SC Kuopio Futis-98 (abbreviated SC KuFu-98 or KuFu-98) is a

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club from

Kuopio Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cult ...

, Finland. The club was formed in 1998 and their home ground is

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Background

SC KuFu-98 was established in 1998, the club's inaugural meeting being attended by Leo Pohjolainen, Jarmo Hämäläinen, Heikki Kärkkäinen, Markku Korhonen, Pekka Toivanen, Janne Koskinen and Mikko Kolehmainen. The players for the first season came mainly from the Airakselan Yrityksen sports club. The club began their competitive matches in the

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(Fourth Division). After their first season they gained promotion to the

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 ...

(Third Division) where they have subsequently played most of their football. The one exception was in 2003 when they have played one season in the

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(Second Division), the third tier of

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. Since 2015 KuFu-98 acts as a

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of Veikkausliiga club

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 ...

.Kuopion Palloseura ja KuFu-98 jatkavat tiivistä farmiyhteistyötään
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Atik Ismail Atik Ismail (born 5 January 1957) is a Finnish former footballer. He played 26 matches in the Finland national football team scoring 7 goals. Ismail was the top scorer of Finnish premier division Mestaruussarja in 1978, 1979 and 1982. In 1978, h ...

Pele Koljonen Pele Koljonen (born 25 July 1988) is a retired Finnish footballer. He played in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga for KuPS and MYPA. Koljonen is the son of former Finnish international Atik Ismail Atik Ismail (born 5 January 1957) ...

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and

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Season to season

Club Structure

Soccer Club Kuopio Futis-98 run one team. The club does not have a junior section.

2010 season

SC KuFu-98 is competing in the

administered by the Itä-Suomi SPL and Keski-Suomi SPL. This is the fourth highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2009 the team finished in second place in the

Footnotes

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External links

Official Club Website
* KuFu-98 on Finnish Wikipedia
Suomen Cup
Football clubs in Finland Kuopio 1998 establishments in Finland