Myllykosken Pallo −47

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.

Veikkausliiga

MyPa played continuously in the Veikkausliiga from 1992 to 2014. From 1993 to 1996 they were runners up four consecutive times 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, they finished 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. The seasons following the championship were marked by mixed success. Mäkelä resigned during the 2007 season after a series of losses, 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. The 2009 season under Lindberg MYPA finished ninth, which was their worst placement in Veikkausliiga. MYPA was denied league licence for the 2015 season due to financial troubles, and after at first having accepted a place in the second tier Ykkönen, finally withdrew from all professional football on February 13th 2015.

Return

MYPA made a return in the 2017 season earning a place from Inkeroisten Purha in the fourth tier Kolmonen due to Purha having difficulties gathering a team for the upcoming season.

In the 2017 Kolmonen season MYPA didn't lose a single game and was promoted to third tier Kakkonen. Playing in group A of the second division MYPA continued their positive endeavours and won the group, which granted them a place in the promotion playoffs to Ykkönen. They lost the following playoffs to Tampereen Pallo-Veikot.

Due to PS Kemi relinquishing their place in Ykkönen after getting relegated from Veikkausliiga, MYPA received an invitation to join Ykkönen on their place as first in line for the 2019 season. MYPA accepted the offer and played in Ykkönen for the next two seasons. After struggling on a higher level. MYPA was relegated in the 2020 Ykkönen back to Kakkonen. Losing many key players after getting relegated, MYPA's struggles continued and after the season in Kakkonen was relegated back into Kolmonen. After the season MYPA changed their club name's spelling back into 'MyPa'.

In 2022 on their first season back in Kolmonen, while being heavy favourites for the coming campaign, MyPa was able to stabilize their results and started winning matches more frequently. However, due to losing points in key matches through the season, MyPa narrowly missed the promotion playoffs and came second behind Haminan Pallo-Kissat. In 2023 after bringing back many key players from the earlier seasons such as Jari Hassel and Jussi-Pekka Rämä, results improved and they won the league by a large margin. The championship granted them a direct promotion to Kakkonen for the 2024 season with Rämä being the top goalscorer of the league with 31 goals in 17 matches.

International achievements

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

UEFA club competition record

Updated 14 February 2015.

Honours

• Veikkausliiga
  • **Winners (1): ** 2005
  • Runners-up (5): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002
  • Third place (3): 1999, 2000, 2001
• Ykkönen, I divisioona
  • Winners (2): 1974, 1991
• Kakkonen
  • A-Group, Winners (1): 2018
• Kolmonen
  • South-Eastern Group, Winners (2): 2017, 2023
• Finnish Cup
  • Winners (3): 1992, 1995, 2004

Season to season

• 23 seasons in Veikkausliiga \ mestaruussarja
• 20 seasons in Ykkönen \ I divisioona
• 23 seasons in Kakkonen \ II divisioona, Maakuntasarja
• 8 seasons in Kolmonen \ Aluesarja |}

*Kakkonen switched from tier 3 to tier 4 after the adaptation of Ykkösliiga as the new tier 2 division.

Players

Managers

• Finland Teemu Pälli (1948)
• Finland Aki Ruotsalainen (1949–1952)
• Finland Arvo Lavenius (1953–1954)
• Finland Ensio Mustajärvi (1955–1956)
• Finland Jaakko Toikander (1956, 1964–1973)
• ??? (1957-1960)
• Finland Aimo Kinnunen (1961-1962)
• Finland Jaakko Tuomi (1963)
• Finland Olli Käppi (1974–1975)
• Finland Erkki Jauhiainen (1976–1978)
• Finland Aarne Olkkola (1979–1981)
• Finland Jorma Ovaska (1981–1982)
• Finland Rauno Ruotsalainen (1983–1986)
• Scotland Billy Hodgson (1987–1990)
• Finland Harri Kampman (1991–96)
• Finland Timo Liekoski (1997)
• Finland Juha Malinen (1998–2003)
• Finland Ilkka Mäkelä (Jan 2004 – Aug 2007)
• Finland Janne Hyppönen (Aug 2007 – Sept 2008)
• Finland Janne Lindberg (Sept 2008 – Dec 2010)
• Finland Toni Korkeakunnas (Jan 2011 – Sept 2013)
• Finland Antti Muurinen (Sept 2013 – Feb 2015)
• Finland Jukka Karjalainen (Apr 2017 – Nov 2019)
• Finland Ilkka Mäkelä (Jan 2020 – Sep 2020)
• Finland Marko Honkanen (Sep 2020 – Nov 2021)
• Finland Jyrki Saarela (Nov 2021 – Oct 2023)
• Finland Mika Pasanen (Oct 2023 – Sep 2024)
• Finland Miika Kuntonen (Sep 2024 –)

Kits

References

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