Atlantis FC is a

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club, based in

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. It currently plays in the third tier of Finnish football (''

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'').

History

The club was founded in late 1995 when Johanneksen Dynamo (founded 1980) and FC Norssi (founded 1985) merged. The name "Atlantis FC" was created by

Gösta Sundqvist Gösta Erik Sundqvist (May 17, 1957, Espoo – August 16, 2003) was a Finnish musician and radio personality. He was the lead singer for Leevi and the Leavings since the forming of the band. The name "Leevi" is often taken to mean Sundqvist persona ...

, singer of

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. The team began to play in the third tier of Finnish football (the ''

'') in 1996 and in 1997 they were promoted to 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 ...

. In 1999 the club reached the playoffs for promotion to the first tier (

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, or betting league in English, named for its sponsor) but lost to

Vaasan Palloseura Vaasan Palloseura (or VPS) is a Finnish football club, based in Vaasa. It currently plays in the first tier of Finnish football (''Veikkausliiga''). The club's current manager is Jussi Nuorela. The club plays its home matches at Hietalahti. VP ...

. The following year they achieved promotion to the Veikkausliiga. In 2001 Atlantis finished seventh in the league and won the

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. The club fell into financial difficulties and went bankrupt 2002 and their place in the Premier League was given to

AC Allianssi AC Vantaan Allianssi (or AC Allianssi) was a Finnish football club, based in the town of Vantaa. History Allianssi were a club in decline, following an 8–0 defeat at fellow Finnish club FC Haka. The match was believed to have been fixed by a B ...

. The club's reserve team is Atlantis Akatemia (Atlantis Academy) still continued in second division. 2003 it changed its name to Atlantis FC and in 2004 the club was promoted to the Ykkönen. Atlantis' current manager is Markku Ritala and they play their home matches at ''Helsingin Pallokenttä''.

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finished the season 2014 as the top goal scorer and setting a new league record with 40 goals for the

Current squad

Staff

Management

*''Chairman:'' Markku Ritala *''General Manager:'' Aarne Tenkanen *''Director of Academy:'' Janne Wikman

Sports

*''Head Coach:'' Abdulaziz Moshood Bola *''Goalkeeper Coach:'' Mamadou Vito Diatta *''Technical Coach:'' Sunny Akintmehin

Medical

*''Masseur:'' Jukka Ala-Nikkola *''Kit manager:'' Christopher Aruna *''Physio:'' Filip Lunabba

Retired numbers

Seasons

*1980: piiri IV, 3. *1981: piiri III, 1. *1982: V div., 3. *1983: V div., 2. *1984: IV div., 5. *1985: IV div., 2. *1986: IV div., 4. *1987: IV div., 4. *1988: IV div., 2. *1989: IV div., 7. *1990: IV div., 3. *1991: IV div., 6. *1992: IV div., 1. *1993:

Kolmonen Kolmonen or III divisioona is the fourth level in the league system of Finnish football and comprises 104 Finnish football teams. The III divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mid-1990s became known as the Kolmonen (''Number Three'' in En ...

, 5.

Final *1994:

, 4. *1995:

, 2. Promotion *1996:

, 3. *1997:

, 1. Promotion *1998:

, 5. *1999:

, 2. *2000:

, 4. Ykköscup Winner *2001:

, 7.

Winner *2002:

, 10. *2003:

, 3. Kakkoscup Winner *2004:

, 1. Promotion *2005:

, 7. *2006:

, 3. *2007:

, 7. *2008:

, 11. *2009:

, 13.

Former coaches

*''1980–1983:'' Juha Leinonen *''1984–1986:'' Hannu Ylöstalo *''1987:'' Hannu Tuukkanen *''1988–1989:'' Mikko Viitamäki *''1990–1991:'' Jari Kurittu *''1992–1993:'' Mikko Viitamäki *''1994:'' Esko Kokkonen *''1995:'' Ari Tiittanen *''1996–2000:'' Jari Europaeus *''2000:'' Markku Palmroos *''2001:'' Ari Tiittanen *''2002:''

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*''2003–2007:''

Pasi Pihamaa Pasi Pihamaa born (17 September 1972) is a Finnish football manager and former player. As a player, he played for Belgian clubs Denderleeuw and Hamme and for English side Billericay Town among others. Playing career Pihamaa was born in Helsinki, ...

