KuPS

Finland

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16/12/23

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KuPS 03/08 3 - 3

Derry 24' J. Tuominen 44' S. Savolainen 58' S. Savolainen 13' C. Kavanagh 55' S. Diallo 69' M. Duffy

Derry 27/07 2 - 1

KuPS 69' W. Patching 79' C. Kavanagh 45+1' A. Vidjeskog

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Global stats in Veikkausliiga

Appearances 17
Goals for 22
Penalty goal 0

Goals against 11
Yellow 35
Red 1

59%

10 win

12%

2 draws

29%

5 Losses

1.88 Points/match

Main formation

Starting eleven

4-3-3 14 matches this season

Top players

Top scorer

6

J. Veteli 5
S. Savolainen 3

Top assist

3

J. Veteli 2
C. Antwi 2

Awards

Veikkausliiga Finland

6

Venue

Väre Areena

Väre Areena - Kuopio

Year of construction: 1939
Surface: artificial
Capacity: 8543
Average attendance: 2453
Maximum attendance: 7114
% sold: 35

Other teams

KuPS (Female)

Information

Type club male
Names KuPS
Code KUP
Area Finland

Active tournaments

UEFA Europa Conference League Europe

KuPS on Football Today

Get all the necessary information about the KuPS club: live matches, lineups one hour before kick-off and the full schedule of the team for the 2023/2024 season of Veikkausliiga.

KuPS match result

The latest result of Club Friendlies featured KuPS and Oulu and ended up in a 5-0 score.

KuPS is currently at rank 2. in the General table of Veikkausliiga 2023 Championship Round.

Main players

Urho Nissilä is the top scorer with 6 goals.

Jasse Sakari Tuominen has the most assists with 3 goal assists.

The full squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Johannes Kreidl, Miilo Pitkänen and Aatu Aabraham Hakala

Defenders: Kristopher Santos Da Graca, Saku Savolainen, Jaakko Oksanen, Ibrahim Cissé, Samuli Rasmus Miettinen, Seth Saarinen, Clinton Antwi and Taneli Hämäläinen

Midfielders: Jerry Voutilainen, Petteri Henri Juhana Pennanen, Arttu Heinonen, Samu Koistinen, Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba, Axel Vidjeskog, Matias Siltanen, Joel Vartiainen, Lauri Sahimaa, Tatu Hukkanen and Otto Ruoppi

Strikers: Lucas Rangel Nunes Gonçalves, Jonathan Muzinga, Ousmane Diawara and Paul Adeniran Ogunkoya

Unknown position: Paul That's

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2023/2024

July 2023

Sunday 30/07

14:00

August 2023

Sunday 13/08

14:00

Sunday 20/08

14:00

Sunday 27/08

14:00

September 2023

Sunday 03/09

14:00

December 2023

Saturday 16/12

Played

Saturday 09/12

Played

August 2023

Thursday 03/08

Played

July 2023

Thursday 27/07

Played

Monday 17/07

Played

Saturday 08/07

Played

Saturday 01/07

Played

June 2023

Tuesday 27/06

Played

Sunday 11/06

Played

Wednesday 07/06

Played

Saturday 03/06

Played

May 2023

Friday 26/05

Played

Saturday 20/05

Played

Saturday 13/05

Played

Tuesday 09/05

Played

Friday 05/05

Played

April 2023

Sunday 30/04

Played

Sunday 23/04

Played

Wednesday 19/04

Played

Friday 14/04

Played

Wednesday 05/04

Played

March 2023

Thursday 30/03

Played

Cancelled

Cancelled

January 2023

Saturday 14/01

Played

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Regular Season

General Home Away

	#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	1	HJK	44	22	12	8	2	39	19	20
	2	KuPS	43	22	13	4	5	34	15	19
	3	SJK	38	22	11	5	6	29	24	5
	4	VPS	36	22	11	3	8	30	23	7
	5	Honka	35	22	10	5	7	23	17	6
	6	Inter Turku	34	22	10	4	8	33	31	2
	7	Oulu	31	22	9	4	9	32	37	-5
	8	Haka	24	22	5	9	8	27	37	-10
	9	Lahti	22	22	5	7	10	21	32	-11
	10	Ilves	20	22	4	8	10	20	27	-7
	11	KTP	20	22	5	5	12	20	33	-13
	12	Mariehamn	15	22	3	6	13	21	34	-13

