FC Kiisto is a Finnish football club, based in the city of Vaasa. It currently plays in Kolmonen (Third Division).

FC Kiisto
Founded1904 (Vaasan Kiisto)
1949 (refounded)
1999 (FC Kiisto)
GroundKaarlen kenttä,
Vaasa
Capacity5,500
ChairmanArja Bondas
ManagerMarko Salo
CoachJan-Christian Westermark
LeagueKolmonen
20235th – Kolmonen

History

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Vaasan Kiisto was founded in September 1904 in Vaasa Finnish Gymnasiums gym hall, after members of Vaasa Workers Association saw a need for separate Gymnastics and Sports Club. Kiisto started to play football in 1908. In Finnish civil war some members of the club participated as a red guards and as a result club was dismissed from Finnish Gymnastics and Sports Federation (SVUL) and as a result joined newly formed Finnish Workers' Sports Federation. In 1931 Club was dismissed by court as a communist organisation, after playing a friendly match against football team from Soviet Union. Club was re-founded in 1949 and football was taken again to club repertoire in 1954. In 1999 when football had become considerably big part of club activity, FC Kiisto was separated from Vaasan Kiisto.[1]

Season to season

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Season to Season
Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
1954 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) North Group IV Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 4th
1955 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) North Group II Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th
1956 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) North Group II Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd
1957 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) North Group I Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th
1958 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) Group 8 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th
1959 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) Group 8 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 4th
1960 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) Group 8 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd
1961 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) Group 8 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 8th Relegated
1962 Tier 4 Aluesarja (Fourth Division) Group 15 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd
1963 Tier 4 Aluesarja (Fourth Division) Group 15 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promoted
1964 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) Group 8 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th
1965 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) Group 8 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 8th Relegated
1966 Tier 4 Aluesarja (Fourth Division) Group 15 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th
1967 Tier 4 Aluesarja (Fourth Division) Group 15 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th
1968 Tier 4 Aluesarja (Fourth Division) Group 14 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promoted
1969 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) Group 7 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 8th Relegated
1970 Tier 4 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 15 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promoted
1971 Tier 3 III Divisioona (Third Division) Group 6 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 8th
1972 Tier 3 III Divisioona (Third Division) Group 8 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 10th Relegated
1973 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 15 - Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 8th
1974 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 15 - Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 10th Relegated
1975
1976 Tier 6 V Divisioona (Fifth Division) Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa)
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 15 - Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 7th
1984 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 15 - Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 9th
1985 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 15 - Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 3rd
1986 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 15 - Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 1st Promoted
1987 Tier 4 III Divisioona (Third Division) Group 7 Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 10th Relegated
1988
1989
1990
1991 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 15 - Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 5th
1992
1993
1994 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Group 15 - Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 1st Promoted
1995 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Group 7 Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 11th Relegated
1996
1997
1998
1999 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Group 7 Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 1st Promoted
2000 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th
2001 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 4th
2002 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th
2003 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th
2004 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th
2005 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd
2006 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th
2007 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 4th
2008 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promoted
2009 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 14th Relegated
2010 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 8th
2011 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th
2012 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th Relegated
2013 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia & Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 2nd
2014 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia & Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 1st Promoted
2015 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 10th Relegated
2016 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia & Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 5th
2017 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia & Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 2nd
2018 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia & Vaasa Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 2nd
2019 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia & Vaasa Keski-Pohjanmaa District (SPL Keski-Pohjanmaa) 1st Promoted
2020 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 12nd Relegated
2021 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia & Vaasa Keski-Pohjanmaa District (SPL Keski-Pohjanmaa) 2nd
2022 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia & Vaasa Keski-Pohjanmaa District (SPL Keski-Pohjanmaa) 5th
2023 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia & Vaasa Keski-Pohjanmaa District (SPL Keski-Pohjanmaa) 5th

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2024 season

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For the current season, FC Kiisto are competing in Group C West of the Kolmonen (Third Division). This is the fourth tier of the Finnish football system. In 2023, the team finished in fifth position in the Kolmonen

Current squad

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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 Jukka Pylväinen
2 DF   FIN Ilari Antila
3 DF   FIN Miikka Vedenjuoksu
4 DF   FIN Mikael Nurmi
5 DF   FIN Tomi Paananen
6 MF   SSD Mustafa Maki
7 MF   FIN Toni Pylkkänen
9 FW   FIN Amadeus Ekman
10 MF   FIN Pekka Liukkonen (captain)
12 GK   FIN Teemu Kulmala
14 MF   FIN Matias Träskbäck
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW   FIN Campus Lindgård
17 MF   FIN Lauri Karri
18 MF   FIN Ossi Katajamäki
19 MF   FIN Roni Jääskä
21 MF   FIN Olli Katajamäki
22 GK   FIN Valtteri Lähde
24 DF   FIN Nicolas Tuisku
25 FW   FIN Tobias De Cet
26 DF   FIN Arthur Lindholm
28 DF   FIN Kasper Muurimäki
- DF   FIN Juska Päivänurmi

References

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  1. ^ "Vaasan Kiisto - Historiikki". www.vaasankiisto.fi. Archived from the original on 2020-09-18.
  2. ^ "Home". finlandfootball.net.
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