Haukiputaan Pallo

Haukiputaan Pallo
Full name Haukiputaan Pallo
Nickname(s) HauPa
Founded 1993
Ground Haukiputaan keskuskenttä,
Haukipudas,
Finland
Chairman Finland Esko Hakola
Head Coach Finland Jani Paananen
Coach Finland Juha Hoikkala
League Kakkonen

Haukiputaan Pallo (abbreviated HauPa) is a football club from Haukipudas, Finland. The club was formed in 1993 and their home ground is at the Haukiputaan keskuskenttä. The men's first team got promoted after 2010 season and currently plays in the Kakkonen (Second Division).

Background

HauPa was established in 1993 and with one exception have spent their short history in the lower divisions of the Finnish football league. The club’s main achievement to date is one season in the third tier of Finnish football, the Kakkonen (Second Division), in 2000.[1] Their stay at the higher level was short lived and the club then dropped back into the Kolmonen (Third Division) in 2001 where they have remained for the last decade.

The club has grown significantly since its early beginnings and now runs 16 teams with more than 370 registered players and about 1,000 members in total. A huge achievement for the club has been the development of the HauPa Halli which provides year round training in a quality environment including the latest in artificial grass technology. The field dimensions are 22.5 metres wide by 48.5 metres high. The height of the building is 8.4 metres at the highest point of the arc. In addition to the training area there is a sauna, cafeteria and meeting rooms.[2]

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
2000 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 12th Relegated
2001 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Oulu / Kainuu Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 4th
2002 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Oulu / Kainuu Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 2nd
2003 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section A Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 2nd
2004 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Oulu / Kainuu Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 4th
2005 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 6th
2006 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 3rd
2007 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 6th
2008 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 7th
2009 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 6th
2010 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 1st Promoted

Club Structure

Haukiputaan Pallo run a large number of teams including 2 men's team, 10 boys teams and 4 girls teams. In addition the FC Rauha club also form part of the HauPa structure.

2010 season

HauPa Men’s Team are competing in the Kolmonen (Third Division) section administered by the Pohjois-Suomi SPL. This is the fourth highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2009 HauPa finished in 6th place in the Kolmonen.

HauPa /2 are participating in the Oulu Section of the Vitonen (Fifth Division) administered by the Pohjois-Suomi SPL.

Current Squad for the 2010 Season

  • Finland 1 Timo Kusmin
  • Finland 4 Henri Niemelä
  • Finland 5 Pekka Räisänen
  • Finland 6 Mikko Isokangas
  • Finland 7 Marko Kaakkuriniemi
  • Finland 8 Tuomo Haarala
  • Finland 9 Petri Hiltunen
  • Finland 10 Pekka Qvist
  • Finland 11 Arto Pohjola
  • Finland 12 Matti Rissanen
  • Finland 13 Ilari Nikula
  • Finland 14 Jaakko Simppula
  • Finland 15 Toni Tuominen
  
  • Finland 16 Niko Ruonala
  • Finland 17 Tomi Vainionpää
  • Nigeria 19 Charles Figho
  • Finland 20 Joni Vainio
  • Finland 22 Antti Uusitalo
  • Finland 34 Lauri Haipus
  • Finland 36 Ari-Pekka Mansikkamäki
  • Finland 37 Sampo Tervonen
  • Finland 39 Heikki Halmet
  • Finland 44 Lasse Kukkonen
  • Nigeria 88 Chijioke Festus
  • Nigeria Jerome Ogbuefi
  • Finland Markku Niskala

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References and sources

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Finland - Divisional Movements 1930-2009". RSSSF Archives. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
  2. ↑ "HauPa Halli - Haukiputaan Pallo". Retrieved 2010-07-07.
  3. ↑ "Pelaajat - Haukiputaan Pallo". Retrieved 2010-07-07.
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