FC Lahti


















































Lahti
Club crest
Full name Football Club Lahti[1][2]
Nickname(s)
Mustat kuhnurit (The Black Drones)
Founded 1996; 23 years ago (1996)
Ground
Lahden Stadion,
Lahti
Capacity 14,500 (7,465 seated)
Chairman Mika Halttunen
Manager Toni Huuhka
Sami Ristilä
League Veikkausliiga
2018 8th

















Home colours














Away colours







Lahden Stadion




Lahden Stadion – Aerial view


FC Lahti is a Finnish football club based in the city of Lahti. It currently plays in the Finnish Premier League (Veikkausliiga) after placing first in the Finnish First Division (Ykkönen) during season 2011. The homeground of FC Lahti is Lahden Stadion. FC Lahti is famous of being the local team of the most successful Finnish player, Jari Litmanen. Litmanen played in FC Lahti two times, 2004 and 2009-2010. In his youth years and the start of his career, he played in Reipas Lahti.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Honours


  • 3 FC Lahti in Europe


  • 4 Season to season


  • 5 Current squad


    • 5.1 Out on loan


    • 5.2 Management




  • 6 FC Lahti Akatemia


  • 7 Managers


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





History


FC Lahti was founded in 1996 when two rival clubs from Lahti – FC Kuusysi and Reipas Lahti (founded in Viipuri and moved to Lahti after Viipuri was ceded to USSR in 1947) – decided to merge. Also, the reserve club FC Pallo-Lahti was formed, but it was closed down after a couple of seasons due to economic difficulties. Both Reipas and Kuusysi controlled the junior section of the club.


FC Lahti played its first season in 1997, in the southern group of Ykkönen, the second tier of Finnish football. It finished second in the first half of the split league format Ykkönen but was placed third in the final half, behind FC Haka and PK-35, both of which were promoted to Veikkausliiga. The next season, 1998, saw success and FC Lahti finally gained promotion to the highest tier. They were relegated at the end of the 2010 season.


In the premier division, Lahti has not yet achieved the success of Kuusysi and Reipas. In 2007 Lahti won the Finnish League Cup. In 2008 FC Lahti was third in the Veikkausliiga final table and was placed in the UEFA Europa League qualification rounds for season 2009.



Honours



  • Finnish League Cup (3):
    • 2007, 2013, 2016



FC Lahti in Europe


As of 20 July 2018



























































Season
Competition
Round
Club
Home
Away
Aggregate


2009–10

UEFA Europa League

1Q

Albania Dinamo Tirana

4–1

0–2

4–3

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2Q

Slovenia Gorica

2–0

0–1

2–1

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3Q

Belgium Club Brugge

1–1

2–3

3–4

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2015–16

UEFA Europa League

1Q

Sweden IF Elfsborg

2–2

0–5

2–7

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2018–19

UEFA Europa League

1Q

Iceland FH
0–3
0–0

0–3

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Notes



  • 1Q: First qualifying round


  • 2Q: Second qualifying round


  • 3Q: Third qualifying round



Season to season




















































































































































































































Season

Level

Division

Section

Administration

Position

Movements
1997
Tier 2

Ykkönen (First Division)
South Group
Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

2nd
Promotion Group – 3rd
1998
Tier 2

Ykkönen (First Division)
South Group
Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

1st
Promotion Group – 1st – Promoted
1999
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

10th
Relegation Group – Play-offs
2000
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

8th

2001
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

9th

2002
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

7th
Upper Group – 8th
2003
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

5th

2004
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

7th

2005
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

6th

2006
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

8th

2007
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

8th

2008
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

3rd

2009
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

11th

2010
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

14th
Relegated
2011
Tier 2

Ykkönen (First Division)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

1st
Promoted
2012
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

5th

2013
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

5th

2014
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

3rd

2015
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

5th

2016
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

8th

2017
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

4th

2018
Tier 1

Veikkausliiga (Premier League)

Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

8th




  • 19 seasons in Veikkausliiga


  • 3 seasons in Ykkönen




Current squad



As of 19 July 2018[3]

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


































































































No.

Position
Player
1

Republic of Macedonia

GK

Damjan Shishkovski
3

Finland

DF

Mikko Hauhia (Captain)
4

Finland

DF

Timi Voutilainen
5

Russia

DF

Artyom Vyatkin (on loan from Zenit Saint Petersburg)
7

Afghanistan

FW

Fareed Sadat
8

Kosovo

MF

Xhevdet Gela
9

Brazil

FW

Stênio
12

Finland

GK

Santeri Pakkanen
14

Estonia

FW

Henri Anier
15

Sierra Leone

DF

Hassan Sesay
16

Finland

FW

Santeri Hostikka
17

Finland

FW

Tomi Kult
18

Finland

MF

Teemu Jäntti
19

Finland

MF

Aleksi Paananen
























































































No.

Position
Player
20

Finland

FW

Irfan Sadik
22

Finland

MF

Loorents Hertsi
23

Finland

DF

Kalle Taimi
24

Finland

DF

Paavo Voutilainen
25

Finland

DF

Nuutti Laaksonen
26

Finland

FW

Ville Salmikivi
29

Finland

GK

Joona Halla
31

Finland

GK

Joona Tiainen
34

Finland

MF

Eemeli Virta
73

Russia

MF

Pavel Osipov
80

Estonia

MF

Artjom Dmitrijev
88

Finland

GK

Oskari Forsman


Mexico

FW

Jerónimo Amione



Out on loan


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
















No.

Position
Player
28

Finland

MF

Oskari Kekkonen



Management


As of 28 November 2018.




































Name
Role

Finland Sami Ristilä
Head Coach

Finland Pekka Lagerblom
Assistant coach

Finland Toni Huuhka
Fitness Coach

Finland Ari Korhonen
Goalkeeping Coach

Finland Markus Kangasvieri
Physiotherapist

Finland Pekka Penttinen
Kit Manager

Finland Risto Luomanen
Team Manager



FC Lahti Akatemia



FC Lahti's reserve team currently plays in the Kakkonen. It is coached by Juha-Pekka Ojala.[4]



Managers




  • Finland Esa Pekonen (Jan 1, 1998 – Dec 31, 1999)


  • Finland Jari Pyykölä (Aug 27, 1999 – Dec 31, 2001)


  • Finland Harri Kampman (Jan 1, 2002 – Dec 31, 2005)


  • Finland Antti Muurinen (Jan 1, 2006 – Oct 10, 2007)


  • Brazil Luciano (Oct 10, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007)


  • Finland Ilkka Mäkelä (Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2010)


  • Finland Tommi Kautonen (Jan 1, 2011 – June 4, 2013)


  • Finland Juha Malinen (June 5, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013)


  • Finland Toni Korkeakunnas (Jan 1, 2014– Sep 30, 2018)


  • Finland Sami Ristilä (Oct 1, 2018–)



References





  1. ^ "FC Lahti Profile". Worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 January 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Football Club Lahti". Fussball.com. Active Agent AG. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2016.


  3. ^ "Pelaajat" [Players]. fclahti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2018-08-21.


  4. ^ "Juha-Pekka Ojalasta FC Lahti Akatemian vastuuvalmentaja". fckuusysi.fi. Retrieved 10 March 2017.




External links



  • (in Finnish) Official website










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