FC Loviisa

FC Loviisa is a football club from Loviisa, Finland. The club was formed in 1992 and its home ground is at the Loviisan keskuskenttä which can accommodate 500 spectators.

FC Loviisa
Full nameFC Loviisa
Founded1992
GroundLoviisan keskuskenttä, Loviisa, Finland
Capacity500
ChairmanNiclas Mattsson
ManagerJoakim Forsström
CoachJoni Pertillä
Henrik Nurminen
LeagueNelonen

Background

The club was founded in 1992 following the amalgamation of the Loviisan Tor and Loviisan Riento football sections. Loviisan Tor had the more significant history playing in second tier of the Finnish football system for two seasons in 1939 and 1966 and the third tier for five seasons covering 1974 and the period 1976–79. FC Loviisa played one season in the Kakkonen (Second Division), the third tier, in 1994.[1]

Season to season
Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
2002 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) South South-East Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi) 2nd Upper Section – 9th
2003 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) West South-East Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi) 4th Upper Section – 2nd -Play-offs
2004 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) South South-East Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi) 2nd Upper Section – 4th
2005 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) South-East Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi) Promoted
2006 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) South-East Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi) 14th Relegated
2007 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) South-East Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi) 8th
2008 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) South-East Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi) 9th Moved to SPL Uusimaa for 2009.
2009 Tier 7 Kutonen (Sixth Division) Section 7 Uusimaa District (SPL Uusimaa) 1st Promoted
2010 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Section 4 Uusimaa District (SPL Uusimaa)
2019 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Section 4 Kaakkois-Suomi (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi)

Club Structure

FC Loviisa runs a number of teams including 1 men's teams, 1 ladies team, 7 boys teams and 5 girls teams. The Club organises an annual soccer school (120 children attended in 2009) and the Fortum Cup junior tournament.

The club is also active in futsal.

2019 season

FC Loviisa Men's Team are competing in Section 4 (Lohko 4) of the Vitonen administered by the Uusimaa SPL. This is the sixth highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2009 the team finished in first place in Section 7 of the Kutonen and were promoted.

References and sources

Footnotes

  1. "Finland – Divisional Movements 1930–2009". RSSSF Archives. 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-17.


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