FC KooTeePee

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

KooTeePee

Full name

Football Club KooTeePee

Founded

2000

Ground

Arto Tolsa Areena,
Kotka
(Capacity 4,780)

Chairman

Matti Koski

Manager

Tommi Kautonen

League

Veikkausliiga

2007

Veikkausliiga, 12th





Home colours





Away colours

FC KooTeePee is a Finnish football club, based in the town of Kotka. It currently plays in the Finnish Premier Division (Veikkausliiga). The club's manager is Tommi Kautonen, and it plays its home matches at the Arto Tolsa Areena.

1 History
2 Supporters
3 Current squad
4 External links

[edit] History

Originally FC KooTeePee was founded as a reserve team of Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat (founded 1927). In the year 2000 it became an independent club. At that time Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat was playing in Veikkausliiga, but was relegated to Ykkönen and finally went into bankrupty. In the same season KooTeePee was promoted from Kolmonen to Kakkonen, and in two years it made its way to the highest level (coached first by Pasi Rautiainen and then Ismo Lius).

[edit] Supporters

FC KooTeePee is perhaps the best supported club in Finland (official "best supporters" award by Finnish Veikkausliiga committee 2004), with notable large followings away from home. KooTeePee fans are extremely passionate, loyal and genuine, and will give their all for the team. They always expect the team to repay the compliment and only one hundred (plus something) percent commitment is acceptable. Some of the younger supporters have started singing controversial lyrics of the Finnish semi-professional band, Molo Hasardi.

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Janne Henriksson
13	GK	Santtu Malm
3	DF	Tony Odorisio
4	DF	Jani Tanska
5	DF	Tommi Vartiainen
6	DF	Erkka Länsimies
8	DF	Ville Oksanen
23	DF	Vesa Helenius
28	DF	Jani Lähde
7	MF	Tamas Gruborovics
10	MF	Tomi Saarelma

No.	Position	Player
11	MF	Immo Eronen
12	MF	Eetu Parpala
14	MF	Joni Ruuskanen
15	MF	Jani Lauretsalo
17	MF	Marko Tyyskä
25	MF	Henri Järviniemi
9	FW	Niko Ikävalko
18	FW	Obinna Okafor
21	FW	Olof Hviden-Watson
27	FW	Joonas Rosenblad
30	FW	Sasha Anttilainen