Atlantis FC

Atlantis FC
Full name	Atlantis Football Club
Founded	1995; 29 years ago
Ground	Töölön Pallokenttä,; Helsinki
Capacity	4,000
Chairman	Markku Ritala
Coach	Abdulaziz Moshood Bola
League	Ykkönen
2024	Ykkönen, 4th of 12
Home colours	Away colours

Atlantis FC is a Finnish football club, based in Helsinki. It currently plays in the third tier of Finnish football (Ykkönen).

History

The club was founded in late 1995 when Johanneksen Dynamo (founded 1980) and FC Norssi (founded 1985) merged. The name "Atlantis FC" was created by Gösta Sundqvist, singer of Leevi and the Leavings.

The team began to play in the third tier of Finnish football (the Kakkonen) in 1996 and in 1997 they were promoted to the Ykkönen. In 1999 the club reached the playoffs for promotion to the first tier (Veikkausliiga, or betting league in English, named for its sponsor) but lost to Vaasan Palloseura. The following year they achieved promotion to the Veikkausliiga. In 2001 Atlantis finished seventh in the league and won the Finnish Cup.

The club fell into financial difficulties and went bankrupt 2002 and their place in the Premier League was given to AC Allianssi. The club's reserve team, Atlantis Akatemia (Atlantis Academy), still continued in the second division. 2003 it changed its name to Atlantis FC and in 2004 the club was promoted to the Ykkönen.

Atlantis' current manager is Markku Ritala and they play their home matches at Helsingin Pallokenttä. Sakari Tukiainen finished the season 2014 as the top goal scorer and setting a new league record with 40 goals for the Kakkonen.^[1]

Current squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	CHI	Sebastian Jara
3	DF	FIN	Miika Ekmark
4	MF	BRA	Diego Martins
6	DF	ALG	Med Bekhedda
7	MF	CIV	Konan Kouakou
8	MF	SLE	Abdul Sesay
11	FW	FIN	Nico Weckström
14	FW	FIN	Stephen Obeng
16	DF	KOS	Vyrtyt Rexhepi
17	FW	FIN	John Digha
18	FW	FIN	Faton Ruka
19	DF	FIN	Santeri Saarenpää
20	MF	FIN	Kyawsan 'Jose' Chit
22	MF	BRA	Andre Dos Santos
24	MF	SOM	Fahad Mohamed
25	DF	FIN	Albert Uljala
25	MF	FIN	Zakarie Ali
27	MF	FIN	Dmitro Platonenko


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	DF	FIN	Aleksandr Rozov
29	MF	FIN	Ero Virolainen
30	FW	SLE	Obi Metzger
31	MF	FIN	Ikpo Ondo Clyde
32	MF	FIN	Ibraham Aweys
33	FW	FIN	Juuso Leimu
34	MF	FIN	Jami Pietikäinen
35	DF	FIN	Joona Sneitz
36	FW	SEN	Bachir Mboup
37	DF	NCA	Armando Pongo
38	MF	FIN	Ibrahim Haji
39	FW	FIN	Juhana Nousiainen
40	MF	PER	Gonzalo Oroza
92	GK	FIN	Eemeli Lohvansuu
95	GK	FIN	Tomas Turunen
97	GK	FIN	Joni Lahtinen
99	GK	FIN	Joonatan Vuorela
99	GK	PER	Lucas Pereyra

Staff

Management

Chairman: Markku Ritala
General Manager: Aarne Tenkanen
Director of Academy: Janne Wikman

Sports

Head Coach: Abdulaziz Moshood Bola
Goalkeeper Coach: Mamadou Vito Diatta
Technical Coach: Sunny Akintmehin

Medical

Masseur: Jukka Ala-Nikkola
Kit manager: Christopher Aruna
Physio: Filip Lunabba

Retired numbers

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FIN	Miki Lehtonen (posthumous honour)

Seasons

1980: piiri IV, 3.
1981: piiri III, 1.
1982: V div., 3.
1983: V div., 2.
1984: IV div., 5.
1985: IV div., 2.
1986: IV div., 4.
1987: IV div., 4.
1988: IV div., 2.
1989: IV div., 7.
1990: IV div., 3.
1991: IV div., 6.
1992: IV div., 1.
1993: Kolmonen, 5. Finnish Cup Final
1994: Kolmonen, 4.
1995: Kolmonen, 2. Promotion
1996: Kakkonen, 3.
1997: Kakkonen, 1. Promotion
1998: Ykkönen, 5.
1999: Ykkönen, 2.
2000: Ykkönen, 4. Ykköscup Winner
2001: Veikkausliiga, 7. Finnish Cup Winner
2002: Kakkonen, 10.
2003: Kakkonen, 3. Kakkoscup Winner
2004: Kakkonen, 1. Promotion
2005: Ykkönen, 7.
2006: Ykkönen, 3.
2007: Ykkönen, 7.
2008: Ykkönen, 11.
2009: Ykkönen, 13.

