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Saku Ylätupa
Saku Ylätupa (born 4 August 1999) is a Finnish footballer who plays for Kalmar FF. A pacy two-footed Finland international, he prefers to play as an attacking midfielder, but he can also play as a central midfielder, winger or centre-forward. Early career Born in Espoo in 1999, Ylätupa started his football career in a youth team of a local club FC Espoo, before joining HJK youth sector. Ylätupa played in Klubi-04, the reserve team of HJK. Club career HJK In 2016, Ylätupa was called up for HJK first team. On 2 April 2016, Ylätupa made his senior debut in Finnish League Cup against FC Lahti at Talin jalkapallohalli, playing the game as a starting line-up during 46 minutes. Ajax On 21 July 2017, it was announced that the midfielder had signed a three-year contract with Dutch side AFC Ajax. GIF Sundsvall On 10 January 2022, Ylätupa signed a three-year contract with GIF Sundsvall in Allsvenskan for a €125.000 transfer fee. Kalmar FF Following Sundsvall's relegation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espoo
Espoo (, ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, which has approximately million inhabitants. Espoo is on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland and borders Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi. The city includes the Enclave and exclave, enclave of Kauniainen. Espoo covers an area of . Espoo is a bilingual municipality with Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of Finnish speakers, Swedish speakers, and speakers of other languages, well above the national average. Espoo was settled in the Prehistory, Prehistoric Era, with evidence of human settlements dating back 8,000 years. However, the population disappeared during the early Iron Age. During the Middle Ages, Early Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Kakkonen
A total of 40 teams will contest the league divided into four groups, Eteläinen (Southern), Pohjoinen (Northern), Läntinen (Western) and Itäinen (Eastern). 29 returning from the 2014 season, two relegated from Ykkönen and nine promoted from Kolmonen. The champion of each group will qualify to promotion matches to decide which two teams get promoted to the Ykkönen. The bottom three teams in each group and the worst seventh-placed will qualify directly for relegation to Kolmonen. Each team will play a total of 27 matches, playing three times against each team of its group. FC Viikingit and JIPPO were relegated from the 2014 Ykkönen, while EIF, MP, PS Kemi and VIFK were promoted to the 2015 Ykkönen. FC Espoo, FC Hämeenlinna, FC Viikkarit, JBK, OLS, PK-37, SC KuFu-98, SOVO and Sporting were relegated from 2014 Kakkonen. ESC, FC Kiffen, FC Kiisto, FC Santa Claus AC, FCV, KaaPo, MuSa, NJS and Sudet were promoted from the 2014 Kolmonen. Stadia and locations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurosport
Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia, owned and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery through its WBD Sports unit, it operates two main channels—Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2—across most of its territories, and streams on Max (streaming service), Max and Discovery+. Originally a joint venture between the European Broadcasting Union and Sky Television (1984–1990), Sky established in 1989, it was briefly shut down in 1991 following complaints by competitor Screensport. It was subsequently acquired by TF1 Group, and later merged with Screensport. For a period, it was a joint venture between TF1, Canal+ Group, and Havas Images. TF1 Group later bought out the other owners' shares. In 2012, Discovery, Inc., Discovery Communications began to take an ownership in Eurosport, eventually leading to a full buyout in 2015. Eurosport is the main rights holder of the Olympic Games in most of Europe, as well as, with some exceptions, the tennis Grand S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lassi Lappalainen
Lassi Roni Kasperi Lappalainen (born 24 August 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer franchise Columbus Crew. Club career Early career Born in Espoo in 1998, Lappalainen started his football career with Espoon Palloseura (EPS) and later moved to HJK youth team. Lappalainen played in Klubi 04, the reserve team of HJK. HJK In 2016, Lappalainen was called up for HJK's first team. On 2 April 2016, he made his Veikkausliiga debut against IFK Mariehamn at Sonera Stadium, being substituted on by coach Mika Lehkosuo in place of Nnamdi Oduamadi in the 90th minute. Lappalainen also represented HJK youth in UEFA Youth League twice, in 2015–16 and 2016–17. RoPS (loan) On 21 July 2017, Lappalainen was loaned to RoPS for remainder of the Veikkausliiga season. Two days later, he scored his first league goal for RoPS just five minutes into his debut after coming on as a substitute. Bologna On 19 July 2019, Lappalainen signed to Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden Men's National Football Team