Championship Round
Relegation Round

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	HJK	24	11	7	3	1	21	7	14
2	SJK	22	11	7	1	3	16	14	2
3	KuPS	21	11	7	0	4	15	6	9
4	VPS	20	11	6	2	3	17	10	7
5	Honka	20	11	6	2	3	14	7	7
6	Inter Turku	20	11	6	2	3	17	13	4
7	Haka	15	11	2	9	0	18	15	3
8	Oulu	14	11	4	2	5	15	20	-5
9	KTP	12	11	3	3	5	11	16	-5
10	Lahti	11	11	3	2	6	12	17	-5
11	Ilves	11	11	2	5	4	10	15	-5
12	Mariehamn	6	11	1	3	7	7	16	-9

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	KuPS	22	11	6	4	1	19	9	10
2	HJK	20	11	5	5	1	18	12	6
3	Oulu	17	11	5	2	4	17	17	0
4	SJK	16	11	4	4	3	13	10	3
5	VPS	16	11	5	1	5	13	13	0
6	Honka	15	11	4	3	4	9	10	-1
7	Inter Turku	14	11	4	2	5	16	18	-2
8	Lahti	11	11	2	5	4	9	15	-6
9	Mariehamn	9	11	2	3	6	14	18	-4
10	Haka	9	11	3	0	8	9	22	-13
11	Ilves	9	11	2	3	6	10	12	-2
12	KTP	8	11	2	2	7	9	17	-8

Championship Round

General Home Away

	#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	1	HJK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2	KuPS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3	SJK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	4	VPS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

UEFA Champions League Qualifiers
UEFA Conference League Qualifiers
UEFA Conference League Play-offs

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	HJK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	KuPS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	SJK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	VPS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

#	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	HJK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	KuPS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	SJK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	VPS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Advanced standings Veikkausliiga

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Squad Main formation

Coach

Jani Honkavaara

48 years - 119 official matches

50%

60 win

24%

29 draws

25%

30 Losses

1.85 Points/match (in championship)

Overall

Squad size 27
Average age 23.6
Foreign players 7 (25.9%)

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Strikers

Unknown position

Paul That's

Loaned players - Goalkeepers

Ville Kosonen 35 years

PK-37

KuPS 4-3-3

- 1 J. Kreidl

Starting 11 calculated from 14 matches of Veikkausliiga

Other formations used in Veikkausliiga

5-3-2 1 time
3-5-2 1 time
3-4-3 1 time

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Team stats Player stats

Global stats

Appearances 17
Goals for 22
Penalty goal 0

Goals against 11
Yellow 35
Red 1

59%

10 win

12%

2 draws

29%

5 Losses

1.88 Points/match

Tables

2.

0 pt

2.

0 pt

2.

0 pt

Current form

Goal types (22 scored)

From inside box

17

77%

Right foot

15

68%

From outside box

5

23%

Left foot

4

18%

Headed

3

14%

Set pieces

1

5%

Penalty

0

0%

Own accrued

0

0%

Goals scored and conceded per match

Final Time

Total Home Away

None

5

9

At least 1

12

8

More than 1.5

7

2

More than 2.5

2

1

More than 3.5

1

0

More than 4.5

0

0

Number of matches (Goals scored)
Number of matches (Goals conceded)

Stats for 17 matches already played

None

3

4

At least 1

6

5

More than 1.5

3

1

More than 2.5

1

0

More than 3.5

0

0

More than 4.5

0

0

Number of matches (Goals scored)
Number of matches (Goals conceded)

Stats for 9 matches already played

None

2

5

At least 1

6

3

More than 1.5

4

1

More than 2.5

1

1

More than 3.5

1

0

More than 4.5

0

0

Number of matches (Goals scored)
Number of matches (Goals conceded)

Stats for 8 matches already played

1st half

Total Home Away

None

10

13

At least 1

7

4

More than 1.5

3

0

More than 2.5

0

0

More than 3.5

0

0

More than 4.5

0

0

Number of matches (Goals scored)
Number of matches (Goals conceded)

Stats for 17 matches already played

None

4

6

At least 1

5

3

More than 1.5

2

0

More than 2.5

0

0

More than 3.5

0

0

More than 4.5

0

0

Number of matches (Goals scored)
Number of matches (Goals conceded)

Stats for 9 matches already played

None

6

7

At least 1

2

1

More than 1.5

1

0

More than 2.5

0

0

More than 3.5

0

0

More than 4.5

0

0

Number of matches (Goals scored)
Number of matches (Goals conceded)

Stats for 8 matches already played

2nd half

Total Home Away

None

5

4

At least 1

5

4

More than 1.5

4

2

More than 2.5

2

1

More than 3.5

1

0

More than 4.5

0

0

Number of matches (Goals scored)
Number of matches (Goals conceded)

Stats for 17 matches already played

None

1

2

At least 1

1

2

More than 1.5

1

1

More than 2.5

1

0

More than 3.5

0

0

More than 4.5

0

0

Number of matches (Goals scored)
Number of matches (Goals conceded)

Stats for 9 matches already played

None

4

2

At least 1

4

2

More than 1.5

3

1

More than 2.5

1

1

More than 3.5

1

0

More than 4.5

0

0

Number of matches (Goals scored)
Number of matches (Goals conceded)

Stats for 8 matches already played

Goals scored and conceded per time segments

Total Home Away

0-15 min.

