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2016 Finnish League Cup
The 2016 Finnish League Cup was the 20th season of the Finnish League Cup, Finland's second-most prestigious cup football tournament. HJK were the defending champions, having won their fifth league cup the previous year. The cup consisted of two stages. First there was a group stage that involved the 12 Veikkausliiga teams divided into two groups. The top teams from each group then played each other in the final. Group A Group B Final Scorers 4 goals: * Roope Riski - SJK 3 goals: * Alfredo Morelos - HJK * Mika Lahtinen - Ilves * Guy Gnabouyou - Inter Turku 2 goals: * Taye Taiwo - HJK * Atomu Tanaka - HJK * Jasse Tuominen - Lahti * Aleksei Kangaskolkka - IFK Mariehamn * Lucas Kaufmann - PK-35 Vantaa * Njazi Kuqi - PK-35 Vantaa * Ariel Ngueukam - SJK 1 goals: * Domenico Fortunato - HIFK * Matias Hänninen - HIFK * Joni Korhonen - HIFK * Daniel Rantanen - HIFK * Ville Salmikivi - HIFK * Lassi Järvenpää - HJK * Solomon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Lahti
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 FC Lahti is Lahden Stadion. FC 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. History FC Lahti was founded in 1996 when two rival clubs from Lahti – FC Kuusysi and Reipas Lahti (founded in Viipuri and moved to Lahti after Viipuri was ceded to USSR in 1947) – decided to merge. Also, the reserve club FC Pallo-Lahti was formed, but it was closed down after a couple of seasons due to economic difficulties. Both Reipas and Kuusysi controlled the junior section of the club. FC Lahti played its first season in 1997, in the southern group of Ykkönen, the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. The zone uses daylight saving time, so that it uses UTC+03:00 during the summer. A number of African countries use UTC+02:00 all year long, where it is called Central Africa Time (CAT), although Egypt and Libya also use the term ''Eastern European Time''. The most populous city in the Eastern European Time zone is Cairo, with the most populous EET city in Europe being Athens. Usage The following countries, parts of countries, and territories use Eastern European Time all year round: * Egypt, since 21 April 2015; used EEST ( UTC+02:00; UTC+03:00 with daylight saving time) from 1988–2010 and 16 May–26 September 2014. See also Egypt Standard Time. * Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia), since 26 October 2014; also used EET in years 1945 and 1991–2011. See also Kaliningrad Time. * Libya, since 27 October 2013; switched from Central European Time, which was u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mattias Gestranius
Mattias Gestranius (born 7 June 1978) is a Finnish professional football referee. He has been a full international for FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ... since 2011. He is a laboratory technician. References External links * 1978 births Living people Finnish football referees People from Pargas Sportspeople from Southwest Finland {{Sports-official-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemi
Kemi (; sme, Giepma ; smn, Kiemâ; sms, Ǩeeʹmm; Swedish (historically): ''Kiemi'') is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located very near the city of Tornio and the Swedish border. The distance to Oulu is to the south and to Rovaniemi is to the northeast. It was founded in 1869 by a decree of the Emperor Alexander II of Russia because of its proximity to a deepwater port. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which are water. The population density is . History World War II hostage crisis During World War II, after Finland signed the Moscow Armistice and found itself involved in the Lapland War against its former German ally, German forces at the beginning of October 1944 captured 132 Finnish civilian hostages in Kemi (as well as 130 in Rovaniemi) and threatened to kill them unless the Finnish army released the German POWs captured in the Battle of Tornio. However, Finland refused to comply and threatened to retaliate by killing the German P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Matrone
Marco Matrone (born 2 July 1987) is a Finnish footballer, who represents Ilves of Veikkausliiga, the Finnish premier division of football. Career The midfielder has previously represented FC Honka, FF Jaro, FC Haka and SJK of Veikkausliiga, AC Arezzo of Serie B (mostly junior team), and Sansepolcro on a loan deal. International career In March 2008, he was selected to the Finland national under-21 football team. Personal life Matrone was born in Scafati, Italy, to a Finnish mother and an Italian father. He has dual citizenship of Finland and Italy. Some sources have falsely claimed that he is related to , another Finnish-Italian footballer who was also born in the Naples region, but they are not related. ReferencesGuardian Football Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Matrone, Marco 1987 births Living people Finnish men's footballers Finnish expatriate men's footballers Italian emigrants to Finland FF Jaro players FC Haka players Veikkausliiga players FC Espoo players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heikki Aho (footballer)
