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MyPa
Logo of MYPA
Full nameMyllykosken Pallo -47
Short nameMyPa
Founded1947; 79 years ago (1947)
GroundSaviniemen Jalkapallostadion
Kouvola
Capacity4,167
ChairmanInka Häkkinen
ManagerMiika Kuntonen
LeagueKakkonen
2025Kakkonen Group A, 5th of 10
Websitehttp://mypa.fi/

Myllykosken Pallo -47, commonly referred to as MyPa, is a Finnish football club based in Myllykoski, a neighbourhood of city of Kouvola. The club currently competes in Kakkonen, the fourth tier of Finnish football league system. Founded in 1947, the club spent most of the 1990s and 2000s in the top tier of Finnish football, Veikkausliiga. The club temporarily shut down after having ceased operations in 2015 due to financial difficulties, but returned in 2017 getting a place in the third division Kolmonen. The club's home ground is Saviniemen Jalkapallostadion.

History

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MyPa was founded in December 1947 in the village of Myllykoski in the then municipality of Sippola, which in 1975 became part of the town of Anjalankoski and since 2009 is part of Kouvola. Before that there had been some small-scale football culture in Myllykoski, 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.[1]

Veikkausliiga

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MyPa played continuously in the Veikkausliiga from 1992 to 2014. From 1993 to 1996 they were runners up four consecutive times under the control of Harri Kampman. They won a first Finnish Cup in 1992, and a second in 1995. In 1997 Timo Liekoski was named as the manager of the club, but his employment lasted only one season. He was replaced by Juha Malinen. From 1999 to 2001, under the control of Malinen, MyPa finished third three times in a row, and finished second in 2002. After the 2003 season Malinen was replaced by Ilkka Mäkelä. Though dropping to 8th in the league, in 2004 MyPa won a third Finnish Cup, and the following season won their first league championship. The seasons following the championship were marked by mixed success. Mäkelä resigned during the 2007 season after a series of losses, and the former assistant coach Janne Hyppönen became the new manager. Hyppönen was sacked in September 2008 and assistant Janne Lindberg took over in a caretaker capacity for the rest of the season. In the 2009 season the club changed their spelling from 'MyPa' to 'MYPA'. In the same season under Lindberg MYPA finished ninth, which was their worst placement in Veikkausliiga. MYPA was denied league licence for the 2015 season due to financial troubles, and after at first having accepted a place in the second tier Ykkönen, finally withdrew from all professional football on February 13th 2015.

Return

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MYPA made a return in the 2017 season earning a place from Purha in the Finnish third division Kolmonen due to Purha having difficulties gathering a team for the upcoming season.[2]

In the 2017 Kolmonen season MYPA didn't lose a single match and was promoted to the second division Kakkonen.[3] Playing in Group A of the second division, MYPA continued their positive endeavors by winning their group, which granted them a place in the promotion playoffs to Ykkönen. They lost the following playoffs to Tampereen Pallo-Veikot.[4]

Due to PS Kemi relinquishing their place in Ykkönen after getting relegated from Veikkausliiga,[5] MYPA received an invitation to join Ykkönen on their place as first in line for the 2019 season. MYPA accepted the offer and played in Ykkönen for the next two seasons. After struggling on a higher level, MYPA was relegated in the 2020 Ykkönen back to Kakkonen. Losing many key players after getting relegated, MYPA's struggles continued and was relegated back into Kolmonen. After the season MYPA changed their club name's spelling back into 'MyPa'.[6]

MyPa against FC Kuusysi in 2023 Finnish Cup

In 2022 on their first season back in Kolmonen, MyPa was able to stabilize their results and started winning matches more frequently. However, due to losing points in key matches through the season, MyPa narrowly missed the promotion playoffs and came second behind Haminan Pallo-Kissat.[7] In 2023 after bringing back many key players from the earlier seasons such as Jari Hassel and Jussi-Pekka Rämä, results improved and they won the league by a large margin.[8] The championship granted them a direct promotion to Kakkonen for the 2024 season with Rämä being the top goalscorer of the league with 31 goals in 17 matches.[9]

International achievements

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MyPa has participated in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup and Intertoto Cup. It has faced many clubs like Boavista, PSV Eindhoven, Rapid București, Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers and Dundee United. In 2005 they reached the first round of UEFA Cup but lost the decisive match against Swiss side Grasshoppers 1–4 on aggregate.

Season Competition Round Country Club Score Agg.
1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round Iceland Valur 1–3, 0–1 1–4
1994–95 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Slovakia Inter Bratislava 3–0, 0–1 3–1
First round Portugal Boavista 1–2, 1–1 2–3
1995–96 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Scotland Motherwell 3–1, 0–2 3–3
First round Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1–1, 1–7 2–8
1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round Azerbaijan Qarabağ 1–0, 1–1 2–1
First round England Liverpool 0–1, 1–3 1–4
1997–98 UEFA Cup Prel. round Cyprus Apollon Limassol 1–1, 0–3 1–4
2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax 1–2, 3–3 4–5
2001–02 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Sweden Helsingborgs IF 1–3, 1–2 2–5
2002–03 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Denmark OB Odense 1–0, 0–2 1–2
2003–04 UEFA Cup Qualifying round Switzerland Young Boys 3–2, 2–2 5–4
First round France Sochaux 0–1, 0–2 0–3
2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round Czech Republic Tescoma Zlín 1–1, 2–3 3–4
2005–06 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Estonia FC TVMK 1–1, 1–0 2–1
Second qualifying round Scotland Dundee United 0–0, 2–2 2–2
First round Switzerland Grasshopper 1–1, 0–3 1–4
2006–07 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round Wales The New Saints 1–0, 1–0 2–0
Second qualifying round Denmark Copenhagen 2–2, 0–2 2–4
2007–08 UEFA Cup First qualifying round Faroe Islands EB/Streymur 1–0, 1–1 2–1
Second qualifying round England Blackburn Rovers 0–1, 0–2 0–3
2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Estonia Narva Trans 2–0, 5–0 7–0
Second qualifying round Andorra UE Sant Julià 3–0, 5–0 8–0
Third qualifying round Romania Politehnica Timișoara 1–2, 3–3 4–5
2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Wales Cefn Druids 0–0, 5–0 5–0
Second qualifying round Romania Rapid București 1–3, 0–2 1–5
2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Faroe Islands ÍF Fuglafjørður 1–0, 0–0 1–0
Second qualifying round Belarus Dinamo Minsk 0–3, 0–0 0–3

UEFA club competition record

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Updated 14 February 2015.

Competition Pld W D L GF GA
UEFA Champions League 4 2 1 1 4 4
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 6 1 1 4 4 9
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 42 12 13 17 52 57
UEFA Intertoto Cup 4 0 2 2 7 9
Total 56 15 17 24 67 79

Honours

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Veikkausliiga match against AC Oulu in May 2007

Season to season

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