JIPPO

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JIPPO

Full name

JIPPO

Founded

2001

Ground

Keskusurheilukenttä,
Joensuu
(Capacity 2,000)

Chairman

Jussi Väisänen

Manager

Mark Dziadulewicz

League

Ykkönen

2006

Ykkönen 5th





Home colours





Away colours

JIPPO (or Joensuun Iloiset Peli-Pojat) is a Finnish football club, based in Joensuu. It currently plays in the Finnish First Division (Ykkönen), which is the second highest level in Finnish football. The club's manager is Jarmo Korhonen, and it plays its home matches at Joensuun keskuskenttä or in indoor arena Joensuu Areena.

JIPPO was formed in 2001 after the merger of JiiPee and Ratanat - both playing in Kakkonen (third level), the division JIPPO played its first four seasons from 2002 to 2005. The team was promoted to Ykkönen for the season 2006 after winning the eastern group of Kakkonen and beating Klubi-04 2-1 on aggregate in the promotion playoff. Arpad Mester scored the winner goal.

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
12	GK	Ville Mäkinen
14	GK	Mikko Ikonen
	GK	Olli Kanninen
87	GK	Mikko Hyttonen
1	GK	Lars Hurskainen
3	DF	Hans Ekroos
4	DF	Mika Lähderinne
5	DF	Sami Laatikainen
16	DF	Tero Asikainen
27	DF	Johannes Mononen
44	DF	Erno Pennanen
	DF	Jonni Heikkinen
	DF	Sauli Kettunen
25	DF	Tuomas Korpela
26	DF	Vladislav Dirgin
13	DF	Sami Ahonen
2	DF	Mika Puolakanaho
70	DF	Mikko Määttänen
19	MF	Heikki Pölönen
88	MF	Antti Pulkkinen

No.	Position	Player
8	MF	Tuomo Heikkilä
10	MF	Jaakko Reponen
17	MF	Jussi Halonen
24	MF	Timo Tahvanainen
28	MF	Erkki Laakkonen
34	MF	Fabrice Mayala-Mwanga
96	MF	Kari Kuikka
	MF	Petrus Karttunen
	MF	Pyry Pirhonen
	MF	Olli Pirskanen
	MF	Joona Kokkonen
18	MF	Jurma Purmonen
23	MF	Ville Oksanen
	FW	Toni Puustinen
	FW	Timo Voutilainen
9	FW	Tero Tahvanainen
7	FW	Jussi Harinen
30	FW	Sasha Anttilainen