxim Votinov 11 FW Riley O'Neill 12 GK Mika Johansson 13 DF Toni Lindberg 14 MF David Ramadingaye 15 MF Ville Oksanen 16 DF Antti Koskinen 18 DF Tuomas Aho (captain) 19 FW Pele Koljonen 20 MF Eetu Kaipio

No. Position Player 21 GK Ville Iiskola 22 DF Jussi Perttula 24 MF Ville Saxman 25 FW Otto Kejonen 26 MF Ymer Xhaferi 28 FW Pyry Soiri 29 FW Rami Nieminen 30 FW Sasha Anttilainen 31 GK Toni Andersson 32 FW Francisco Torres 33 DF Mate Dujilo 34 MF Elias Inkilä 35 MF Kevin Sawchak 36 MF Tadeu Terra (on loan from F.C. New York) 37 DF Hassan Sesay (on loan from FC Viikingit) 38 FW Vinicius Frasson

Notable players

Anes Zukic Adriano Luiz Antônio Marco Manso Tosaint Ricketts Gao Leilei Pat Corbett Dean Wilkins Tuomas Haapala Markus Heikkinen Toni Huttunen Sami Hyypiä Tuomas Kansikas Joonas Kolkka Tuomo Könönen Toni Kuivasto

Janne Lindberg Jari Litmanen Miikka Multaharju Jussi Nuorela Saku Puhakainen Sami Ristilä Niklas Tarvajärvi István Mitring Denis Volodin Vasile Marchiş Ryan Botha Neathan Gibson Kuami Agboh Brent Sancho

UEFA club ranking

This is the current UEFA club ranking, including season 2010-11.^[2]

Last update: July 9, 2010

Rank	Team	Points
276	FK Borac Banja Luka	2.149
277	FK Renova	2.141
278	Dundalk	2.116
	Sporting Fingal	2.116
	Shamrock Rovers	2.116
281	MYPA	2.093
	TPS Turku	2.093
283	FK Tauras Tauragė	1.991
	FK Šiauliai	1.991
	FBK Kaunas	1.991
286	Dinamo Tirana	1.949

References

1. ^ "Joukkue 2011". MYPA. http://www.mypa.fi/sivut/index.php?page_n=joukkue&lista=kaikki. Retrieved 2011-05-10. 
2. ^ "UEFA Team Ranking 2011". www.xs4all.nl. 2009-03-07. http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/data/method4/trank2011.html. Retrieved 2009-03-07. 

External links

• (Finnish) Official website