Käpylän Pallo

Käpylän Pallo

Infobox Football club
clubname = KäPa


fullname = Käpylän Pallo
nickname =
founded = 1956
ground = Max Westerberg Areena
Helsinki, Finland
capacity = 1,000
chairman = flagicon|FIN Max Westerberg
mgrtitle = Head coach
manager = flagicon|FIN Ari Asukka
league = Ykkönen
season = 2007
position = Kakkonen Group A, 1st
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Käpylän Pallo or KäPa for short, is a football (soccer) club from the Käpylä district of Helsinki.

KäPa was the first club in Finland to organize football leagues for youth players. The teams in these league's were named after English League clubs and some teams even got their shirts as presents from the English clubs that they were named after.

KäPa gained promotion to Ykkönen, the second tier of Finnish football in 2007. KäPa plays its home matches in Max Westerberg Areena, situated in Käpylän liikuntapuisto. KäPa has youth teams in agegroups ranging from 1988 to 2000. It is the organizer of Finland's biggest youth football tournament Helsinki Cup together with FC Honka.

Notable former players

* Simo Valakari

Famous supporters

* Bror-Erik Wallenius, Finnish sports commentator

External links

* [http://www.kapylanpallo.fi/ Official page]


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