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FC Lahti is a Finnish football club, based in the town of Lahti. It currently plays in the Finnish Premier Division (Veikkausliiga). The homeground oh FC Lahti is Lahden Stadion.
[edit] History
FC Lahti was founded in 1996 when two time-honoured archrival clubs from Lahti - FC Kuusysi and Reipas - decided to end their time in Finnish top-football and create a new club to make people of Lahti proud. Also the reserve club FC Pallo-Lahti was formed, but it was closed down after a couple of seasons due to economic difficulties. Both Reipas and Kuusysi controlled the junior section of the club.
FC Lahti played its first season, 1997, in the southern group of Ykkönen, the second tier of Finnish football. It finished second in the first half of the split league format type league system, but was placed third in the final half behind FC Haka and PK-35 which were promoted to Veikkausliiga. The next season, 1998, was victorious and FC Lahti finally gained promotion to the highest tier and has not been relegated since.
In the premier division Lahti hasn't achieved as much as Kuusysi and Reipas did. The best position in the final table of the history is fifth at the end of the 2003 season. In 2007 Lahti won the Finnish League Cup.
[edit] Current Squad
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| No. |
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Position |
Player |
| 16 |
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FW |
Drilon Shala |
| 17 |
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MF |
Eero Korte |
| 18 |
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MF |
Mika Hänninen |
| 19 |
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DF |
Henri Toivomäki |
| 20 |
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FW |
Jonne Kemppinen |
| 21 |
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MF |
Eetu Sassila |
| 23 |
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DF |
Jere Halme |
| 25 |
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MF |
Kaarlo Rantanen |
| 30 |
 |
GK |
Viktor Szentpéteri |
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[edit] Notable players
[edit] External links
Michał Sławuta
Marko Kristal
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