Former coaches

1980–1983: Juha Leinonen
1984–1986: Hannu Ylöstalo
1987: Hannu Tuukkanen
1988–1989: Mikko Viitamäki
1990–1991: Jari Kurittu
1992–1993: Mikko Viitamäki
1994: Esko Kokkonen
1995: Ari Tiittanen
1996–2000: Jari Europaeus
2000: Markku Palmroos
2001: Ari Tiittanen
2002: Timo Askolin
2003–2007: Pasi Pihamaa
2007: Ville Lyytikäinen
2008: Abdou Talat
2008: Pasi Pihamaa
2009: Aavo Sarap
2010: Moshood Bola Abdulaziz
2011: Mikko Lappalainen & Unto Virkkala
2012: Unto Virkkala & Alan Arruda
2013: Mikko Lappalainen
2014: Alan Arruda
2015: Ari Asukka
2016: Markku Palmroos & Tom Weckström
2017: Alan Arruda
2018: Abdulaziz Moshood Bola

Player of the year

1996: Marko Ignatius
1997: Esa Pamppunen
1998: Kimmo Tauriainen
1999: Tero Pilvi
2000: Pasi Solehmainen
2001: Sami Ylä-Jussila
2002: Mika Johansson
2003: Henri Kokkonen
2004: Juha Jussila
2005: Risto Salmi
2006: Adel Eid
2007: Risto Salmi
2008: Ernest Simon
2009: Tomas Sirevicius
2010: Alan Arruda
2011: Alimamy Jalloh
2012: Mohamed Fofana
2013: Alimamy Jalloh
2014: Jussi Äijälä
2015: Pierre Nlate
2016: Pierre Nlate

Topscorer

1980: Kari Nevala (9)
1981: Kari Nevala (8)
1982: Hannu Vallius (12)
1983: Kari Nevala (12)
1984: Kari Nevala (22)
1985: Kari Nevala (14)
1986: Kari Nevala (11)
1987: Jukka Innanen (10)
1988: Jorma Lempinen (12)
1989: Jorma Lempinen (12)
1990: Kari Nevala (10)
1991: Jouko Mikkonen & Henri Taavitsainen (7)
1992: Esa Pamppunen (28)
1993: Esa Pamppunen (17)
1994: Esa Pamppunen (17)
1995: Esa Pamppunen (19)
1996: Esa Pamppunen (12)
1997: Jani Nieminen & Esa Pamppunen (10)
1998: Kimmo Tauriainen (8)
1999: Tero Pilvi (9)
2000: Sukru Uzuner (19)
2001: Sami Ylä-Jussila (12)
2002: Eero Voipio (8)
2003: Eero Voipio (7)
2004: Eero Voipio (12)
2005: Vesa Kosonen (13)
2006: Feras Abid ja Petteri Paajanen(11)
2007: Muwahid Sesay (9)
2008: Kalle Vasse (7)
2009: Zakaria Kibona (6)
2010: Bobo Bola (11)
2011: Victor Solomon (14)
2012: Victor Solomon & Abdul Sesay (12)
2013: Misse Eboungue (16)
2014: Sakari Tukiainen (41)
2015: Samuel Chidi (7)
2016: Shaggy Kimuenimeso & Juuso Leimu (4)

Highest Attendances by season

1996: 17 August 1996 Atlantis FC – PK-35 228
1997: 13 September 1997 Atlantis FC – EIF 213
1998: 16 June 1998 Atlantis FC – FC Lahti 427
1999: 14 October 1999 Atlantis FC – Tampere United 1.243
2000: 30 September 2000 Atlantis FC – KuPS 1.768
2001: 4 May 2001 Atlantis FC – FC Haka 2.797
2002: 11 July 2002 Atlantis FC – Exeter City 325
2003: 1 July 2003 Atlantis FC – FCK Salamat 358
2004: 26 September 2004 Atlantis FC – JIPPO 512
2005: 2 August 2005 Atlantis FC – PK-35 746
2006: 2 September 2006 Atlantis FC – TP-47 742
2007: 23 September 2007 Atlantis FC – KuPS 722
2008: 11 October 2008 Atlantis FC – JJK 835
2009: 3 May 2009 Atlantis FC – PoPa 623
2010: 23 July 2010 Atlantis FC – HIFK 289
2011: 10 May 2011 Atlantis FC – Pallohonka 241
2012: 25 April 2012 Atlantis FC – FC Honka 312
2013: 21 May 2013 Atlantis FC – KTP 215
2014: 18 October 2014 Atlantis FC – EIF 932
2015: 3 August 2015 Atlantis FC – FC Honka 327

Former Chairmen

Erkki Alaja

References

^ "Kakkosen ihmemies iski taas hattutempun – maaliennätys uudelle kymmenluvulle". iltasanomat.fi. 4 October 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2017.

External links

Official website
Official Youth Academy website (archived)

[1] "Kakkosen ihmemies iski taas hattutempun – maaliennätys uudelle kymmenluvulle". iltasanomat.fi. 4 October 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2017.

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