Jalkapalloseura Rakuunat was a
Finnish football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club, based in
Lappeenranta.
History
Rakuunat was founded in 1992 as FC Lappeenranta after a merger of the first teams of
LaPa and
LauTP, the city’s traditional clubs. The new club took LaPa’s place in the Finnish
2nd division (third highest level) and was renamed to Rakuunat (a reference to Lappeenranta’s military history and its
dragoon
Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot. From the early 17th century onward, dragoons were increasingly also employed as conventional cavalry and trained for combat w ...
s) in 1994.
Rakuunat played in the
1st division between 1995–1996 and 2000–2006, and in the 2nd division between 1992–1994, 1997–1999 and 2007–2008.
In 2001 they placed second in the southern group of the 1st division and took part in
premier division promotion playoffs where they lost to
FC Hämeenlinna
FC Hämeenlinna is a Finnish football club, based in Hämeenlinna. It currently plays in the Finnish third Division (''Kakkonen''). The club's manager is Tomi Uusitorppa, and it plays its home matches at Kauriala.
The team was formed in 1991. ...
4–0 in aggregate. In 2008 they were relegated to
3rd division, and after subsequently being expelled from the
Finnish FA due to unpaid fees in April 2009 the club folded.
[http://esaimaa.fi/page.php?page_id=4&news_id=200916979883]
Rakuunat played its home matches at
Kimpinen.
References
External links
Rakuunat official web site
Football clubs in Finland
Lappeenranta
1992 establishments in Finland
2009 disestablishments in Finland
Association football clubs established in 1992
{{Finland-footyclub-stub