3

2

16-30 min.

5

0

31-45+ min.

2

2

46-60 min.

7

1

61-75 min.

2

5

76-90+ min.

3

1

0-45+ min.

10

4

46-90+ min.

12

7

Number of matches (Goals scored)
Number of matches (Goals conceded)

First goal scored on average 37'
Last goal scored on average 56'
Number of matches - at least 1 goal scored 12
First goal conceded on average 48'
Last goal conceded on average 64'
Number of matches - at least 1 goal conceded 8

0-15 min.

2

1

16-30 min.

3

0

31-45+ min.

2

2

46-60 min.

1

0

61-75 min.

0

3

76-90+ min.

2

0

0-45+ min.

7

3

46-90+ min.

3

3

Number of matches (Goals scored)
Number of matches (Goals conceded)

First goal scored on average 29'
Last goal scored on average 50'
Number of matches - at least 1 goal scored 6
First goal conceded on average 46'
Last goal conceded on average 58'
Number of matches - at least 1 goal conceded 5

0-15 min.

1

1

16-30 min.

2

0

31-45+ min.

0

0

46-60 min.

6

1

61-75 min.

2

2

76-90+ min.

1

1

0-45+ min.

3

1

46-90+ min.

9

4

Number of matches (Goals scored)
Number of matches (Goals conceded)

First goal scored on average 45'
Last goal scored on average 61'
Number of matches - at least 1 goal scored 6
First goal conceded on average 52'
Last goal conceded on average 73'
Number of matches - at least 1 goal conceded 3

Stats exact scores

1st half
0 - 0 3 (33%)
2 - 0 2 (22%)
1 - 1 2 (22%)
1 - 0 1 (11%)
0 - 1 1 (11%)

Final Time
0 - 1 3 (33%)
1 - 0 2 (22%)
3 - 0 1 (11%)
2 - 0 1 (11%)
2 - 1 1 (11%)
1 - 2 1 (11%)

1st half
0 - 0 6 (75%)
1 - 2 1 (13%)
0 - 1 1 (13%)

Final Time
0 - 2 3 (38%)
3 - 4 1 (13%)
0 - 1 1 (13%)
1 - 1 1 (13%)
0 - 0 1 (13%)
1 - 0 1 (13%)

Goal

Goals per game

5. KuPS

1.3

1. Oulu 1.6
2. HJK 1.5
3. Inter Turku 1.3
Tournament average 1.1

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Attacking

Shots On Target ( inc goals ) per game

4. KuPS

4.2

1. Inter Turku 4.6
2. HJK 4.3
3. SJK 4.3
Tournament average 3.8

Full table

Successful Dribbles per game

9. KuPS

9.3

1. KTP 14.8
2. Honka 11.9
3. Ilves 11.8
Tournament average 10.5

Full table

Passing

Possession Percentage (%)

4. KuPS

56%

1. Honka 57%
2. SJK 54%
3. HJK 57%
Tournament average 49.67%

Full table

Passing Accuracy (%)

4. KuPS

84%

1. Honka 84%
2. Lahti 77%
3. SJK 82%
Tournament average 78.83%

Full table

Crossing Accuracy (%)

