FC Haka
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FC Haka, originally Valkeakosken Haka, commonly known as Haka, is a Finnish professional football club based in the industrial town of Valkeakoski. The club was founded in 1934 and competes in Finland's premier division, the Veikkausliiga. It is one of the most successful clubs in Finland, with nine Finnish championships and 12 Finnish Cup wins.
HistoryEdit
Haka has historically had close ties with the paper industry in the Valkeakoski area, and is still sponsored by UPM Kymmene.
The club was founded as Valkeakosken Haka in 1934, with significant support from paper entrepreneur Juuso Walden. In 1949 it was promoted to Finland's top division Mestaruussarja (now known as Veikkausliiga), and in 1955 won the inaugural Finnish Cup.
The 1960s was the most successful era in Haka's history, with the club winning both the league and cup three times, including the first double in Finnish football history in 1960. The club was relegated in 1972, but came straight back, and won the double again in 1977.
The club's name was changed to FC Haka in the early 1990s. Haka won the title again 1995, but was relegated the next season. Keith Armstrong was hired as the new coach, and the club came straight back again, winning three straight championships from 1998 to 2000.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Goalkeeping legend Olli Huttunen succeeded Armstrong as coach in 2002, and led the club to the championship (2004) and two cups (2002 and 2005).
Haka's best performance in UEFA competition was in the 1983–1984 season when they reached the quarterfinals of the Cup Winners' Cup, losing to eventual champions Juventus 0–2 on aggregate. The club was involved in European competition every year between 1998 and the 2008–2009 season.
In subsequent years the club's financial situation deteriorated on two occasions, like many other small market teams in Veikkausliiga. The first was the 2008–09 season when a group of investors led by local businessman and restaurateur Sedu Koskinen (owner and founder of a nationwide night-club chain) formed FC Haka Oy to help an essentially bankrupt team to finish the season. In 2010 Sedu Koskinen left, after having invested around €1 million of his own money in the club.
Since then the club's operations have been reformed to make it financially sounder. The team, having been one of the most successful and prestigious in Finland, ran at a loss for several years during the 2000s. At the same time the overall global economic situation and sponsorship payments from UPM Kymmene diminished. This forced the club to rationalize its operations and adopt a new role as one of the smaller clubs in Finnish top flight football. The situation at the start of 2012 Finnish football season was described by the chairman and board members as difficult but stable.
These times of financial struggles saw the club move from perennial championship challengers to a team usually poised for relegation. In both 2011 and 2012 pre-season media predictions placed the club in the bottom three. Haka finished last in the standings in 2012 and were relegated to the second tier (then known as Ykkönen, but rebranded in 2023 as Ykkösliiga). The club finally won promotion back to the Veikkausliiga for the 2020 season following a near perfect campaign in the 2019 Ykkönen, where they dropped only 7 points and finished 19 points ahead of second-place TPS.
HonoursEdit
- Mestaruussarja/Veikkausliiga
- Finnish Cup
- Finnish League Cup
- Winners: 1995
- Ykkönen
- Champions: 1997, 2019
- Promotion: 1973
European campaignsEdit
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Score | Agg. |
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| 1961–62 | European Cup | First round | Template:Flagicon | Standard Liège | 1–5, v 0–2 | 1–7 |
| 1963–64 | European Cup | Preliminary round | Template:Flagicon | Jeunesse d'Esch | 4–1, v 0–4 | 4–5 |
| 1964–65 | European Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Template:Flagicon | Skeid Fotball | 0–1, v 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Second round | Template:Flagicon | AC Torino | 0–1, v 0–5 | 0–6 | ||
| 1966–67 | European Cup | First round | Template:Flagicon | RSC Anderlecht | 1–10, v 0–2 | 1–12 |
| 1970–71 | European Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Template:Flagicon | CSKA Sofia | 0–9, v 1–2 | 1–11 |
| 1977–78 | UEFA Cup | First round | Template:Flagicon | Górnik Zabrze | 3–5, v 0–0 | 3–5 |
| 1978–79 | European Cup | First round | Template:Flagicon | Dynamo Kiev | 0–1, v 1–3 | 1–4 |
| 1981–82 | UEFA Cup | First round | Template:Flagicon | IFK Göteborg | 2–3, v 0–4 | 2–7 |
| 1983–84 | European Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Template:Flagicon | Sligo Rovers | 1–0, v 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Second round | Template:Flagicon | Hammarby IF | 1–1, v 2–1(aet) | 3–2 | ||
| Quarter-finals | Template:Flagicon | Juventus | 0–1, v 0–1 | 0–2 | ||
| 1986–87 | European Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Template:Flagicon | FC Torpedo Moscow | 2–2, v 1–3 | 3–5 |
| 1989–90 | European Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Template:Flagicon | Ferencvárosi TC | 1–5, v 1–1 | 2–6 |
| 1996–97 | UEFA Cup | First qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | FC Flora Tallinn | 2–2, v 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Second qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | Legia Warszawa | 0–3, v 1–1 | 1–4 | ||
| 1998–99 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | Qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | Bangor City | 2–0, v 1–0 | 3–0 |
| First round | Template:Flagicon | Panionios FC | 0–2, v 1–3 | 1–5 | ||
| 1999–2000 | UEFA Champions League | First qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | HB Tórshavn | 1–1, v 6–0 | 7–1 |