*''2007:'' Ville Lyytikäinen *''2008:'' Abdou Talat *''2008:''

*''2009:''

Aavo Sarap Aavo Sarap (born 21 April 1962 in Tallinn) is an Estonian football coach, he works now as Head coach of IF Gnistan in Finland. Coaching career Sarap has also coached the Estonian national team during 1995. In 2004 Aavo Sarap became the head coa ...

*''2010:'' Moshood Bola Abdulaziz *''2011:'' Mikko Lappalainen & Unto Virkkala *''2012:'' Unto Virkkala & Alan Arruda *''2013:'' Mikko Lappalainen *''2014:'' Alan Arruda *''2015:'' Ari Asukka *''2016:'' Markku Palmroos & Tom Weckström *''2017:'' Alan Arruda *''2018:'' Abdulaziz Moshood Bola

Player of the year

*''1996:'' Marko Ignatius *''1997:'' Esa Pamppunen *''1998:'' Kimmo Tauriainen *''1999:'' Tero Pilvi *''2000:'' Pasi Solehmainen *''2001:'' Sami Ylä-Jussila *''2002:'' Mika Johansson *''2003:'' Henri Kokkonen *''2004:'' Juha Jussila *''2005:'' Risto Salmi *''2006:''

Adel Eid Adel Eid (born 22 March 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. His father is Egyptian and his mother Finnish. Career The defender, who is 5'11" tall and weighs 159 pounds, previously played for FC Honka and HJK ...

*''2007:'' Risto Salmi *''2008:'' Ernest Simon *''2009:'' Tomas Sirevicius *''2010:''

Alan Arruda Alan Monken Arruda (born September 12, 1981) is a Brazilian professional footballer and coach, who currently is based in Tallinn as a coach for JK Tabasalu of the Esiliiga B. Career He joined to Estonian club JK Nõmme Kalju after pay for Serran ...

*''2011:''

Alimamy Jalloh Alimamy Jalloh (born September 26, 1987) is a Sierra Leonean professional Football (soccer), footballer, who currently plays for Lohjan Pallo in Finland. Career He started his football career with his hometown club the Diamond Stars of Kono Di ...

*''2012:'' Mohamed Fofana *''2013:''

*''2014:'' Jussi Äijälä *''2015:'' Pierre Nlate *''2016:'' Pierre Nlate

Topscorer

*''1980:'' Kari Nevala (9) *''1981:'' Kari Nevala (8) *''1982:'' Hannu Vallius (12) *''1983:'' Kari Nevala (12) *''1984:'' Kari Nevala (22) *''1985:'' Kari Nevala (14) *''1986:'' Kari Nevala (11) *''1987:'' Jukka Innanen (10) *''1988:'' Jorma Lempinen (12) *''1989:'' Jorma Lempinen (12) *''1990:'' Kari Nevala (10) *''1991:'' Jouko Mikkonen & Henri Taavitsainen (7) *''1992:'' Esa Pamppunen (28) *''1993:'' Esa Pamppunen (17) *''1994:'' Esa Pamppunen (17) *''1995:'' Esa Pamppunen (19) *''1996:'' Esa Pamppunen (12) *''1997:'' Jani Nieminen & Esa Pamppunen (10) *''1998:'' Kimmo Tauriainen (8) *''1999:'' Tero Pilvi (9) *''2000:'' Sukru Uzuner (19) *''2001:'' Sami Ylä-Jussila (12) *''2002:'' Eero Voipio (8) *''2003:'' Eero Voipio (7) *''2004:'' Eero Voipio (12) *''2005:'' Vesa Kosonen (13) *''2006:'' Feras Abid ja Petteri Paajanen(11) *''2007:'' Muwahid Sesay (9) *''2008:'' Kalle Vasse (7) *''2009:'' Zakaria Kibona (6) *''2010:''

Bobo Bola Boba Bola (born 2 October 1985) is a Rwandan former footballer. Career Bola joined Landskrona BoIS 2005, coming from APR FC. He was close to be loaned out to the Swedish side IF Limhamn Bunkeflo but the affair didn't go off, instead he was loa ...

