Atlantis FC is a Finnish football club, based in Helsinki. It currently plays in the third tier of Finnish football (Ykkönen).
History The club was founded in late 1995 when Johanneksen Dynamo (founded 1980) and FC Norssi (founded 1985) merged. The name "Atlantis FC" was created by Gösta Sundqvist, singer of Leevi and the Leavings.
The team began to play in the third tier of Finnish football (the Kakkonen) in 1996 and in 1997 they were promoted to the Ykkönen. In 1999 the club reached the playoffs for promotion to the first tier (Veikkausliiga, or betting league in English, named for its sponsor) but lost to Vaasan Palloseura. The following year they achieved promotion to the Veikkausliiga. In 2001 Atlantis finished seventh in the league and won the Finnish Cup.
The club fell into financial difficulties and went bankrupt 2002 and their place in the Premier League was given to AC Allianssi. The club's reserve team, Atlantis Akatemia (Atlantis Academy), still continued in the second division. 2003 it changed its name to Atlantis FC and in 2004 the club was promoted to the Ykkönen.
Atlantis' current manager is Markku Ritala and they play their home matches at Helsingin Pallokenttä. Sakari Tukiainen finished the season 2014 as the top goal scorer and setting a new league record with 40 goals for the Kakkonen.
Current squad
Staff Management Chairman: Markku Ritala General Manager: Aarne Tenkanen Director of Academy: Janne Wikman
Sports Head Coach: Abdulaziz Moshood Bola Goalkeeper Coach: Mamadou Vito Diatta Technical Coach: Sunny Akintmehin
Medical Masseur: Jukka Ala-Nikkola Kit manager: Christopher Aruna Physio: Filip Lunabba
Retired numbers
Seasons
1 seasons in Veikkausliiga 8 seasons in second tier 17 seasons in third tier 3 seasons in fourth tier SeasonLevelDivisionSectionAdministrationPositionMovements1996Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)South GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)3rd1997Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)South GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)1stPromoted1998Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division)South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th Promotion Group 10th 1999Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division)South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd Promotion Group 2nd - Promotion Playoff 2000Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division)South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th Promotion Group 2nd - Promotion Playoff - Promoted2001Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th2002 Bankruptcy - league spot given to AC Allianssi2003Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)South GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)3rdAcademy team continued as Atlantis2004Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Southern GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)1stPromotion Playoff - Promoted2005Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th 2006Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd2007Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th2008Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 11th2009Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 13thRelegated2010Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group AFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)6th2011Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group AFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)8th2012Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Eastern GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th2013Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Eastern GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)3rd2014Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Eastern Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)1stPromotion Playoff2015Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Southern GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)7th2016Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)11thRelegated2017Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Helsinki & Uusimaa Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) 3rd 2018Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Helsinki & Uusimaa Group 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) 2nd 2019Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Helsinki & Uusimaa Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) 1st Promoted2020Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th 2021Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group AFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)3rd 2022Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group AFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th2023Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)4th Playoff to third tier - remained in new nation wide third tier2024Tier 3Ykkönen (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)4th 2025Tier 3Ykkönen (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)
Former coaches 1980–1983: Juha Leinonen 1984–1986: Hannu Ylöstalo 1987: Hannu Tuukkanen 1988–1989: Mikko Viitamäki 1990–1991: Jari Kurittu 1992–1993: Mikko Viitamäki 1994: Esko Kokkonen 1995: Ari Tiittanen 1996–2000: Jari Europaeus 2000: Markku Palmroos 2001: Ari Tiittanen 2002: Timo Askolin 2003–2007: Pasi Pihamaa 2007: Ville Lyytikäinen 2008: Abdou Talat 2008: Pasi Pihamaa 2009: Aavo Sarap 2010: Moshood Bola Abdulaziz 2011: Mikko Lappalainen & Unto Virkkala 2012: Unto Virkkala & Alan Arruda 2013: Mikko Lappalainen 2014: Alan Arruda 2015: Ari Asukka 2016: Markku Palmroos & Tom Weckström 2017: Alan Arruda 2018: Abdulaziz Moshood Bola
Player of the year 1996: Marko Ignatius 1997: Esa Pamppunen 1998: Kimmo Tauriainen 1999: Tero Pilvi 2000: Pasi Solehmainen 2001: Sami Ylä-Jussila 2002: Mika Johansson 2003: Henri Kokkonen 2004: Juha Jussila 2005: Risto Salmi 2006: Adel Eid 2007: Risto Salmi 2008: Ernest Simon 2009: Tomas Sirevicius 2010: Alan Arruda 2011: Alimamy Jalloh 2012: Mohamed Fofana 2013: Alimamy Jalloh 2014: Jussi Äijälä 2015: Pierre Nlate 2016: Pierre Nlate
Topscorer 1980: Kari Nevala (9) 1981: Kari Nevala (8) 1982: Hannu Vallius (12) 1983: Kari Nevala (12) 1984: Kari Nevala (22) 1985: Kari Nevala (14) 1986: Kari Nevala (11) 1987: Jukka Innanen (10) 1988: Jorma Lempinen (12) 1989: Jorma Lempinen (12) 1990: Kari Nevala (10) 1991: Jouko Mikkonen & Henri Taavitsainen (7) 1992: Esa Pamppunen (28) 1993: Esa Pamppunen (17) 1994: Esa Pamppunen (17) 1995: Esa Pamppunen (19) 1996: Esa Pamppunen (12) 1997: Jani Nieminen & Esa Pamppunen (10) 1998: Kimmo Tauriainen (8) 1999: Tero Pilvi (9) 2000: Sukru Uzuner (19) 2001: Sami Ylä-Jussila (12) 2002: Eero Voipio (8) 2003: Eero Voipio (7) 2004: Eero Voipio (12) 2005: Vesa Kosonen (13) 2006: Feras Abid ja Petteri Paajanen(11) 2007: Muwahid Sesay (9) 2008: Kalle Vasse (7) 2009: Zakaria Kibona (6) 2010: Bobo Bola (11) 2011: Victor Solomon (14) 2012: Victor Solomon & Abdul Sesay (12) 2013: Misse Eboungue (16) 2014: Sakari Tukiainen (41) 2015: Samuel Chidi (7) 2016: Shaggy Kimuenimeso & Juuso Leimu (4)
Highest Attendances by season 1996: 17 August 1996 Atlantis FC – PK-35 228 1997: 13 September 1997 Atlantis FC – EIF 213 1998: 16 June 1998 Atlantis FC – FC Lahti 427 1999: 14 October 1999 Atlantis FC – Tampere United 1.243 2000: 30 September 2000 Atlantis FC – KuPS 1.768 2001: 4 May 2001 Atlantis FC – FC Haka 2.797 2002: 11 July 2002 Atlantis FC – Exeter City 325 2003: 1 July 2003 Atlantis FC – FCK Salamat 358 2004: 26 September 2004 Atlantis FC – JIPPO 512 2005: 2 August 2005 Atlantis FC – PK-35 746 2006: 2 September 2006 Atlantis FC – TP-47 742 2007: 23 September 2007 Atlantis FC – KuPS 722 2008: 11 October 2008 Atlantis FC – JJK 835 2009: 3 May 2009 Atlantis FC – PoPa 623 2010: 23 July 2010 Atlantis FC – HIFK 289 2011: 10 May 2011 Atlantis FC – Pallohonka 241 2012: 25 April 2012 Atlantis FC – FC Honka 312 2013: 21 May 2013 Atlantis FC – KTP 215 2014: 18 October 2014 Atlantis FC – EIF 932 2015: 3 August 2015 Atlantis FC – FC Honka 327
Former Chairmen
Erkki Alaja
References
External links
Official Youth Academy website (archived)