Heikki Aho (born 16 March 1983) is a retired Finland, Finnish footballer, who played as a defender. He represented Tampere United and won three Finnish championships before moving to FF Jaro for the 2009 season. ReferencesGuardian Football * 1983 births Living people Finnish footballers People from Muurame Tampere United players FF Jaro players Veikkausliiga players Association football defenders Sportspeople from Central Finland {{Finland-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mika Lahtinen
Mika Lahtinen (born 30 April 1985) is a Finnish former footballer. During his career he played for RoPS, JJK and Tampere United in the Veikkausliiga, and for PP-70 and FC Hämeenlinna in the Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' (Finnish for 'Number One'; sv, Ettan) is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga), although it is the highest league managed by the Football Association of Finland. The teams also play .... References External linksProfile at Guardian Football Profile at Veikkausliiga's we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saša Jovović
Saša is a South Slavic given name. It is a diminutive of Aleksandar (see Sasha), but in the South Slavic countries it is often a formal name as well. It may refer to: *Saša Antunović (born 1974), Serbian footballer * Saša Bjelanović (born 1979), Croatian footballer *Saša Bogunović (born 1982), Serbian footballer *Saša Čađo (born 1989), Serbian basketball player *Saša Cilinšek (born 1952), Serbian footballer *Saša Ćirić (born 1968), Macedonian footballer *Saša Ćurčić (born 1972), Serbian footballer *Saša Đorđević (footballer) (born 1981), Serbian footballer *Saša Dragin (born 1972), Serbian politician *Saša Drakulić (born 1972), Serbian footballer *Saša Gajser (born 1974), Slovenian footballer *Saša Gedeon (born 1970), Czech film director * Saša Hiršzon (born 1972), Yugoslavian/Croatian tennis player * Saša Ilić (footballer born 1972), Serbian-Australian football goalkeeper *Saša Ilić (footballer born 1977), Serbian footballer *Saša Ilić (Macedonian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saku Kvist
Saku may refer to: Places * Saku, Nagano, a city in Japan *Saku, Nagano (Minamisaku) was a town located in Minamisaku District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. On March 20, 2005, Saku, along with the village of Yachiho (also from Minamisaku District), was merged to create the town of Sakuho. As of January 1, 2004, the town ha ..., a town in Japan * Saku Parish, a rural municipality in Harju County, Estonia ** Saku, Estonia, a small borough in Saku Parish, Harju County, Estonia * Saku Constituency, an electoral constituency in Kenya Other uses * Saku (given name), a masculine Finnish given name and a feminine Japanese given name * Saku Brewery, an Estonian brewery * Saku, a song by the band Dir En Grey {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joona Veteli
Joona Veteli (born 21 April 1995) is a Finnish football player who plays for Finnish Veikkausliiga side Ilves. Veteli plays in the position of centre midfielder but can also operate as an attacking midfielder, defensive midfielder, right-back and winger. Club career On 9 November 2021, he joined KuPS on a two-year contract. Veteli was named the Veikkausliiga Player of the Month in May 2023. On 6 November 2023, Veteli returned to Ilves, signing a two-year deal with the club, starting in 2024. Honours KuPS *Veikkausliiga runner-up: 2022, 2023 *Finnish Cup: 2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ... Individual *Veikkausliiga Player of the Month: May 2023 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulu
Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere and Vantaa, and the fourth largest urban area in the country after Helsinki, Tampere and Turku. Oulu's neighbouring municipalities are: Hailuoto, Ii, Kempele, Liminka, Lumijoki, Muhos, Pudasjärvi, Tyrnävä and Utajärvi. Due to its large population and geopolitically economic and cultural-historical location, Oulu has been called the "capital of Northern Finland". Oulu is also considered one of Europe's "living labs", where residents experiment with new technology (such as NFC tags and ubi-screens) on a community-wide scale. Despite only ranking in the top 2% universities, the University of Oulu is regionally known in the field of information technology. Oulu has also been very successful in recent urban ima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luka Tiodorović
Luka Tiodorović (Cyrillic: Лука Тиодоровић; born 21 January 1986) is a Montenegrin former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Titograd, SR Montenegro, Tiodorović played in the youth teams of Red Star Belgrade and FK Budućnost Podgorica.Luka Tiodorović at 90minut.pl He made his senior debut in 2005 playing with FK Kom in the Second League of Serbia and Montenegro. He would then play with in the inaugural [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
