Myllykosken Pallo -47, also referred to as MyPa, is a Finnish

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club based in

Myllykoski Myllykoski Corporation was a family owned international paper group with central offices in Helsinki and Anjalankoski, manufacturing in Germany, Finland and North America, and sales offices around the world. The roots of the company date back to i ...

, a part of the city of

Kouvola Kouvola () is a city in Finland and the administrative capital of Kymenlaakso. It is located in the southeastern interior of the country. The population of Kouvola is approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland, and the 17th m ...

. The club temporarily shut down after having ceased operations in 2015 due to financial difficulties, but returned in 2017 earning a place in the fourth tier. The club won back-to-back promotions to reach the second division in 2019. It then suffered consecutive relegations in 2020 and 2021, ending up in the fourth-tier of Finnish football league

Kolmonen Kolmonen or III divisioona is the fifth level in the Finnish football league system, league system of Finnish football and comprises 108 Finland, Finnish football (soccer), football teams. The III divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mi ...

. Currently MyPa competes in

Kakkonen Kakkonen or II divisioona is the fourth level in the league system of Finnish football and comprises 36 Finnish football teams. Until the end of 2023, ''Kakkonen'' was the third-highest level in Finland, but after the creation of new second-t ...

, the fourth tier of

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History

MyPa was founded in December 1947 in the village of

in the then municipality of

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, which in 1975 became part of the town of

Anjalankoski Anjalankoski is a former town and List of former municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It had 16 379 inhabitants in 2008. About 4/5 of the people live in the vicinity of the Kymi River. The most densely populated communities are My ...

and since 2009 is part of

. Before that there had been some small-scale football culture in Myllykoski, so forming a football club was a natural step. The final move came from the local paper industry, which built a football pitch with spectator stands. MyPa was promoted to the highest tier in 1975, but the season ended in relegation.

Veikkausliiga

MyPa played continuously in the

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from 1992 to 2014. From 1993 to 1996 they were runners up four consecutive times under the control of Harri Kampman. They won a first

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in 1992, and a second in 1995. In 1997

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was named as the manager of the club, but his employment lasted only one season. He was replaced by

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. From 1999 to 2001, under the control of Malinen MyPa, they finished third three times in a row, and finished second in 2002. After the 2003 season Malinen was replaced by

Ilkka Mäkelä Ilkka Mäkelä (born 25 June 1963, in Elimäki) is a Finnish football manager, former player, and current club president of Mikkelin Palloilijat (MP). Coaching career He was sacked after the 2010 season as FC Lahti were relegated to Ykkönen ...

. Though dropping to 8th in the league, in 2004 MyPa won a third Finnish Cup, and the next season won their first Finnish championship. The seasons following the championship were marked by mixed success. Mäkelä resigned during the 2007 season after a series of losses, and the former assistant coach

Janne Hyppönen Janne Hyppönen (born 14 September 1970 in Vehkalahti) is a top Finland, Finnish Manager (football), football manager and former player. He has coached Veikkausliiga clus Myllykosken Pallo, MYPA and FC KooTeePee, KooTeePee. Later he has also work ...

became the new manager. Hyppönen was sacked in September 2008 and assistant Janne Lindberg took over in a caretaker capacity for the rest of the season. The 2009 season under Lindberg MYPA finished ninth, which was their worst placement in Veikkausliiga. MYPA was denied league licence for the 2015 season due to financial troubles, and after at first having accepted a place in the second tier

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, finally withdrew from all professional football on February 13th 2015.

Return

MYPA made a return in the 2017 season earning a place from Inkeroisten Purha in the fourth tier Kolmonen due to Purha having difficulties gathering a team for the upcoming season. In the 2017 Kolmonen season MYPA didn't lose a single game and was promoted to third tier

. Playing in group A of the second division MYPA continued their positive endeavours and won the group, which granted them a place in the promotion playoffs to Ykkönen. They lost the following playoffs to

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. Due to

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relinquishing their place in Ykkönen after getting relegated from Veikkausliiga, MYPA received an invitation to join Ykkönen on their place as first in line for the

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season. MYPA accepted the offer and played in Ykkönen for the next two seasons. After struggling on a higher level. MYPA was relegated in the

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back to Kakkonen. Losing many key players after getting relegated, MYPA's struggles continued and after the season in Kakkonen was relegated back into Kolmonen. After the season MYPA changed their club name's spelling back into 'MyPa'. FC Kuusysi - MyPa

In 2022 on their first season back in Kolmonen, while being heavy favourites for the coming campaign, MyPa was able to stabilize their results and started winning matches more frequently. However, due to losing points in key matches through the season, MyPa narrowly missed the promotion playoffs and came second behind Haminan Pallo-Kissat. In 2023 after bringing back many key players from the earlier seasons such as

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and Jussi-Pekka Rämä, results improved and they won the league by a large margin. The championship granted them a direct promotion to Kakkonen for the 2024 season with Rämä being the top goalscorer of the league with 31 goals in 17 matches.

International achievements

MyPa has participated in the

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and

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. It has faced many clubs like Boavista,

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and

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. In 2005 they reached the first round of UEFA Cup but lost the decisive match against Swiss side

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1–4 on aggregate.

UEFA club competition record

''Updated 14 February 2015.''

Honours

** Winners (1):

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

** Runners up (5):

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

** Third place (3):

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

, I divisioona ** Winners (2):

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

** A-Group, Winners (1):

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

** South-Eastern Group, Winners (2):

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

** Winners (3):

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

Season to season

*Kakkonen switched from tier 3 to tier 4 after the adaptation of

Ykkösliiga ''Ykkösliiga'' (English language, English: ''"League One"''; ) is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. The teams in Ykkösliiga also play a pre-s ...

as the new tier 2 division.

Players

Managers

* Teemu Pälli (1948) * Aki Ruotsalainen (1949–1952) * Arvo Lavenius (1953–1954) * Ensio Mustajärvi (1955–1956) * Jaakko Toikander (1956, 1964–1973) *??? (1957-1960) * Aimo Kinnunen (1961-1962) * Jaakko Tuomi (1963) * Olli Käppi (1974–1975) * Erkki Jauhiainen (1976–1978) * Aarne Olkkola (1979–1981) * Jorma Ovaska (1981–1982) * Rauno Ruotsalainen (1983–1986) * Billy Hodgson (1987–1990) * Harri Kampman (1991–96) *

(1997) *

(1998–2003) *

(Jan 2004 – Aug 2007) *

(Aug 2007 – Sept 2008) * Janne Lindberg (Sept 2008 – Dec 2010) *

Toni Korkeakunnas Toni Korkeakunnas (born 15 May 1968) is a Finnish football manager and a former professional player, who serves currently as the head coach of Norwegian Eliteserien club Haugesund. Playing career Korkeakunnas started his senior career with TP-S ...

(Jan 2011 – Sept 2013) *

Antti Muurinen Antti Muurinen (born 4 March 1954) is a Finnish football coach. Muurinen has been the head coach of the Finland national team. He led Finland in qualifying campaigns for the 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup, failing to reach th ...

(Sept 2013 – Feb 2015) * Jukka Karjalainen (Apr 2017 – Nov 2019) *

(Jan 2020 – Sep 2020) * Marko Honkanen (Sep 2020 – Nov 2021) * Jyrki Saarela (Nov 2021 – Oct 2023) * Mika Pasanen (Oct 2023 – Sep 2024) * Miika Kuntonen (Sep 2024 –)

Kits

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Myllykosken Pallo -47 Football clubs in Finland Association football clubs established in 1947 Kouvola 1947 establishments in Finland Sport in Kymenlaakso