Palloseura Kemi Kings

Football club infobox
clubname = PS Kemi Kings


fullname = Palloseura Kemi Kings
nickname = Kingit
founded = 1999
ground = Sauvosaari
capacity = -- | chairman = Jouni Rauta
manager = Jukka Kuusisto
league = Ykkönen
season = 2007
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Palloseura Kemi Kings or PS Kemi Kings is a Finnish football team based in the town of Kemi, who are currently playing in the Finnish second division, the Ykkönen. The club was established on October 21 1999.

The team was created out of a merger between Kemin Palloseura (KePS), Kemin Pallotoverit-85 (KPT-85) and Visan Pallo. All three teams continue only as junior teams–having younger than B-juniors–while PS Kemi took over A and B juniors. The best achievement of PS Kemi Kings so far has been reaching eighth place in the Finnish Cup competition 2006. The team also played in Finnish Cup's small final, but lost it to Kultsu FC after the penalty shootout. In the 2007 season PS Kemi Kings won the Kakkonen's C-sector and were promoted to the second division, the Ykkönen. In the 2008 season PS Kemi Kings successfully fought against the relegation and also Qualified for the Top-16 in the Finnish Cup.

Current squad

"As of February 5, 2008" [cite web|url=http://www.kemi.fi/pskemi/pelaajat.html|language=Finnish|publisher=Official website|title=PS Kemi 2008|accessdate=2008-02-05]

External links

* [http://www.kemi.fi/pskemi/ Official Website] fi

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