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2015 Finnish League Cup
The 2015 Finnish League Cup is the 19th season of the Finnish League Cup, Finland's second-most prestigious cup football tournament. SJK are the defending champions, having won their second league cup last year. The cup consists of two stages. First there will be a group stage that involves the 12 Veikkausliiga teams divided into four groups. The top two teams from each group will enter the one-legged elimination rounds – quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final. Group A Group B Group C Group D Knockout stage Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Scorers 6 goals: * Akseli Pelvas - SJK 5 goals: * Vahid Hambo - Inter Turku 4 goals: * Dever Orgill - IFK Mariehamn * Henry Chidozie - Ilves 3 goals: * Joni Korhonen - HIFK * Erfan Zeneli - HJK * Jonne Hjelm - Ilves * Mika Ojala - Inter Turku * Valeri Minkenen - KTP * Aleksi Ristola - Lahti * Adeniyi Michael Ibiyomi - RoPS * Janne Saksela - RoPS 2 goals: * Mike Havenaar - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki, or simply as HJK, is a professional football club based in Helsinki, Finland. The club competes in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. Founded in 1907, the club has spent most of its history in the top tier of Finnish football. The club's home ground is the 10,770-seat Bolt Arena, where they have played since 2000. Generally considered as Finland's biggest club, HJK is the most successful Finnish club in terms of championship titles with 32. The club has also won 14 Finnish Cups and 5 Finnish League Cups. Many of Finland's most successful players have played for HJK before moving abroad. The club has also similar success with women's Kansallinen Liiga. HJK is the only Finnish club that has participated in the UEFA Champions League group stage. In 1998, they beat Metz in the play-off round to clinch their place in the competition for the following season. HJK have also participated twice in the group stages of the UEFA Europa ... [...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] |
Kuopion Palloseura
Kuopion Palloseura (or KuPS) is a Finnish football club, based in the ninth most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. KuPS has won the Finnish championship six times, the Finnish Cup 4 times and the Finnish League Cup once. KuPS also holds the Finnish club record of the most consecutive seasons in the top flight, from 1949 to 1992. The team is placed fourth in the all-time Finnish Premier League honour table. The team plays its home matches at Savon Sanomat Areena. Until June 2005, KuPS used to play at an aged track and field stadium in Väinölänniemi, which is said to be one of the most beautiful sporting places in Finland. Väinölänniemi is a cape surrounded by a local lake, Kallavesi. History 1923–1949 Early History One of the first sports clubs in Kuopio to adopt football was Kuopion Reipas who made the sport an official part of their program in 1915. Reipas was a general athletic society which competed in a wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Ilves
Tampereen Ilves (; Finnish for "Lynx") is a Finnish football club, based in Tampere. They currently play in the Veikkausliiga, the highest level of professional football in Finland. They were formed in 1975 as a merger between Ilves-Kissat Tampere and TaPa Tampere, and joined the Premier Division in 1979. Ilves won the Finnish League championship in 1983 and the Finnish Cup on three occasions in 1979, 1990, and 2019. In the late 1990s, Ilves suffered financial trouble and its professional team was reformed into Tampere United before the 1999 season. The initial plan was to join Ilves with TPV, but TPV decided to continue as its own team. As a result, Tampere United inherited Ilves' place in the second highest division, and Ilves dissolved their men’s team. Thus the club did not have a men's team from 1999 to 2007. Their home ground is Tammelan Stadion. However, in 2020–2023, they are playing at Tampere Stadium, while waiting for a new Tammelan stadion to be built. Ho ... [...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] |
Simo Roiha
Simo Roiha (born 27 December 1991) is a Finnish professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ... who plays as a striker for KTP. Career Roiha signed with Kokkolan PV for the 2019 season. On 12 December 2022, Roiha signed with KTP for the 2023 season, with a club option for 2024. References 1991 births Sportspeople from Rovaniemi Living people Finnish men's footballers FC Santa Claus players Rovaniemen Palloseura players Kokkolan Palloveikot players Veikkausliiga players Ykkönen players Kakkonen players Men's association football forwards Turun Palloseura footballers Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players {{Finland-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuli Kaivonurmi