The Sweden men's national football team () represents Sweden in men's international Association football, football and it is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body of football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Strawberry Arena in Solna Municipality, Solna and the team is coached by Jon Dahl Tomasson. From 1945 to the late 1950s, they were considered one of the greatest teams in Europe. Sweden has made twelve appearances at the FIFA World Cup, World Cup with their first coming in 1934 FIFA World Cup, 1934. They have also made six appearances at the UEFA European Championship, European Championship. Sweden finished second at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, which they hosted, and third in both 1950 FIFA World Cup, 1950 and 1994 FIFA World Cup, 1994. Sweden's other accomplishments also include a gold medal at the Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948 Summer Olympics, and bronze medals in Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics, 1924 and Football at the 1952 Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish 2nd Division
The 2nd Division () is a professional association football league for men and the third division in Denmark. It is organised by the Divisionsforeningen on behalf of the Danish Football Association (Danish FA; DBU) as part of the nation-wide Danmarksturneringen i fodbold (Herre-DM) and is positioned between the second-tier 1st Division and the fourth-tier Danish 3rd Division in the Danish football league system. Clubs in the league must meet certain criteria concerning appropriate facilities and finances. All of the 2nd Division clubs qualify for the proper rounds of the DBU Pokalen. The number of promoted and relegated clubs has fluctuated over the years. In the 2020–21 season two clubs were directly promoted to the 1st Division, while eight teams were relegated to the Denmark Series. From the 2021–22 season, it was changed to two promotion spots and two relegation spots. A third-tier league under the auspices of the Danish FA was introduced to the nation-wide league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superettan
Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Allsvenskan and Division 1 (Swedish football), Division 1. Seasons run from April to October, with teams playing 30 matches each, totalling 240 matches in the season. The league was created in 2000. The second tier of Swedish football had previously consisted of a varying number of regionalized leagues operating under the Swedish football Division 2, Division 2 (1924–1986) and Swedish football Division 1, Division 1 (1987–1999) names. Competition format There are 16 clubs in Superettan. During the course of a season (starting in April and ending in October) each club plays the other twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 30 games. At the end of each season the two lowest pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan, the second highest league in the Swedish football, Swedish men's football league system. Seasons run from late March or early April to the beginning of November, with the 16 clubs all meeting each other twice, resulting in a 30-match season, for a total of 240 matches league-wide. Allsvenskan is ranked 23rd in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five years. Allsvenskan is currently ranked third highest among the leagues in Scandinavia, after UEFA coefficient#Current ranking, Norway and Denmark. The current champions are Malmö FF, who won the title in the 2024 Allsvenskan, 2024 season. The three teams with most Swedish championships are Malmö FF (24), IFK Göteb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFC Ajax
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or commonly Ajax, is a Dutch professional Association football, football Football team, club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the Ajax the Great, legendary Greek hero) is List of football clubs by competitive honours won, the most successful club in the Netherlands, with 36 and 20 KNVB Cups. It has continuously played in the since the league's inception in 1956, and along with and , it is one of the country's "Big Three (Netherlands), big three" clubs. Ajax was one of the most successful clubs in the world in the 20th century. According to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics, Ajax was the seventh-most successful European club of the 20th century and ''The World's Club Team of the Year'' in 1992. According to German magazine ''Kicker (sports magazine), Kicker'', Ajax was the second-most successful Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Lahti
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 Toolpoint Arena. 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 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 finis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish League Cup
The Finnish League Cup (in Finnish: ''Liigacup''), is a knock-out football competition contested annually during the pre-season in winter by teams from Veikkausliiga. The competition is notably the only football competition in Europe which is mostly played indoors. It is also administrated by Veikkausliiga History The competition was founded in 1994. After 18 editions it was abolished in 2016. It was replaced with the Finnish Cup group stage starting from the 2017 season The league cup was revived in 2022, as it returned in its original format. The competing teams are allowed to have up to three non-contract test players in their roster, with seven possible substitutions. ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
