SC Kuopio Futis-98 (abbreviated SC KuFu-98 or KuFu-98) is a
football
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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
Savon Sanomat Areena
Kuopio Football Stadium ( fi, Kuopion keskuskenttä), also known as Väre Areena (formerly ''Savon Sanomat Areena'', ''Magnum Areena'') is a multi-use stadium in Kuopio, Finland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home sta ...
.
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
Nelonen (Fourth Division). After their first season they gained promotion to the
Kolmonen (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
Kakkonen (Second Division), the third tier of
Finnish football
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Since 2015 KuFu-98 acts as a
farm club 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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Well-known former players are Yrjö Happonen Yrjö, a masculine Finnish given name that is the equivalent of George, may refer to:
* Yrjö von Grönhagen, (1911–2003), Finnish anthropologist
* Yrjö Jylhä, (1903–1956), Finnish poet
* Yrjö Kilpinen (1892–1959), Finnish compo ...
, 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) ...
, Janne Savolainen
Janne is a common given name in the Nordic countries. In Denmark, Norway and Estonia it is considered a feminine name, while in Sweden and Finland it is considered masculine. In Sweden and Finland it is often used as a nickname for people with rel ...
and Freddy Adu.
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 Kolmonen 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 Kolmonen.
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