Soccer Club Riverball

Soccer Club Riverball
Full name Soccer Club Riverball
Nickname(s) SC Riverball
Founded 2006
Ground Rantakylä,
Joensuu
Finland
Chairman Rauno Pasanen
Head Coach Tommi Piipponen
Coach Iiro Kärkkäinen
League Kakkonen
2009 1st - Kolmonen (Keski- and Itä-Suomi)
Home colours
Away colours

Soccer Club Riverball is a football club from Joensuu in Finland. The club was formed in 2006 and their home ground is at the Rantakylä. The men's first team currently plays in the Kakkonen (Level 3 of the Finnish League System). The Chairman of SC Riverball is Rauno Pasanen.

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Background

The club was established in 2006 and has played in the Central and Eastern Finland (Keski- and Itä-Suomi) section of the Kolmonen, (Third Division). In 2009 SC Riverball finished in pole position and were promoted for the first time to the Kakkonen.

Club structure

SC Riverball runs 2 men's teams. In addition the club has an active Veteran’s Section and runs 4 teams at this level.

2010 season

SC Riverball Men's Team are competing in Group A (Lohko A) of the Kakkonen administered by the Football Association of Finland (Suomen Palloliitto) . This is the third highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2009 Soccer Club Riverball finished in first position in their Kolmonen section.

SC Riverball/2 are participating in Section A (Lohko A) of the Nelonen administered by the Itä-Suomi SPL.

Current Squad for the 2010 Season

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Teemu Turtiainen
3 Eero Naakka
4 Perttu Rytivaara
5 Iiro Kärkkäinen
6 Iiro Kärnä
7 Jami Päivinen
8 Tommi Piipponen
9 Oskari Ropponen
10 Toni Tanninen
11 Jukka Oikarinen
12 GK Lassi Hurskainen
13 Sami Ahonen
No. Position Player
14 Olli Muttonen
16 Mikko Malinen
17 Jesse Jaakkola
18 Joona Vartiainen
19 Joonas Risto
20 Esa Kokko
21 Topi Sormunen
28 Antti Jäntti
35 Risto Peltonen
89 Markus Ihalainen

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