(11) *''2011:'' Victor Solomon (14) *''2012:'' Victor Solomon & Abdul Sesay (12) *''2013:'' Misse Eboungue (16) *''2014:'' Sakari Tukiainen (41) *''2015:'' Samuel Chidi (7) *''2016:'' Shaggy Kimuenimeso & Juuso Leimu (4)

Highest Attendances by season

*1996: 17 August 1996 Atlantis FC – PK-35 228 *1997: 13 September 1997 Atlantis FC – EIF 213 *1998: 16 June 1998 Atlantis FC –

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427 *1999: 14 October 1999 Atlantis FC –

Tampere United Tampere United is a Finnish football club from the city of Tampere. The club plays in Kakkonen, the third highest level of football in Finland. The club had a team in Veikkausliiga, the premier football league in Finland, until the end of the ...

1.243 *2000: 30 September 2000 Atlantis FC –

KuPS 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 ...

1.768 *2001: 4 May 2001 Atlantis FC –

FC Haka FC Haka is a Finnish football club based in the industry town of Valkeakoski. It is currently competing in Finland's premier division of football, Veikkausliiga. It is one of the most successful clubs in Finland, with nine Finnish championships a ...

2.797 *2002: 11 July 2002 Atlantis FC –

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325 *2003: 1 July 2003 Atlantis FC – FCK Salamat 358 *2004: 26 September 2004 Atlantis FC –

JIPPO JIPPO is a Finnish football club, based in Joensuu. It plays in the Kakkonen, the third highest level of Finnish football. Jippo plays its home matches at Mehtimäki, Joensuu. JIPPO was formed in 2001 after the merger of JiiPee and Ratanat&nb ...

512 *2005: 2 August 2005 Atlantis FC – PK-35 746 *2006: 2 September 2006 Atlantis FC –

TP-47 Tornion Pallo −47 (or TP-47) is a Finnish football club, based in the town of Tornio. It currently plays in the Finnish Third Division (''Kolmonen''). It plays its home matches at Pohjan Stadion. The most famous player who has been raised by t ...

742 *2007: 23 September 2007 Atlantis FC –

722 *2008: 11 October 2008 Atlantis FC – JJK 835 *2009: 3 May 2009 Atlantis FC –

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623 *2010: 23 July 2010 Atlantis FC –

HIFK HIFK, the Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors (IFK, Helsingfors) rf (officially abbreviated IFK Helsingfors, colloquially often Helsingfors IFK or Helsingin IFK ) is a multi-sport association based in Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1897 on ...

289 *2011: 10 May 2011 Atlantis FC –

Pallohonka Pallohonka is a football club from Espoo in Finland. The club was formed in 2009 and their home ground is at the Otaniemen urheilukeskus, Otaniemi. Pallohonka is FC Honka's 'B team' and currently plays in the ''Kakkonen'', or the third level of ...

241 *2012: 25 April 2012 Atlantis FC –

FC Honka FC Honka is a Finnish football club based in Espoo. It was founded in 1957 as Tapion Honka, and changed its name to FC Honka in 1975. The club currently play in the Finnish premier division (''Veikkausliiga''), having been promoted for the fir ...

312 *2013: 21 May 2013 Atlantis FC – KTP 215 *2014: 18 October 2014 Atlantis FC – EIF 932 *2015: 3 August 2015 Atlantis FC –

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Former Chairmen

Erkki Alaja

References

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External links

Official websiteOfficial Youth Academy website
Association football clubs established in 1995 Football clubs in Helsinki 1995 establishments in Finland