Lehmon Pallo-77
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Lehmon Pallo -77 is a football
Football (soccer)
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 club from Lehmo, Kontiolahti
Kontiolahti
Kontiolahti is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

 in Eastern Finland
Finland
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. The club was formed in 1977 and at one time was also active in volleyball
Volleyball
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 and ice-hockey. The men's football first team currently plays in the Kolmonen
Kolmonen
Kolmonen is the fourth highest football league in Finland. The most famous club competing at this level is Helsingin Palloseura who won the Finnish Championship on 9 occasions, the last time being in 1957. They also won the Finnish Cup in 1962...

 (Third Division). Their home ground is at the Lehmon urheilukeskus.

Background

LehPa-77 has spent many seasons in the lower divisions of the Finnish football league
Finnish football league system
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. They have played one season in the Kakkonen
Kakkonen
Kakkonen is the third tier of the Finnish football league system.-League structure:Kakkonen is divided to three groups of 14 clubs. A club plays each of the others in the same group twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents. Clubs gain three points for a win, one for a...

 (Second Division), the third tier of Finnish football
Finnish football league system
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, in 2004. In the 1990s the club ran a Ladies Team which progressed as high as the Women’s First Division.

The club from the outset has had an important role offering physical activity to Lehmo and the municipality of Kontiolahti
Kontiolahti
Kontiolahti is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

 and its villages. The club now has more than 200 registered players and makes full use of indoor and outdoor facilities in the Lehmo area.

Season to season

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Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
2002 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Eastern Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi) 6th
2003 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Eastern Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi) 1st Play-Offs - Promoted
2004 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) East Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 12th Relegated
2005 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Eastern Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi) 8th
2006 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Eastern Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi) 4th
2007 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Eastern Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi) 7th
2008 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Eastern Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi) 7th Relegated
2009 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Section A Eastern Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi) 1st Promoted
2010 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi)

  • 1 season in Kakkonen
    Kakkonen
    Kakkonen is the third tier of the Finnish football league system.-League structure:Kakkonen is divided to three groups of 14 clubs. A club plays each of the others in the same group twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents. Clubs gain three points for a win, one for a...

  • 7 seasons in Kolmonen
    Kolmonen
    Kolmonen is the fourth highest football league in Finland. The most famous club competing at this level is Helsingin Palloseura who won the Finnish Championship on 9 occasions, the last time being in 1957. They also won the Finnish Cup in 1962...

  • 1 season in Nelonen
    Nelonen (soccer league)
    Nelonen is the fifth highest league in the Finnish Soccer League system. The section winners are promoted to the Kolmonen and the bottom teams to the Vitonen.-Administration:...


Club Structure

Lehmon Pallo -77 run a number of teams including 2 men's team, 7 boys teams and 1 girls team.

2010 season

LehPa-77 First Team are competing in the Kolmonen administered by the Itä-Suomi SPL and Keski-Suomi SPL. This is the fourth highest tier in the Finnish football system
Finnish football league system
The Finnish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Finland. The three highest levels are managed by the Finnish FA while the higher leagues are managed by the regional departments of the FA.-The system:...

. In 2009 LehPa were promoted from Section A of the Nelonen administered by the Itä-Suomi SPL.

LehPa-77/2 are competing in the Vitonen administered by the Itä-Suomi SPL.

Current Squad for the 2010 Season

Aleksi Kinnunen Arto Turunen Arttu Sallinen Hannu Sallinen Harri Tolvanen Iiro Kärkkäinen Jarkko Tarnanen Jarkko Turunen Juha Räty Mikko Hyttinen   Olli Muttonen Pekka Horttanainen Pentti Kakkonen Petri Kiiskinen Pietu Parikka Risto Peltonen Tatu Päivinen Tero Vornanen Tuomas Kortelainen (C) Tuukka Papinaho
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