Palloseura Kemi Kings

PS Kemi

Full name	Palloseura Kemi Kings
Nickname(s)	Kingit (The Kings)
Founded	1999
Ground	Sauvosaaren Urheilupuisto
Ground Capacity	4500
Chairman	Antti Pasanen
Manager	Jari Åhman
League	Veikkausliiga
2016	Veikkausliiga, 9th
Home colours Away colours

Palloseura Kemi Kings or PS Kemi^[1][2] for short is a Finnish football team based in the town of Kemi, who are currently playing in the Finnish first division, the Ykkönen. After winning the championship, they will play in the premier division, the Veikkausliiga, in 2016.

History

The club was established on October 21, 1999. Kemi Kings was created out of a merger between Kemin Palloseura (KePS), Kemin Pallotoverit-85 (KPT-85) and Visan Pallo. All three teams continue only as junior teams–having younger than B-juniors–while PS Kemi took over A and B juniors. The best achievement of PS Kemi Kings so far has been reaching eighth place in the Finnish Cup competition 2006. The team also played in Finnish Cup's small final, but lost it to Kultsu FC after the penalty shootout. In the 2007 season PS Kemi Kings won the Kakkonen's C-sector and were promoted to the second division, the Ykkönen. In the 2008 season PS Kemi Kings successfully fought against the relegation and also Qualified for the Top-16 in the Finnish Cup. In January 2011 the sport director Jukka Kuusisto signed a contract with finish TopSpot – Sports, Development and Technology – Sports Management with Social Responsibility and signed later his first two Nigerian players for his club the forward Patrick Chibuzor Onyeaghala from Nigerian Football Academy and the defender Faith Friday Obilor from FC Odiaba.^[3] PS Kemi won two successive promotions to the first division in 2014, the Ykkönen, and then, for the first time in their history, to the premier division, the Veikkausliiga in 2015.

Season to season

Current squad

As of 6 April 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Aubrey David 3 DF Eduar Zea 4 MF Filip Valenčič 5 DF Lassi Nurmos 6 MF Abdulkadir Said Ahmed 7 DF Henri Louste 8 MF Matias Ojala 9 FW Rasmus Karjalainen 10 FW Jussi Aalto 11 FW Topias Wiena 12 GK Oskari Forsman 14 MF Justus Lehto 17 FW Aleksi Gullsten 18 FW Momodou Ceesay

No. Position Player 19 DF Niko-Petteri Kuukasjärvi 20 DF Aleksi Räihä 21 MF Julián Guevara 22 DF Abdoulie Mansally 23 MF Omar Jama 24 FW Edwin Salazar (on loan from Orsomarso S.C.) 26 DF Marek Kaljumäe 27 MF Samuel Mahlamäki 35 GK Mikko Vilmunen 58 MF Reza Heidari 62 DF Juuso Laitinen 99 MF Joni Lehosmaa MF Sergei Mošnikov

Management

Name Role Jari Åhman Head Coach Teemu Vilmi Assistant Coach Esa Savolainen Assistant Coach Janne Olsen Goalkeeper Coach Ilkka Nisula Kit Manager Markku Lappalainen Fitness Coach

References

External links

• Official Website (in Finnish)