MyPa

Football club infobox
clubname = MyPa

| fullname = Myllykosken Pallo –47
short name = MyPa
founded = 1947
ground = Saviniemi, Anjalankoski
capacity = 4,067
chairman = Matti Tiihonen
manager = Janne Lindberg
league = Veikkausliiga
season = 2007
position = Veikkausliiga, 5th
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Myllykosken Pallo –47 (or MyPa) is a Finnish football club, based in the industrial town of Anjalankoski. They currently play in the Finnish Premier Division ("Veikkausliiga"). The club's manager is Janne Hyppönen, and they play their home matches at Saviniemi.

History

MyPa was founded in December 1947 in the municipality of Anjalankoski. Before that there had been some small-scale football culture in Anjalankoski, 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

In Veikkausliiga MyPa has stayed continuously since 1992. Between 1993 and 1996 MyPa placed second four times in a row under the control of Harri Kampan. It also won its first Finnish Cup in 1992, and again in 1995. In the year 1997 Timo Liekoski was named as the manager of the club, but his employment lasted only one season. He was replaced by Juha Malinen. 1999–2001, under the control of Malinen MyPa placed third three times in a row, and second in 2002. After the season 2003 Malinen was replaced by Ilkka Mäkelä. In 2004 MyPa won its third Finnish Cup, and the next season it was time for the first Finnish championship of the club. 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 caretaking for the rest of the 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 and Liverpool. In 2005 it ascended to the first round of UEFA Cup but lost the decisive match against Swiss side Grasshoppers on aggregate 1-4.

Honours

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

Current squad

"As of 4 February 2008."

Notable players

*Antti Okkonen
*Tuomas Haapala
*Markus Heikkinen
*Sami Hyypiä
*Joonas Kolkka
*Toni Kuivasto
*Jari Litmanen
*Miikka Multaharju
*Niklas Tarvajärvi
*Tuomas Kansikas
*Brent Sancho
*Krisztian Timar
*Vasile Marchis
*Marco Manso
*Leilei Gao
*Koffi Roméo Konan
*Tero Mäkäläinen
*Denis Volodin
*Bono Adriano de Souza la Pinha
*Anes Zukic
*Tuomo Könönen
*Adriano Munoz
*Ryan Botha
*Luiz Antonio Moraes
*István Mitring
*Tuomas Aho
*Sami Ristilä
*Jussi Nuorela
*Markus Heikkinen
*Toni Kuivasto
*Janne Lindberg

UEFA ranking

* 195 flagicon|Slovakia Nova Gorica
* 195 flagicon|Slovakia NK Maribor
* 195 flagicon|Slovakia Publikum Celje
* 195 flagicon|Slovakia Olimpija Ljubljana
* 199 flagicon|Finland Tampere United
* 199 flagicon|Finland MyPa
* 201 flagicon|Georgia FC Dinamo Tbilisi
* 202 flagicon|Latvia FK Ventspils

* [http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/data/method3/trank2008.html Full List]

Current National League ranking (Previous year rank in italics)

* 28
* 29
* 30 "'
* 32
* 31

* [http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/data/method3/crank2008.html Full List]

External links

*fi icon [http://www.mypa.fi/ Official website]