Kemi City F.C.
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The Palloseura Kemi Kings is a Finnish football team based in the town of Kemi, that competes in the Kolmonen. The club have spent three seasons in the top flight in their history.
History
The club was established on October 21, 1999. Kemi Kings was created out of a merger between Kemin Palloseura (KePS), Kemin Pallotoverit-85 (KPT-85) and Visan Pallo. All three teams continue only as junior teams–having younger than B-juniors–while PS Kemi took over A and B juniors. The best achievement of PS Kemi Kings so far has been reaching eighth place in the Finnish Cup competition 2006. The team also played in Finnish Cup's small final, but lost it to Kultsu FC after the penalty shootout. In the 2007 season PS Kemi Kings won the Kakkonen's C-sector and were promoted to the second division, the Ykkönen. In the 2008 season PS Kemi Kings successfully fought against the relegation and also Qualified for the Top-16 in the Finnish Cup. In January 2011 the sport director Jukka Kuusisto signed a contract with finish TopSpot – Sports, Development and Technology – Sports Management with Social Responsibility and signed later his first two Nigerian players for his club the forward Patrick Chibuzor Onyeaghala from Nigerian Football Academy and the defender Faith Friday Obilor from FC Odiaba. PS Kemi won two successive promotions to the first division in 2014, the Ykkönen, and then, for the first time in their history, to the premier division, the Veikkausliiga in 2015.
The club ran into financial difficulties in the Veikkausliiga and the club's parent company ceased operations due to financial problems in February 2019. PS Kemi formed a new club, Kemi City FC, in early 2019 and continued its sports activities at the Palloseura Kemi Kings Association's Serie 3 in Northern Finland. In March, it was announced that English-based Redstrike Group had acquired a 40% holding in Kemi City FC. Kemi City FC ended the 19/20 Season champions of Finnish Football Division ‘Kolmonen' and gained automatic promotion to the Kakkonen for season 2020/21.
In February 2022, the club were taken over by a group led by Mark Ellis and reverted back to their original PS Kemi name.
Season to season
| Season | Level | Division | Section | Administration | Position | Movements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements 2001 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th 2002 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 4th 2003 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Play-Offs 2004 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th 2005 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd 2006 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd 2007 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promoted 2008 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th 2009 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th 2010 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9th 2011 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 10th Relegated 2012 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Northern Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd 2013 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Northern Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Play-offs 2014 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Northern Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Play-offs, promoted 2015 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promoted 2016 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Division One) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9th 2017 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Division One) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 10th 2018 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Division One) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 12th Relegation 2019 Tier 4 Kolmonen Pohjois-Suomen Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promotion 2020 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th 2021 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 12th Relegation 2022 Tier 4 Kolmonen Pohjoinen Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd 2023 Tier 4 Kolmonen Pohjoinen Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3 seasons in Veikkausliiga 5 seasons in Ykkönen 12 seasons in Kakkonen 1 season in Kolmonen | ||||||
| 2001 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | North Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) | 6th | |
| 2002 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | North Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) | 4th | |
| 2003 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | North Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Play-Offs |
| 2004 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | North Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | |
| 2005 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | North Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | |
| 2006 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group C | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 2nd | |
| 2007 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group C | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Promoted |
| 2008 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | ||
| 2009 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 7th | ||
| 2010 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 9th | ||
| 2011 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 10th | Relegated | |
| 2012 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Northern Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | |
| 2013 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Northern Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Play-offs |
| 2014 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Northern Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Play-offs, promoted |
| 2015 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Promoted | |
| 2016 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Division One) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 9th | ||
| 2017 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Division One) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 10th | ||
| 2018 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Division One) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 12th | Relegation | |
| 2019 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen | Pohjois-Suomen | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Promotion |
| 2020 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group C | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | |
| 2021 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group C | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 12th | Relegation |
| 2022 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen | Pohjoinen | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 2nd | |
| 2023 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen | Pohjoinen | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) |
External links
- (in Finnish)