| Second qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | Rangers | 1–4, v 0–3 | 1–7 | ||
| 2000–01 | UEFA Champions League | First qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | Linfield | 1–2, v 1–0 | 2–2 (a) |
| Second qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | Inter Bratislava | 0–0, v 0–1(aet) | 0–1 | ||
| 2001–02 | UEFA Champions League | First qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | Valletta FC | 0–0, v 5–0 | 5–0 |
| Second qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | Maccabi Haifa | 0–1, v 3–0<ref>The original result of the second leg was a 4-0 victory to Maccabi Haifa, but Haka were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory after it was determined that Haifa had fielded two ineligible players.</ref> | 3–1 | ||
| Third qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | Liverpool | 0–5, v 1–4 | 1–9 | ||
| 2001–02 | UEFA Cup | First round | Template:Flagicon | 1. FC Union Berlin | 1–1, v 0–3 | 1–4 |
| 2002 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | First round | Template:Flagicon | FK Obilić | 2–1, v 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Second round | Template:Flagicon | Fulham | 0–0, v 1–1 | 1–1 (a) | ||
| 2003–04 | UEFA Cup | Qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | Hajduk Split | 2–1, v 0–1 | 2–2 (a) |
| 2004–05 | UEFA Cup | First qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | Etzella Ettelbruck | 2–1, v 3–1 | 5–2 |
| Second qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | Stabæk IF | 1–3, v 1–3 | 2–6 | ||
| 2005–06 | UEFA Champions League | First qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | Pyunik F.C. | 1–0, v 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Second qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | Vålerenga IF | 0–1, v 1–4 | 1–5 | ||
| 2006–07 | UEFA Cup | First qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | Levadia Tallinn | 0–2, v 1–0 | 1–2 |
| 2007–08 | UEFA Cup | First qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | Rhyl | 1–3, v 2–0 | 3–3 (a) |
| Second qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | FC Midtjylland | 1–2, v 2–5 | 3–7 | ||
| 2008–09 | UEFA Cup | First qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | Cork City | 2–2, v 4–0 | 6–2 |
| Second qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | Brøndby IF | 0–4, v 0–2 | 0–6 | ||
| 2023–24 | UEFA Europa Conference League | First qualifying round | Template:Flagicon | Crusaders | 2–2, v 0–1 | 2–3 |
Divisional movementsEdit
- Top Level (60 seasons): 1945, 1950–72, 1974–96, 1998–2012, 2020–
- Second Level (18 seasons): 1938–43/44, 1945/46–49, 1973, 1997, 2013–2019<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Season to seasonEdit
| Season | Level | Division | Section | Administration | Position | Movements |
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| 1937 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja (Second Division) | West | Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) | Promotion Playoff - Promoted | |
| 1938 | Tier 2 | Itä-Länsi-Sarja (Second Division) | West League, Northern Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 6th | |
| 1939 | Tier 2 | Itä-Länsi-Sarja (Second Division) | Western League, Group 3 | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 2nd | |
| 1940-41 | Tier 2 | B-Sarja (Second Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | ||
| 1943-44 | Tier 2 | SPL Suomensarja (Second Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | Promoted | |
| 1945 | Tier 1 | SPL Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Groub B | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 6th | Relegated |
| 1945-46 | Tier 2 | SPL Suomensarja (Second Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | Relegation Playoff | |
| 1946-47 | Tier 2 | Suomensarja (Second Division) | South Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | |
| 1947-48 | Tier 2 | Suomensarja (Second Division) | South Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | |
| 1948 | Tier 2 | Suomensarja (Second Division) | South Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | |
| 1949 | Tier 2 | Suomensarja (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Promoted |
| 1950 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | ||
| 1951 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | ||
| 1952 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 7th | ||
| 1953 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | ||
| 1954 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | ||
| 1955 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 2nd | ||
| 1956 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 5th | ||
| 1957 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 2nd | ||
| 1958 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 7th | Relegation Playoff | |
| 1959 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | ||
| 1960 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Champions | |
| 1961 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | ||
| 1962 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Champions | |
| 1963 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 2nd | ||
| 1964 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | ||
| 1965 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Champions | |
| 1966 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | ||
| 1967 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 6th | ||
| 1968 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 7th | ||
| 1969 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 7th | ||
| 1970 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | ||
| 1971 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | ||
| 1972 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 12th | Relegated | |
