KuPS

Conference League Väre Areena, Kuopio Manager: Miika Nuutinen 32 players

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Next matchConference League

Borac Banja Luka 12:30 AM Oct 23, 2026

KuPS

Last matchVeikkausliiga Championship Group

KuPS 2 – 0 W Oct 18, 2026

VPS

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W H VPS Veikkausliiga Championship Group 2 - 0
L H Trabzonspor Conference League 2 - 4
L A FC Inter Turku Veikkausliiga Championship Group 1 - 0
L H AC Oulu Veikkausliiga Championship Group 0 - 1
W A VPS Veikkausliiga Championship Group 0 - 2

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Miika Nuutinen Finland · 35 yrs · since 2025

47Games

19-11-17W-D-L

40%Win rate

1.45Pts / game

Championship GroupFull table

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	FC Inter Turku	28	14	52
2	HJK	28	21	51
3	KuPS	28	17	51
4	IF Gnistan	28	3	42
5	AC Oulu	28	-2	40

Stadium

Ground: Väre Areena
City: Kuopio
Capacity: 8,543
Opened: 1939
Last formation: 4-2-3-1

Championship Group

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	FC Inter Turku	28	14	10	4	34-20	14	52
2	HJK	28	15	6	7	53-32	21	51
3	KuPS	28	14	9	5	43-26	17	51
4	IF Gnistan	28	11	9	8	40-37	3	42
5	AC Oulu	28	12	4	12	32-34	-2	40
6	VPS	28	11	6	11	31-33	-2	39

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	HJK	14	9	2	3	30-15	15	29
2	KuPS	14	7	5	2	23-15	8	26
3	FC Inter Turku	14	7	5	2	14-8	6	26
4	VPS	14	7	3	4	20-13	7	24
5	IF Gnistan	14	6	5	3	23-19	4	23
6	AC Oulu	14	6	2	6	16-16	0	20

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	FC Inter Turku	14	7	5	2	20-12	8	26
2	KuPS	14	7	4	3	20-11	9	25
3	HJK	14	6	4	4	23-17	6	22
4	AC Oulu	14	6	2	6	16-18	-2	20
5	IF Gnistan	14	5	4	5	17-18	-1	19
6	VPS	14	4	3	7	11-20	-9	15

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Conference League

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	0	0	4-0	4	3
2	FC København	1	1	0	0	3-0	3	3
3	Trabzonspor	1	1	0	0	4-2	2	3
4	Atalanta	1	1	0	0	3-1	2	3
5	Mjällby	1	1	0	0	2-0	2	3
6	St.Truiden	1	1	0	0	2-0	2	3
7	Freiburg	1	1	0	0	3-2	1	3
8	Lugano	1	1	0	0	3-2	1	3
9	Monaco	1	1	0	0	2-1	1	3
10	Brann	1	1	0	0	2-1	1	3
11	Hajduk Split	1	1	0	0	2-1	1	3
12	Panathinaikos	1	1	0	0	2-1	1	3
13	FC Twente	1	1	0	0	1-0	1	3
14	Gent	1	1	0	0	1-0	1	3
15	FC Midtjylland	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
16	Nordsjælland	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
17	Getafe	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
18	Kairat Almaty	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
19	Egnatia	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
20	Heart of Midlothian	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
21	Riga FC	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
22	Universitatea Craiova	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
23	FK Crvena Zvezda	1	0	0	1	2-3	-1	0
24	Jablonec	1	0	0	1	2-3	-1	0
25	Ajax	1	0	0	1	1-2	-1	0
26	Borac Banja Luka	1	0	0	1	1-2	-1	0
27	Lincoln Red Imps FC	1	0	0	1	1-2	-1	0
28	CSKA Sofia	1	0	0	1	1-2	-1	0
29	AGF	1	0	0	1	0-1	-1	0
30	Thun	1	0	0	1	0-1	-1	0
31	KuPS	1	0	0	1	2-4	-2	0
32	Pafos FC	1	0	0	1	1-3	-2	0
33	Iberia 1999	1	0	0	1	0-2	-2	0
34	Inter Club d'Escaldes	1	0	0	1	0-2	-2	0
35	Braga	1	0	0	1	0-3	-3	0
36	FK Kauno Žalgiris	1	0	0	1	0-4	-4	0