11. KuPS

21%

1. Mariehamn 26%
2. Oulu 25%
3. Lahti 22%
Tournament average 22.17%

Full table

Defending

Duels won per game

7. KuPS

53.2

1. Ilves 60.4
2. HJK 57.2
3. KTP 56.3
Tournament average 53

Full table

Tackles Won per game

7. KuPS

10.3

1. Ilves 13.1
2. KTP 12
3. Haka 11.9
Tournament average 10.8

Full table

Foul

Yellow Cards per game

7. KuPS

2.1

1. Lahti 2.5
2. KTP 2.5
3. Ilves 2.3
Tournament average 2.1

Full table

Total Red Cards per game

9. KuPS

0.1

1. Mariehamn 0.3
2. Ilves 0.1
2. SJK 0.1
Tournament average 0.1

Full table

Goalkeeper

Goals Conceded per game

11. KuPS

0.7

1. Haka 1.9
2. Inter Turku 1.5
3. Lahti 1.5
Tournament average 1.1

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Goal

Goals

1. U. Nissilä

6

Passing

Goal Assists

1. J. Tuominen

3

2. C. Antwi 2
2. J. Veteli 2
2. S. Saarinen 2

Total Passes per game

1. I. Cissé

58.5

2. A. Popovitch 58
3. C. Sichenje 55.7
4. H. Toivomäki 47.8

Key Passes (Attempt Assists) per game

1. J. Jervis

2

2. U. Nissilä 1.6
3. J. Tuominen 1.2
4. A. Popovitch 1

Attacking

Successful Dribbles per game

1. J. Tuominen

1.9

2. J. Veteli 1.6
3. S. Saarinen 1.3
4. C. Sichenje 1

Touches per game

1. A. Popovitch

71.7

2. I. Cissé 69.6
3. C. Sichenje 69.6
4. C. Antwi 66.7

Defending

Duels won per game

1. J. Tuominen

5.9

2. J. Veteli 5.9
3. U. Nissilä 5.1
4. C. Sichenje 5

Aerial Duels won per game

1. T. Hämäläinen

2.2

2. C. Sichenje 2
2. I. Cissé 2
4. S. Savolainen 1.5

Tackles Won per game

1. U. Nissilä

1.4

2. S. Saarinen 1.3
3. J. Oksanen 1.2
4. I. Cissé 1.2

Interceptions per game

1. C. Sichenje

2

2. H. Toivomäki 1.8
3. A. Popovitch 1.2
4. I. Cissé 1.2

Foul

Total Fouls Won per game

1. J. Oksanen

2.1

2. J. Jervis 2
3. A. Popovitch 1.9
4. J. Veteli 1.9

Total Fouls Conceded per game

1. T. Yengi

2

2. C. Sichenje 1.9
3. U. Nissilä 1.4
4. J. Veteli 1.3

Goalkeeper

Penalties Saved

1. J. Kreidl

1

Full table

Saves Made per game

1. J. Kreidl

2.1

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Main

Games Played

1. C. Antwi

17

1. J. Kreidl 17
3. I. Cissé 16
3. S. Saarinen 16

Starts

1. J. Kreidl

17

2. I. Cissé 16
3. C. Antwi 15
4. J. Veteli 14

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All Arrivals Departures

Transfers overview

	Count	Average age	Amount
Arrivals	14	24	0 €
Departures	13	24	0 €
Total	27	24	0 €

Transfers

Onni Viljamaa

Free

KuPS

01/01/2023

Tete Yengi

Ipswich, England

Loan

KuPS

16/07/2023

Tony Miettinen

Back from loan

KuPS

12/07/2023

Miilo Pitkänen

Free

KuPS Akatemia

21/04/2023

Lauri Sahimaa

Loan

MP

01/04/2023

Otto Ruoppi

Loan

MP

01/04/2023

Collins Lusaka Sichenje

Loan

KuPS

31/03/2023

Urho Nissilä

Suwon, Republic of Korea

Free

KuPS

27/03/2023

Matar Dieye

Debrecen, Hungary

Loan

KuPS

22/03/2023

Ibrahim Cissé

Free

KuPS

17/03/2023

Diogo Alberto Soares Tomas

Free

Odd

03/03/2023

Robert Castellanos Becerra

Free

Sporting KC

17/02/2023

Eelis Varis

Free

HIFK

03/02/2023

Derrick Kakooza

Transfer

ENPPI

31/01/2023

Justin Bakker

Go Ahead, Netherlands

Transfer

KuPS

31/01/2023

Ivan Dominić

Loan

KuPS

14/01/2023

Niklas Orjala

Free

MP

12/01/2023

Hemmo Riihimäki

Back from loan

KuPS

01/01/2023

Pyry Lampinen

Free

KuPS

01/01/2023

Musah Nuhu

Back from loan

St.Gallen

01/01/2023

Jasse Sakari Tuominen

Häcken, Sweden

Transfer

KuPS

01/01/2023

Arttu Heinonen

Free

KuPS

01/01/2023

Santeri Haarala

Free

Ilves

01/01/2023

Jānis Ikaunieks

Free

RFS

01/01/2023

Seth Saarinen

Free

KuPS

01/01/2023

Otso Virtanen

Transfer

Ilves

27/12/2022

Gabriel Bispo dos Santos

Free

Ferroviária

01/12/2022

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August 2023

KuPS 03/08 3 - 3

Derry 24' J. Tuominen 44' S. Savolainen 58' S. Savolainen 13' C. Kavanagh 55' S. Diallo 69' M. Duffy

July 2023

Derry 27/07 2 - 1

KuPS 69' W. Patching 79' C. Kavanagh 45+1' A. Vidjeskog