FC Kuusysi

The FC Kuusysi is a Finnish football club based in Lahti. The first team merged in 1996 with Lahti Reipas for FC Lahti. The FC takes Kuusysi since 2011 in the match operation in part, from 2013 under the name FC Lahti Akatemia.

Club name

History

The Lahti Pallo - Pojat failed early 1960s several times just outside the promotion to the top league in Finland. Due to financial difficulties the club, the club was taken over in the autumn of 1963 by the company UPO. The club then took the name Upon Pallo. 1964, in the first season after the renaming, Upon Pallo won with only one defeat the Oststaffel the divisioona II, whereby the club rose to the prime Mestaruussarja. After re- descent in 1965 and the renewed rise in 1966, the club played continuously from 1967 to 1974, first class. In 1969 it was renamed the Lahti Kuusysi. 1981 managed Kuusysi after seven years in the second division again the rise in the Mestaruussarja. In addition, the team reached the final of the Finnish Football Cup, but lost 0-4 against Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. In the first Erstligasaison post-emergence Kuusysi finished in sixth place after the regular round. In the ensuing championship round Kuusysi made ​​the jump to the first table space. Thus Kuusysi was promoted as the first time Finnish champion. In the following season, 1983, the club won with a 2-0 victory over the Finnish Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi Cup, a year later it came again to this meeting in the final, Helsinki won this time 2-1. For Kuusysi won the 1984 for the second time the Finnish championship. In the European Cup of Champions 1985/86, the hotel will Kuusysi so qualified, the Yugoslav champions FK Sarajevo was twice defeated 2-1 in the first round. After a 1:2 and a 3:1 after extra time against Zenit Leningrad Kuusysi reached the quarter-finals, where they eliminated by eventual winners Steaua Bucharest after a 0-0 draw and a 0-1 defeat in the return leg in Helsinki. 1986 won the club from Lahti the championship again in 1987 the trophy by a 5:4 Oulu Työväen Palloilijat. 1989 and 1991 were followed by the championships four and five. After a 13th place in the First Division in 1995 FC Kuusysi dismounted in the Ykkönen. There, the team played in 1996, among others, Lahti Reipas. With this club merged Kuusysi after the season for FC Lahti, which took place in 1997 Kuusysis Ykkönen. Kuusysi formed until 2011 again own team that took the place of the City of Lahti stars in the Kakkonen. 2013 was followed by the renaming in FC Lahti Akatemia. The team serves as the junior team of FC Lahti.

Placements

European games

Achievements

  • Finnish Champion ( 5): 1982, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1991
  • Finnish Cup Winner (2): 1983, 1987
  • Finnish Vice Cup Winners (3): 1981, 1984, 1991
  • Team of the Year in Finland 1986

Known player

  • Sixten Boström Finland ( b. 1963 ), from 1988 to 1989 and 1990 to 1991
  • Finland Kari Eloranta ( b. 1956 )
  • Finland Timo Marjamaa (born 1976 ), 1995 to 1996
  • Finland Petri Pasanen ( born 1980 ), as a youth player until 1997
  • Finland Kaarlo Rantanen (* 1988), since 2012

Hockey

The association maintained formerly a hockey department. From 1966 to 1969 played Esa Peltonen for Upon Pallo.

1985–86 European Cup 1995 Veikkausliiga 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup 1983–84 European Cup 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup 1987–88 European Cup 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup 1989–90 UEFA Cup France 1990–91 European Cup FC Swarovski Tirol 1991–92 UEFA Cup 1992–93 UEFA Champions League 1993–94 UEFA Cup SV Zulte Waregem Finnish Sports Personality of the Year
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