JIPPO is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 football club, based in Joensuu

Joensuu

Joensuu is a city and municipality in North Karelia in eastern Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of North Karelia region. It was founded in 1848...

. It currently plays in the Ykkönen

Ykkönen

Ykkönen is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system , although it is the highest league managed by the Football Association of Finland.-Competition:...

, the second highest level of Finnish football. Jarmo Korhonen replaced Mark Dziadulewicz as the club's manager

Coach (sport)

In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...

 after 2010 season. Jippo plays its home matches at Joensuun keskuskenttä.

JIPPO was formed in 2001 after the merger of JiiPee and Ratanat - both playing 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...

 (third level), the division JIPPO played its first four seasons from 2002 to 2005. The team was promoted to Ykkönen for the season 2006 after winning the eastern group of Kakkonen and beating Klubi-04

Klubi-04

Klubi 04 is the reserve team of Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi for whom a number of the players are also registered.-History:It was founded in 2004 when HJK bought FC Jokerit. Initially Klubi 04 played Kakkonen. Klubi 04 rose to Ykkönen in 2006 when it beat FC Inter's reserve team VG-62...

 2-1 on aggregate in the promotion playoff. Arpad Mester scored the winner goal.

Current squad

Former players

Nana Sasha Anttilainen

Sasha Anttilainen

Aleksandr Anttilainen is a Soviet Union-born Finnish football player currently playing for IFK Mariehamn.-Career:...

 Lauri Dalla Valle

Lauri Dalla Valle

Lauri Dalla Valle is a Finnish professional footballer who plays in Scotland for Dundee United, on loan from English club Fulham...

 Johannes Mononen

Johannes Mononen

Johannes Mononen is a Finnish footballer, who currently represents AC Oulu of Ykkönen, the second highest level of football in Finland. He is also part of Finland national under-18 football team...