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FC Lahti

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Lahti
Full nameFootball Club Lahti[1][2]
Nickname(s)Mustat kuhnurit (The Black Drones)
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
GroundLahden Stadion,
Lahti
Capacity14,500 (7,465 seated)
ChairmanMika Halttunen
ManagerRicardo Duarte
LeagueYkkösliiga
2024Veikkausliiga, 11th of 12 (relegated via play-offs)
Websitehttp://www.fclahti.fi/
Lahden Stadion
Lahden Stadion – Aerial view

FC Lahti is a Finnish professional football club based in the city of Lahti. It currently plays in the Finnish second tier Ykkösliiga, after relegating from Veikkausliiga after the 2024 season. The homeground of Lahti is Lahden Stadion. Lahti is famous of being the local team of the most successful Finnish player, Jari Litmanen, who played for the club in two stints in 2004 and 2009–10. In his youth years and the start of his career, he played in Reipas Lahti.

History

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Lahti was founded in 1996 when two rival clubs from Lahti – Kuusysi and Reipas Lahti (founded in Viipuri and moved to Lahti after Viipuri was ceded to USSR in 1947) – decided to merge. Also, the reserve club 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.

Lahti played its first season in 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 Ykkönen, but was placed third in the final half, behind Haka and PK-35, both of which were promoted to Veikkausliiga. The next season, in 1998, saw success and Lahti finally gained promotion to the highest tier. They were relegated at the end of the 2010 season, but bounced back after just one season in Ykkönen.

In the premier division, Lahti has not yet achieved the success of Kuusysi and Reipas. In 2007, Lahti won the Finnish League Cup. In 2008 Lahti was third in the Veikkausliiga final table and was placed in the UEFA Europa League qualification rounds for season 2009. Lahti repeated the success in 2014 by finishing third for the second time in their history. The club qualified to the Europa League qualifiers for the third time in 2018 when the club finished fourth in the table the season before.

Honours

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Crest and colours

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Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

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Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Ref
2004 Umbro Lahti Energia [fi] [3]
2005–07 ? ?
2008 Umbro Lahti Energia [fi]
2009–17 ? ?
2018–21 Umbro Halton [fi]
2022 Adidas

FC Lahti in Europe

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Updated 20 July 2018

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2009–10 UEFA Europa League 1Q Albania Dinamo Tirana 4–1 0–2 4–3
2Q Slovenia Gorica 2–0 0–1 2–1
3Q Belgium Club Brugge 1–1 2–3 3–4
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Sweden Elfsborg 2–2 0–5 2–7
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1Q Iceland FH 0–3 0–0 0–3
Notes
  • 1Q: First qualifying round
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round
  • 3Q: Third qualifying round

Season to season

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Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
1997 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd Promotion Group – 3rd
1998 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promotion Group – 1st – Promoted
1999 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 10th Relegation Group – Play-offs
2000 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th
2001 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9th
2002 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th Upper Group – 8th
2003 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th
2004 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th
2005 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th
2006 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th
2007 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th
2008 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd
2009 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 11th
2010 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 14th Relegated
2011 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promoted
2012 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th
2013 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th
2014 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd
2015 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th
2016 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th
2017 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th
2018 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th
2019 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th
2020 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th
2021 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th
2022 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 11th Relegation play-offs
2023 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 10th
2024 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 11th Relegation play-offs – Relegated

Players

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Current squad

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As of 19 August 2024[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Finland FIN Daniel Koskipalo
4 DF Finland FIN Mikko Viitikko (on loan from Trelleborg)
8 DF Finland FIN Riku Selander
9 FW Argentina ARG Michael López
10 MF Finland FIN Eemeli Virta (vice-captain)
11 MF Finland FIN Otso Koskinen
12 DF Australia AUS Dylan Fox
13 FW Portugal POR Jordão Cardoso
14 DF Finland FIN Eemil Laamanen
15 FW Australia AUS Luke Ivanovic
16 DF Finland FIN Julius Tauriainen
17 MF Finland FIN Tommi Jäntti
18 MF Finland FIN Viljami Jokiranta
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Finland FIN Matias Vainionpää
22 MF Brazil BRA Luquinhas
24 FW Finland FIN Asaad Babiker
25 DF Finland FIN Topias Inkinen
26 DF Brazil BRA Pablo Andrade
27 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Benjamin Mulahalilovic
30 GK Finland FIN Anton Munukka
31 GK Finland FIN Osku Maukonen
32 DF Austria AUT Felix Strauß
33 GK Sweden SWE David Mikhail (on loan from IFK Värnamo)
77 DF Finland FIN Tobias Karkulowski

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
28 FW Finland FIN Vilho Huovila (at MP until 31 December 2024)

Management

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Updated 27 November 2023.

Name Role
Portugal Ricardo Duarte Head Coach
Spain Edgar Reina Assistant Coach
Finland Kari Arkivuo Assistant Coach
Finland Mika Heino Fitness Coach
Finland Joni Kallioinen Talent Coach
Finland Mikko Poutiainen Physiotherapist
Finland Erno Jokinen Physiotherapist
Finland Pekka Penttinen Kit Manager
Finland Janne Kaartti Masseur
Finland Jussi Juurikka Team Manager

FC Lahti Akatemia

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Main article: FC Lahti Akatemia

Lahti's reserve team played its last season in Kakkonen in 2017. After they were relegated to Kolmonen for the 2018 season, the team's activity was taken over by its administrational parent club Kuusysi.

Managers

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References

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  1. ^ "FC Lahti Profile". Worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Football Club Lahti". Fussball.com. Active Agent AG. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. ^ "FC Lahti Kit History". Football Kit Archive. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Pelaajat" [Players] (in Finnish). FC Lahti. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
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