Mikkelin Palloilijat

Mikkelin Palloilijat
Full name	Mikkelin Palloilijat
Nickname(s)	Siniset (The Blues)
Founded	1929
Ground	Mikkelin Urheilupuisto, Mikkeli, Finland; (Capacity: 7,000)
Chairman	Harri Kivinen
Manager	Janne Wilkman
League	Kakkonen
Home colours	Away colours

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Mikkelin Palloilijat (or MP) is a Finnish football club, based in Mikkeli. The club was formed in 1929 and has also had teams in volleyball, ice hockey and bandy. It played in the Finnish First Division (Ykkönen) from 2004 to 2006 but was relegated to Kakkonen at the end of the season. The club gained promotion to Ykkönen by winning the Group A of Kakkonen 2009 but was immediately relegated back to Kakkonen in 2010. The club's manager is Janne Wilkman, and it plays its home matches at Mikkelin Urheilupuisto.

Ice hockey departments of MP and local rivals MiPK merged in 1970, creating new club Jukurit. Jukurit has then been quite successful in Finnish amateur levels of ice hockey. However the only medal on Finnish championship level is still won by MP, a bronze in A-juniors year 1961.

Bandy department of MP was disbanded in 1977. After that colours of Mikkeli on bandy fields have been represented by Mikkelin Kampparit. Kampparit was formed in 1972, same year when Finnish Bandy Federation separated from Finnish FA. MP was a pioneer of women's football in Finland, forming one of the first ladies team. The spot in Naisten Liiga was moved from MP to Porrassalmen Urheilijat-62 in 1992.

[edit] Current Squad 2011

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ville Taivalantti
2	FW	Justus Peitola
3	DF	Arttu Uotila
4	DF	Mikko Huotari
5	DF	Tuukka Sirviö
6	DF	Janne Reinikainen
7	MF	Miikka Turunen
8	FW	Toni Tanninen
9	MF	Teemu Pastila
10	DF	Juha-Matti Murtonen
11	MF	Mika Roivas
13	DF	Jiri Haikonen

No.	Position	Player
14	FW	Mikko Mutka
15	FW	Denis Lima de Assis
16	MF	Eetu Hokkanen
17	DF	Jerry Särkkä
18	MF	Rithison Oliveira Santos
19	MF	Felipe de Oliveira Benevides
21	DF	Mikko Iivanainen
22	DF	Ilari Kuitunen
23	MF	Joona Mäenpää
24	GK	Tuomas Kolehmainen
30	GK	Tuomo Hiltunen