| 1973 | Tier 2 | I Divisioona (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 2nd | Promoted | |
| 1974 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | ||
| 1975 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 10th | Relegation Playoff | |
| 1976 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 2nd | ||
| 1977 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Champions | |
| 1978 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | ||
| 1979 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 7th | Championship Group – 6th | |
| 1980 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | Championship Group – 2nd | |
| 1981 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | Championship Group – 3rd | |
| 1982 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | Championship Group – 3rd | |
| 1983 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | Championship Group – 3rd | |
| 1984 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Championship Playoffs – 4th | |
| 1985 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | ||
| 1986 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 5th | ||
| 1987 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 9th | ||
| 1988 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 6th | Championship Group – 6th | |
| 1989 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | Championship Group – 4th | |
| 1990 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | Playoffs – QF | |
| 1991 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | ||
| 1992 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 6th | ||
| 1993 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 10th | Relegation Group – 4th | |
| 1994 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 6th | ||
| 1995 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Champions | |
| 1996 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 11th | Relegation Group – 11th – Relegated | |
| 1997 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | North Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Upper Group – 1st – Champions – Promoted |
| 1998 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Champions | |
| 1999 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Championship Group – 1st – Champions | |
| 2000 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Champions | |
| 2001 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | ||
| 2002 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | Upper Group – 3rd | |
| 2003 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 2nd | ||
| 2004 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Champions | |
| 2005 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | ||
| 2006 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | ||
| 2007 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 2nd | ||
| 2008 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | ||
| 2009 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 6th | ||
| 2010 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | ||
| 2011 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 10th | ||
| 2012 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 12th | Relegated | |
| 2013 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 2nd | ||
| 2014 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 5th | ||
| 2015 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 6th | ||
| 2016 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 7th | ||
| 2017 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 6th | ||
| 2018 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 5th | ||
| 2019 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Champions – Promoted | |
| 2020 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
10th |
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| 2021 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
8th |
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| 2022 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
4th |
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| 2023 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
9th |
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| 2024 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
6th |
- 67 seasons in Veikkausliiga
- 18 seasons in Ykkönen
- 1 seasons in Kakkonen
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Current squadEdit
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Out on loanEdit
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Management and boardroomEdit
ManagementEdit
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BoardroomEdit
As of 15 February 2021<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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ManagersEdit
- Template:Flagicon Jukka Vakkila (1982–84, 1986–87, 1993–96)
- Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Keith Armstrong (January 1998 – December 2001)
- Template:Flagicon Olli Huttunen (January 2002 – September 2009)
- Template:Flagicon Sami Ristilä (September 2009 – August 2012)
- Template:Flagicon Asko Jussila (August 2012 – September 2012)
- Template:Flagicon Harri Kampman (November 2012 – June 2013)
- Template:Flagicon Asko Jussila (June 2013 – July 2013)
- Template:Flagicon Juho Rantala (July 2013 – December 2014)
- Template:Flagicon Kari Martonen (January 2015 – September 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Asko Jussila/Template:Flagicon Olli Huttunen (September 2016 – December 2016)
- Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Keith Armstrong (January 2017 – December 2018)
- Template:Flagicon Teemu Tainio (January 2019 – October 2023)
- Template:Flagicon Andy Smith (October 2023 – present)
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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