Samuli Kaivonurmi (born 3 March 1988) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm .... Referenceskups.fi Profile 1988 births Living people Finnish men's footballers [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ousman Jallow
Ousman Jallow (born 21 October 1988 in Banjul) is a Gambian footballer who plays as a striker, most recently for Cypriot club Yenicami Ağdelen. He is featured on the Gambian national team in the official 2010 FIFA World Cup video game. Club career Early career Arsenal and Chelsea both chased Jallow and they almost bought him, but because of troubles with the residence/work permit, Jallow did not become an Arsenal or Chelsea player. Brøndby IF On 31 August 2008, the young striker signed a contract for three years with the Danish team Brøndby IF. The transfer amount was kept secret by both Brøndby IF and his former club; Al-Ain FC. On 5 October 2008, Jallow scored his first goal in the Brøndby-jersey, against Odense BK. Çaykur Rizespor His contract ended in Summer 2011. He joined on free transfer second division club Çaykur Rizespor. HJK Helsinki On 27 February 2015, HJK signed Jallow on a one-year contract after a short trial period. Irtysh Pavlodar On 27 Febru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adeniyi Michael Ibiyomi
Adéníyì is a name of Yoruba origin, meaning "the crown or royalty has value". Notable people with the surname include: * Aminat Adeniyi (born 1993), Nigerian sport wrestler * Bashir Adeniyi Musa, Nigerian diplomat * James Adeniyi (born 1992), Nigerian footballer * Mathieu Adeniyi (born 1987), Beninese footballer * Olasunkanmi Adeniyi (born 1997), American football player * Olusegun Adeniyi (born 1965), Nigerian journalist * Peter Adeniyi, Nigerian academic * Solomon Adeniyi Babalola (born 1929), Nigerian Baptist missionary, veteran pastor, theologian and educator See also * Crispin Adeniyi-Jones Crispin Curtis Adeniyi-Jones (1876–1957) was a Nigerian medical doctor of Sierra Leonean heritageRichard L. Sklar, Nigerian Political Parties: Power in an Emergent African Nation. Africa World Press, 2004. p47. and the pioneer director of the Y ... (1876–1957), Nigerian medical doctor and politician References {{Surname, Adeniyi Yoruba-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeri Minkenen
Valeri Minkenen (born 9 April 1989) is a Finnish retired professional footballer. Early life and career Minkenen was born in Leningrad, and he is of Ingrian Finnish descent. He has played in Finland and Estonia for AC Oulu, FC Haka, FC Flora Tallinn FC Flora, commonly known as Flora Tallinn, or simply as Flora, is a professional football club based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is Lilleküla Stadium. Fo ... and KTP. References External links * 1989 births Living people Finnish men's footballers Finnish expatriate men's footballers AC Oulu players FC Haka players FC Flora players Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players Myllykosken Pallo −47 players Klubi 04 players Veikkausliiga players Meistriliiga players Men's association football midfielders Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Estonia Expatriate men's footballers in Estonia People of Ingrian Finnish descent {{Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The Helsinki urban area, city's urban area has a population of , making it by far the List of urban areas in Finland by population, most populous urban area in Finland as well as the country's most important center for politics, education, finance, culture, and research; while Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region, located to the north from Helsinki, is the second largest urban area in Finland. Helsinki is located north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It has History of Helsinki, close historical ties with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen (and surrounding commuter towns, including the eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janne Saksela
Janne Saksela (born 14 March 1993) is a Finnish former footballer. Club career On 3 August 2019 he returned to Finland, signing a 1.5-year contract with Ilves. He suffered an ACL rupture just 8 days later in his second game for Ilves and is expected to miss several months. He announced his retirement from professional football in October 2022. International career He was called up in the Finland national football team The Finland national football team ( fi, Suomen jalkapallomaajoukkue, sv, Finlands fotbollslandslag) represents Finland in men's international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland, the governing body ... in 2016. Career statistics References External links * * * 1993 births Sportspeople from Vantaa Living people Finnish men's footballers Finland men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders PK-35 Vantaa (men) players Helsingin Jalkap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
