JIPPO

JIPPO is a Finnish football club, based in Joensuu. It plays in the Ykkösliiga, the new second highest level of Finnish football. Jippo plays its home matches at Mehtimäki, Joensuu.

JIPPO

Full name	JIPPO Joensuu
Founded	2001
Ground	Mehtimäki, Joensuu
Capacity	1,000
Manager	Mikko Hallikainen
League	Ykkösliiga
2023	Kakkonen, 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

Joensuun Keskuskenttä

JIPPO was formed in 2001 after the merger of JiiPee and Ratanat – both playing in the Kakkonen (third level), the division JIPPO played its first four seasons from 2002 to 2005. The team was promoted to Ykkönen for the season 2006 after winning the eastern group of Kakkonen and beating Klubi-04 2–1 on aggregate in the promotion playoff. Arpad Mester scored the winner goal. After 9 years of playing in Ykkönen, Jippo relegated back to Kakkonen for the season 2015, winning promotion back to Ykkönen after the 2020 season.

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
1	GK	FIN	Pyry Piirainen
2	DF	BRA	Victor de Paula
3	DF	JPN	Yusei Ohashi
4	FW	FIN	Oskar Pihlaja
6	MF	JPN	Junnosuke Watanabe
7	DF	FIN	Joona Malinen
8	FW	FIN	Terrence Smith
9	FW	FIN	Anton Eerola
10	FW	FIN	Janne Partanen
11	MF	FIN	Sami Aho
14	MF	FIN	Atte Nuutinen
17	MF	FIN	Niko Niemeläinen
20	MF	FIN	Lassi Forss

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	FIN	Nuutti Tykkyläinen
22	GK	FIN	Verneri Vainikainen
23	DF	FIN	Topi Kela
24	DF	FIN	Niklas Haataja
25	DF	FIN	Eetu Viitaniemi
26	MF	FIN	Santeri Saarenkunnas
27	GK	FIN	Erkka Oikari
28	FW	FIN	Aake Yletyinen
39	FW	FIN	Jyri Kiuru
41	MF	JPN	Yoshiaki Kikuchi
48	MF	FIN	Matias Juurikainen
98	DF	FIN	Erol Erguner
—	DF	FIN	Roope Huhtala

External links

• Official website