Ground Capacity 14,500 2015 5th Location Lahti, Finland | Ground Lahden Stadion,Lahti Chairman Mika Halttunen Arena/Stadium Lahti Stadium Founded 1996 | |
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Nickname(s) Mustat kuhnurit (The Black Drones) Profiles | ||
Korpiklaani fc lahti official lyric video
FC Lahti is a Finnish football club based in the city of Lahti. It currently plays in the Finnish Premier League (Veikkausliiga) after placing first in the Finnish First Division (Ykkönen) during season 2011. The homeground of FC Lahti is Lahden Stadion. FC Lahti is famous of being the local team of the most successful Finnish player, Jari Litmanen. Litmanen played in FC Lahti two times, 2004 and 2009-2010. In his youth years and the start of his career, he played in Reipas Lahti.
Contents
- Korpiklaani fc lahti official lyric video
- Brian cobi span preseason goal against fc lahti
- History
- Honours
- FC Lahti in Europe
- Current squad
- FC Lahti Akatemia
- Managers
- References
Brian cobi span preseason goal against fc lahti
History
FC Lahti was founded in 1996 when two rival clubs from Lahti – FC Kuusysi and Reipas Lahti (founded in Viipuri and moved to Lahti after Viipuri was ceded to USSR in 1947) – decided to merge and create a new club to make the 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 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 FC Haka and PK-35, both of which were promoted to Veikkausliiga. The next season, 1998, saw success and FC Lahti finally gained promotion to the highest tier. They were relegated at the end of the 2010 season.
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 FC Lahti was third in the Veikkausliiga final table and was placed in the UEFA Europa League qualification rounds for season 2009.
Honours
FC Lahti in Europe
As of 23 July 2009
Current squad
As of 9 February 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
FC Lahti Akatemia
FC Lahti's reserve team currently plays in the Kakkonen. It is coached by Juha-Pekka Ojala.