Musan Salama

Musan Salama (acronym MuSa) is a football club based in Pori, Finland, currently playing in the Finnish second tier Ykkönen. It was founded in 1960 in the Musa suburb of Pori. Literally, the name of the club means the ″Lightning of Musa″.[1]

Musan Salama
Founded1960
GroundPorin Stadion, Pori
Capacity12,300
ChairmanMikko-Tapio Mattila
ManagerVille Ulanen
LeagueYkkönen
20205th

Musan Salama has mostly played in the Finnish third or fourth levels. In 1999–2001 MuSa made a three-year spell to the second tier Ykkönen, but was relegated after the 2001 season. In 2016 MuSa made it to the promotion play-offs losing to the Helsinki side Gnistan on penalties. Finally, in 2018 MuSa achieved promotion back to the second tier Ykkönen by defeating Kokkola based side GBK in the finals of the promotion playoffs on penalties. [2]

MuSa is a member of the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation.[3]

Division history 2000–2020

Squad 2020

As of 25 August 2020.[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF  FIN Samuli Virtanen
5 DF  FIN Verneri Salminen
6 DF  FIN Jussi Välilä
7 DF  FIN Antti-Pekka Pihlainen
8 MF  FIN Juho Montola
9 MF  FIN Rudi Dieter
10 MF  FIN Joni Lämsä
11 FW  FIN Samu-Petteri Mäkelä
12 GK  FIN Eetu Lindfors
13 FW  FIN Santeri Tähkä
14 DF  FIN Joonas Lakkamäki
16 FW  FIN Aleksi Leppänen
17 FW  FIN Arttu Virtanen
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  FIN Juuso Rantala
19 FW  FIN Juho Heikkinen
21 FW  FIN Juuso Aalto
22 DF  FIN Matias Sallila
23 FW  FIN Tobias Laaksonen
24 FW  AFG Fareed Sadat
27 FW  FRO John Frederiksen
28 FW  JPN Yutaka Abe
30 GK  FIN Joonas Immonen (on loan from FC Haka)
32 FW  FIN Matias Koskinen
52 GK  FIN Tomi Mikkelsson
— GK  FIN Olli Hakanpää

References
  1. "Musan Salama". Nordic Football News. 5 April 2007. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
  2. Karlsson, Juho (15 October 2016). "Gnistan får fira avancemang till fotbollsettan efter straffdrama" (in Swedish). Yle Nyheter. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  3. Termonen, Tapio (29 March 2010). "Musan Salama 50 vuotta" (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  4. "Pelaajat" (in Finnish). Musan Salama. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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