FC Espoo
{{Short description|Finnish football club}}
{{Infobox football club
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| fullname = Football Club Espoo
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| founded = {{start date and age|1989}}
| ground = Leppävaaran stadion
Espoo
Finland
| capacity = 2,800
| chairman = Jarkko Laaksonen
| mgrtitle = Head Coach
| manager = Jussi Nuorela
| coach = Petri "Huso" Godenhjelm
{{flagicon|Finland}} Petri Ojanperä (GK)
| league = Kolmonen
| season = 2022
| position = 3rd
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FC Espoo is a Finnish football club. It was based in the city of Espoo, Finland. Founded in 1989, the first team plays in the Kolmonen, the fourth tier of the Finnish football pyramid. The club is amateur and focuses mainly on junior football sides for youth development.
The first team of FC Espoo plays its home games at Leppävaaran stadion in the district Leppävaara in the Greater Helsinki region.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fcespoo.fi/-/joukkueet/?PNUM=12521&num=11731&title=Fc%20Espoo%20Miehet&SINGLE_EMBED= |title=Kotikenttä |language=fi |access-date=2009-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720180215/http://www.fcespoo.fi/-/joukkueet/?PNUM=12521&num=11731&title=Fc%20Espoo%20Miehet&SINGLE_EMBED= |archive-date=2011-07-20 |url-status=dead }}
Background
FC Espoo was founded in 1989 by the Leppävaaran Pallo and FC Kasiysi football clubs based in Espoo who now act as feeder clubs.
The club has played 9 seasons in the Kakkonen (Second Division), the first spell being in 1993 when they were relegated back to the Kolmonen (Third Division) after just one season and the second period being from 2002 until 2009 which culminated with promotion to the Ykkönen (First Division) for the first time.{{cite news |title=Finland – Divisional Movements 1930–2009 |year=2010 |website=RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/finall.html |accessdate=2010-03-26}}
Season to season
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!Season !Level !Division !Section !Administration !Position !Movements |
| style="background:#FF7F00;"|2000
|style="background:#FF7F00;"|Tier 4 |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Kolmonen (Third Division) |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Section 2 |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) |style="background:#FF7F00;"|3rd |style="background:#FF7F00;"| |
| style="background:#FF7F00;"|2001
|style="background:#FF7F00;"|Tier 4 |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Kolmonen (Third Division) |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Section 2 |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) |style="background:#FF7F00;"|4th |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Promoted |
| style="background:#77DD77;"|2002
|style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Kakkonen (Second Division) |style="background:#77DD77;"|South Group |style="background:#77DD77;"|Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |style="background:#77DD77;"| 1st |style="background:#77DD77;"|Play-offs |
| style="background:#77DD77;"|2003
|style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Kakkonen (Second Division) |style="background:#77DD77;"|South Group |style="background:#77DD77;"|Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |style="background:#77DD77;"| 4th |style="background:#77DD77;"| |
| style="background:#77DD77;"|2004
|style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Kakkonen (Second Division) |style="background:#77DD77;"|South Group |style="background:#77DD77;"|Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |style="background:#77DD77;"| 4th |style="background:#77DD77;"| |
| style="background:#77DD77;"|2005
|style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Kakkonen (Second Division) |style="background:#77DD77;"|South Group |style="background:#77DD77;"|Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |style="background:#77DD77;"| 3rd |style="background:#77DD77;"| |
| style="background:#77DD77;"|2006
|style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Kakkonen (Second Division) |style="background:#77DD77;"|Group B |style="background:#77DD77;"|Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |style="background:#77DD77;"| 5th |style="background:#77DD77;"| |
| style="background:#77DD77;"|2007
|style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Kakkonen (Second Division) |style="background:#77DD77;"|Group B |style="background:#77DD77;"|Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |style="background:#77DD77;"| 6th |style="background:#77DD77;"| |
| style="background:#77DD77;"|2008
|style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Kakkonen (Second Division) |style="background:#77DD77;"|Group B |style="background:#77DD77;"|Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |style="background:#77DD77;"| 9th |style="background:#77DD77;"| |
| style="background:#77DD77;"|2009
|style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Kakkonen (Second Division) |style="background:#77DD77;"|Group B |style="background:#77DD77;"|Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |style="background:#77DD77;"| 1st |style="background:#77DD77;"|Promoted |
| style="background:#87CEFA;"|2010
|style="background:#87CEFA;"|Tier 2 |style="background:#87CEFA;"| Ykkönen (First Division) |style="background:#87CEFA;"| |style="background:#87CEFA;"| Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |style="background:#87CEFA;"| 6th |style="background:#87CEFA;"| |
| style="background:#87CEFA;"|2011
|style="background:#87CEFA;"|Tier 2 |style="background:#87CEFA;"| Ykkönen (First Division) |style="background:#87CEFA;"| |style="background:#87CEFA;"| Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |style="background:#87CEFA;"| 13th |style="background:#87CEFA;"|Relegated |
| style="background:#77DD77;"|2012
|style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Kakkonen (Second Division) |style="background:#77DD77;"|South Group |style="background:#77DD77;"|Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |style="background:#77DD77;"| 10th |style="background:#77DD77;"|Relegated |
| style="background:#FF7F00;"|2013
|style="background:#FF7F00;"|Tier 4 |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Kolmonen (Third Division) |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Section 2 |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) |style="background:#FF7F00;"|1st |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Promoted |
| style="background:#77DD77;"|2014
|style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Kakkonen (Second Division) |style="background:#77DD77;"|South Group |style="background:#77DD77;"|Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |style="background:#77DD77;"| 10th |style="background:#77DD77;"|Relegated |
| style="background:#FF7F00;"|2015
|style="background:#FF7F00;"|Tier 4 |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Kolmonen (Third Division) |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Helsinki/Uusimaa 1 |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) |style="background:#FF7F00;"|1st |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Promoted |
| style="background:#77DD77;"|2016
|style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Kakkonen (Second Division) |style="background:#77DD77;"|Group B |style="background:#77DD77;"|Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |style="background:#77DD77;"|4th |style="background:#77DD77;"| |
| style="background:#77DD77;"|2017
|style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Kakkonen (Second Division) |style="background:#77DD77;"|Group B |style="background:#77DD77;"|Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |style="background:#77DD77;"| |style="background:#77DD77;"| |
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Club structure
The club runs a number of teams including 2 men's teams, 2 ladies' teams, FCE Akatemia and 3 other boys' teams and finally 2 girls' teams. A key mission of the club is to "work with Espoo football clubs to provide a first team for them and make it possible for footballers in Espoo to make progress in the sport."
A key operational objective is to provide the local clubs with talented and motivated young players that have had the best possible development opportunities. This is achieved by a high quality coaching, good training conditions and the empowerment of young players. A first team with a young age profile is the key way to support this objective.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fcespoo.fi/seuran_esittely/ |title=Seuran esittely |language=fi |access-date=2009-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619171508/http://www.fcespoo.fi/seuran_esittely/ |archive-date=2009-06-19 |url-status=dead }}
Facilities used by the club include:
- Leppävaaran urheilupuisto (Leppävaara Sports Park)
- Laaksolahden kenttä and jalkapallohalli (Laaksolahti Playing Field and Football Hall)
- Keski-Espoon kenttä (Central Espoo Playing Field)
References and sources
- [http://www.fcespoo.fi/ Official Website]
- Finnish Wikipedia
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612052244/http://suomencup.net/index.php?title=FC_Espoo Suomen Cup]
- [http://www.facebook.com/fcespoo?v=wall FC Espoo Facebook]