Atlantis FC
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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
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Staff
Management
- Chairman: Template:Flagicon Markku Ritala
- General Manager: Template:Flagicon Aarne Tenkanen
- Director of Academy: Template:Flagicon Janne Wikman
Sports
- Head Coach:Template:Flagicon Abdulaziz Moshood Bola
- Goalkeeper Coach: Template:Flagicon Mamadou Vito Diatta
- Technical Coach: Template:Flagicon Sunny Akintmehin
Medical
- Masseur: Template:Flagicon Jukka Ala-Nikkola
- Kit manager: Template:Flagicon Christopher Aruna
- Physio: Template:Flagicon Filip Lunabba
Retired numbers
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Seasons
- 1 seasons in Veikkausliiga
- 8 seasons in second tier
- 17 seasons in third tier
- 3 seasons in fourth tier
| Season | Level | Division | Section | Administration | Position | Movements |
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| 1996 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | South Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | |
| 1997 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | South Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Promoted |
| 1998 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | South Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 5th | Promotion Group 10th |
| 1999 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | South Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 2nd | Promotion Group 2nd - Promotion Playoff |
| 2000 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | South Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | Promotion Group 2nd - Promotion Playoff - Promoted |
| 2001 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 7th | ||
| 2002 | Bankruptcy - league spot given to AC Allianssi | |||||
| 2003 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | South Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | Academy team continued as Atlantis |
| 2004 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Southern Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Promotion Playoff - Promoted |
| 2005 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 7th | ||
| 2006 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | ||
| 2007 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 7th | ||
| 2008 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 11th | ||
| 2009 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 13th | Relegated | |
| 2010 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group A | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 6th | |
| 2011 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group A | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | |
| 2012 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Eastern Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 5th | |
| 2013 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Eastern Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | |
| 2014 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Eastern Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Promotion Playoff |
| 2015 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Southern Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 7th | |
| 2016 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group B | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 11th | Relegated |
| 2017 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen (Third Division) | Helsinki & Uusimaa Group 1 | Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) | 3rd | |
| 2018 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen (Third Division) | Helsinki & Uusimaa Group 3 | Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) | 2nd | |
| 2019 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen (Third Division) | Helsinki & Uusimaa Group 1 | Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) | 1st | Promoted |
| 2020 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group B | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 5th | |
| 2021 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group A | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | |
| 2022 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group A | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 5th | |
| 2023 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group B | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | Playoff to third tier - remained in new nation wide third tier |
| 2024 | Tier 3 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | ||
| 2025 | Tier 3 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
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: Template:Flagicon Abdou Talat
- 2008: Pasi Pihamaa
- 2009: Template:Flagicon Aavo Sarap
- 2010: Template:Flagicon Moshood Bola Abdulaziz
- 2011: Mikko Lappalainen & Unto Virkkala
- 2012: Unto Virkkala & Template:Flagicon Alan Arruda
- 2013: Mikko Lappalainen
- 2014: Template:Flagicon Alan Arruda
- 2015: Ari Asukka
- 2016: Markku Palmroos & Tom Weckström
- 2017: Template:Flagicon Alan Arruda
- 2018: Template:Flagicon 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
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- Official Youth Academy website (archived)
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