KäPa

Full name	Käpylän Pallo
Founded	1956; 69 years ago (1956)
Ground	Brahenkenttä Helsinki, Finland
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Petri Vanhala
Head coach	Lari Lummepuro
League	Ykkösliiga
2024	Ykkösliiga, 9th of 10
Home colours Away colours

Käpylän Pallo, commonly referred to asKäPa for short, is afootball (soccer) club from theKäpylä district ofHelsinki. The club currently plays in theYkkösliiga, the new second tier of the Finnish league system. Their home arena is Max Westerberg Areena in Käpylän liikuntapuisto,Käpylä, Helsinki. KäPa first team currently play their home matches at theBrahenkenttä, Helsinki due to the requirements in the second-tier.

The club played 21 seasons in theKakkonen (Second Division), the third tier ofFinnish football, in 1979, 1983–1989, 1997–2007 and 2009–2012. KäPa played one season in theYkkönen (First Division), the second tier of Finnish football, in 2008 and one season in theKolmonen, the fourth tier of Finnish football, in 2012.^[1]

KäPa was the first club in Finland to organise football leagues for youth players. The teams in these leagues were named afterEnglish League clubs and some teams even received their shirts as gifts from the English clubs they were named for. It has youth teams in a wide range of age groups, and it is the organiser of Finland's biggest youth football tournament,Helsinki Cup, together withFC Honka.

As of 31 January 2025^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FIN Aleksi Piispa 2 DF  FIN Miika Kauppila 3 DF  FIN Niilo Heikurinen 4 DF  FIN Pekka Hietalahti 5 DF  FIN Otto-Eemeli Niemela 6 DF  FIN Niko Nurmi 7 MF  FIN Benjamin Heikkinen 8 MF  FIN Mikko Kuningas 10 MF  FIN Maximo Tolonen 11 FW  FIN Samuel Tammivuori 12 FW  FIN Willem Haapiainen 13 DF  FIN Mikael Pulkkinen 14 FW  FIN Yllson Lika 17 MF  FIN Casper Lönnqvist 18 MF  FIN Toivo Valakari

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  FIN Aleksi Wahlman 21 MF  FIN Kim Lahikainen 22 DF  FIN Aaron Sivonen 23 DF  FIN Joel Huovinen 24 GK  FIN Otto Brusiin 25 MF  FIN Topi Pasi 26 MF  FIN Mehmet Ozel 27 MF  FIN Elias Kallio 28 DF  FIN Pontus Lindberg 29 DF  FIN Joonas Salmi 30 GK  FIN Otto Hautamo 31 MF  FIN Adam Jouhi — MF  FIN Niklas Leinonen — MF  FIN Denis Cukici — MF  GAM Foday Manneh

KäPa currently has 2 men's teams, 1 veterans' team, 1 ladies' team, 24 boys' teams and 7 girls' teams. The club operates a large junior section and is able to take full advantage of the extensive training facilities at the indoor Käpylän Juniorihalli (Käpylä Junior Hall). The club provides a number of additional initiatives, including sports camps and events.

• Official Website
• Finnish Wikipedia
• Suomen Cup
• Käpylän Pallo Facebook

• Football clubs in Helsinki
• Football clubs in Finland
• 1956 establishments in Finland
• Association football clubs established in 1956

• CS1 Finnish-language sources (fi)
• Articles with short description
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