MYPA

MyPa

Full name	Myllykosken Pallo −47
Short name	MYPA (formerly MyPa)
Founded	1947 (1947)
Ground	Kymenlaakson Sähkö Stadion Kouvola
Ground Capacity	4,167
Chairman	Harri Salo
Manager	Jukka Karjalainen
League	Kolmonen
2014	Veikkausliiga, 8th
Home colours Away colours

Myllykosken Pallo −47 (or MYPA, formerly MyPa) is a Finnish football club, based in the industrial village of Myllykoski, part of the city of Kouvola. The club temporarily shut down after having ceased operations in 2015 due to financial difficulties, but returned in 2017 earning a place in the fourth tier.

History

MyPa was founded in December 1947 in the village of Myllykoski in the then municipality of Sippola, which in 1975 became part of the town of Anjalankoski and since 2009 is part of Kouvola. Before that there had been some small-scale football culture in Myllykoski, so forming a football club was a natural step. The final move came from the local paper industry, which built a football pitch with spectator stands. MyPa was promoted to the highest tier in 1975, but the season ended in relegation.^[1]

Veikkausliiga

MyPa have played continuously in the Veikkausliiga since 1992. From 1993 to 1996 they were second four times in a row under the control of Harri Kampman. They won a first Finnish Cup in 1992, and a second in 1995. In 1997 Timo Liekoski was named as the manager of the club, but his employment lasted only one season. He was replaced by Juha Malinen. From 1999 to 2001 under the control of Malinen MyPa were third three times in a row, and finished second in 2002. After the 2003 season Malinen was replaced by Ilkka Mäkelä. Though dropping to 8th in the league, in 2004 MyPa won a third Finnish Cup, and the next season won their first Finnish championship. Mäkelä resigned during the 2007 season and the former assistant coach Janne Hyppönen became the new manager. Hyppönen was sacked in September 2008 and assistant Janne Lindberg took over in a caretaker capacity for the rest of the season. MYPA was denied league licence for the 2015 season due to financial troubles, and after having at first accepted a place in the second tier Ykkönen, finally withdrew from all professional football on February 13, 2015. MYPA made a return on the 2017 season earning a place from Inkeroisten Purha in the fourth tier due to Purha having difficulties gathering a team for the upcoming season.

International achievements

MyPa has participated in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup and Intertoto Cup. It has faced many big clubs like Boavista, PSV Eindhoven, Dundee United, Rapid București, Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers. In 2005 they reached the first round of UEFA Cup but lost the decisive match against Swiss side Grasshoppers 1–4 on aggregate.

Players

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Petri Metsälä 2 DF Benjamin Niveri 3 DF Tuukka Saari 4 DF Toni Lehtonen 5 MF Joona Alenius 6 MF Joonas Tiihonen 7 MF Jimi Kyytsönen 8 MF Heikki Pulkkinen 9 MF Samuel Lindeman 10 FW Tomi Räikkönen 11 MF Miro Paajanen 12 GK Miika Korpela 13 DF Olli Kähkönen

No. Position Player 14 FW Ville Rautakorpi 16 FW Jussi-Pekka Rämä 17 DF Joonas Vainio 18 FW Eevert Hellsten 19 FW Arttu Huovila 20 DF Samuel Arponen 21 DF Paavo Kujala 22 MF Niko Roitto 28 DF Veeti Tuomala

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Score	Agg.
1993–94	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round		Valur	1–3, 0–1	1–4
1994–95	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round		Inter Bratislava	3–0, 0–1	3–1
		First round		Boavista	1–2, 1–1	2–3
1995–96	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round		Motherwell	3–1, 0–2	3–3
		First round		PSV Eindhoven	1–1, 1–7	2–8
1996–97	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifying round		Qarabağ	1–0, 1–1	2–1
		First round		Liverpool	0–1, 1–3	1–4
1997–98	UEFA Cup	Prel. round		Apollon Limassol	1–1, 0–3	1–4
2000	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round		Neuchâtel Xamax	1–2, 3–3	4–5
2001–02	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round		Helsingborgs IF	1–3, 1–2	2–5
2002–03	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round		OB Odense	1–0, 0–2	1–2
2003–04	UEFA Cup	Qualifying round		Young Boys	3–2, 2–2	5–4
		First round		Sochaux	0–1, 0–2	0–3
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round		Tescoma Zlín	1–1, 2–3	3–4
2005–06	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round		FC TVMK	1–1, 1–0	2–1
		Second qualifying round		Dundee United	0–0, 2–2	2–2
		First round		Grasshopper	1–1, 0–3	1–4
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	First qualifying round		The New Saints	1–0, 1–0	2–0
		Second qualifying round		Copenhagen	2–2, 0–2	2–4
2007–08	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round		EB/Streymur	1–0, 1–1	2–1
		Second qualifying round		Blackburn Rovers	0–1, 0–2	0–3
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round		Narva Trans	2–0, 5–0	7–0
		Second qualifying round		UE Sant Julià	3–0, 5–0	8–0
		Third qualifying round		Politehnica Timișoara	1–2, 3–3	4–5
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round		Cefn Druids	0–0, 5–0	5–0
		Second qualifying round		Rapid București	1–3, 0–2	1–5
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round		ÍF Fuglafjørður	1–0, 0–0	1–0
		Second qualifying round		Dinamo Minsk	0–3, 0–0	0–3

UEFA club competition record

Updated 14 February 2015.

Honours

• Veikkausliiga
  • Winners (1): 2005
• Finnish Cup
  • Winners (3): 1992, 1995, 2004

Season to season

Managers

• Harri Kampman (1991–96)
• Timo Liekoski (1997)
• Juha Malinen (1998–03)
• Ilkka Mäkelä (Jan 2004–Aug 07)
• Janne Hyppönen (Aug 2007–Sept 08)
• Janne Lindberg (Sept 2008–Dec 10)
• Toni Korkeakunnas (Jan 2011–Sept 13)
• Antti Muurinen (Sept 2013–Feb 2015)
• Jukka Karjalainen (Apr 2017–)

References

1. ↑ "Historia - MyPa" (in Finnish). MyPa. Retrieved 14 August 2012. 

External links

• (in Finnish) Official website