FC Honka

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FC Honka

Full name

Football Club Honka Espoo

Founded

1957

Ground

Tapiolan Urheilupuisto,
Espoo

Capacity

5000

Chairman

Jouko Harjunpää,
Jouko Pakarinen

Manager

Mika Lehkosuo

League

Veikkausliiga

2006

Veikkausliiga, 4th





Home colours





Away colours

FC Honka is a Finnish football club, based in Tapiola, Espoo. It was promoted into the Finnish premier division (Veikkausliiga), for the first time in its history, at the end of the 2005 season. The club's manager is Mika Lehkosuo, and it plays its home matches at Tapiolan urheilupuisto. Originally founded in 1953 as Tapion Honka it changed its name to FC Honka in 1975. FC Honka is largely renowned in Finland for its extensive youth scheme with over 1000 youth players playing in various age groups.

Until the year 2005 FC Honka was thought of as a "nearly, but not quite" team, always underachieving in the Finnish First Division (Ykkönen). In the late 1990s the objective was promotion but year after year they failed. In the beginning of the 21st century FC Honka almost went bankrupt but was saved at the last moment. In early 2005 the club was taken over by Jouko Pakarinen and Jouko Harjunpää, who had a plan to turn FC Honka from underachievers to a UEFA Champions League candidate.

In the first year of their take-over of FC Honka, the "Jokkes" managed to assemble a squad which won the First Division (Ykkönen) with ease and also made the semi-finals of the Finnish Cup where they eventually lost 1-0 to FC Haka.

[edit] 2006 squad

16. DF Vesa Heikinheimo
17. FW Jami Puustinen
18. DF Paulus Arajuuri
19. DF Mika Helin
20. MF Nicholas Otaru
21. MF Joel Perovuo
22. DF Janne Saarinen
23. MF Toni Roschier
29. MF Sergei Terehhov
30. GK Jan Vesterinen
31. FW Joni Korhonen
32. GK Altti Mäkinen
33. FW Roni Porokara

[edit] External link

(Finnish) Official Website

Veikkausliiga 2006
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