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	0	0	4-0	4	3
2	FC København	1	1	0	0	3-0	3	3
3	Atalanta	1	1	0	0	3-1	2	3
4	Mjällby	1	1	0	0	2-0	2	3
5	St.Truiden	1	1	0	0	2-0	2	3
6	Freiburg	1	1	0	0	3-2	1	3
7	Lugano	1	1	0	0	3-2	1	3
8	Brann	1	1	0	0	2-1	1	3
9	Hajduk Split	1	1	0	0	2-1	1	3
10	Panathinaikos	1	1	0	0	2-1	1	3
11	FC Twente	1	1	0	0	1-0	1	3
12	Gent	1	1	0	0	1-0	1	3
13	Egnatia	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
14	Heart of Midlothian	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
15	Riga FC	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
16	Universitatea Craiova	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
17	Trabzonspor	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
18	Monaco	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
19	FC Midtjylland	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
20	Nordsjælland	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
21	Getafe	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
22	Kairat Almaty	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
23	FK Crvena Zvezda	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
24	Jablonec	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
25	Ajax	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
26	Borac Banja Luka	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
27	Lincoln Red Imps FC	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
28	AGF	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
29	Thun	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
30	Pafos FC	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
31	Iberia 1999	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
32	Inter Club d'Escaldes	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
33	Braga	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
34	FK Kauno Žalgiris	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
35	CSKA Sofia	1	0	0	1	1-2	-1	0
36	KuPS	1	0	0	1	2-4	-2	0

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Trabzonspor	1	1	0	0	4-2	2	3
2	Monaco	1	1	0	0	2-1	1	3
3	FC Midtjylland	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
4	Nordsjælland	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
5	Getafe	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
6	Kairat Almaty	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
8	FC København	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
9	Atalanta	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
10	Mjällby	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
11	St.Truiden	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
12	Freiburg	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
13	Lugano	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
14	Brann	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
15	Hajduk Split	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
16	Panathinaikos	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
17	FC Twente	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
18	Gent	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
19	Egnatia	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
20	Heart of Midlothian	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
21	Riga FC	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
22	Universitatea Craiova	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
23	CSKA Sofia	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
24	KuPS	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0
25	FK Crvena Zvezda	1	0	0	1	2-3	-1	0
26	Jablonec	1	0	0	1	2-3	-1	0
27	Ajax	1	0	0	1	1-2	-1	0
28	Borac Banja Luka	1	0	0	1	1-2	-1	0
29	Lincoln Red Imps FC	1	0	0	1	1-2	-1	0
30	AGF	1	0	0	1	0-1	-1	0
31	Thun	1	0	0	1	0-1	-1	0
32	Pafos FC	1	0	0	1	1-3	-2	0
33	Iberia 1999	1	0	0	1	0-2	-2	0
34	Inter Club d'Escaldes	1	0	0	1	0-2	-2	0
35	Braga	1	0	0	1	0-3	-3	0
36	FK Kauno Žalgiris	1	0	0	1	0-4	-4	0

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	0	0	4-0	4	3
2	FC København	1	1	0	0	3-0	3	3
3	Trabzonspor	1	1	0	0	4-2	2	3
4	Atalanta	1	1	0	0	3-1	2	3
5	Mjällby	1	1	0	0	2-0	2	3
6	St.Truiden	1	1	0	0	2-0	2	3
7	Lugano	1	1	0	0	3-2	1	3
8	Freiburg	1	1	0	0	3-2	1	3
9	Brann	1	1	0	0	2-1	1	3
10	Monaco	1	1	0	0	2-1	1	3
11	Hajduk Split	1	1	0	0	2-1	1	3
12	Panathinaikos	1	1	0	0	2-1	1	3
13	FC Twente	1	1	0	0	1-0	1	3
14	Gent	1	1	0	0	1-0	1	3
15	Kairat Almaty	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
16	FC Midtjylland	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
17	Getafe	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
18	Heart of Midlothian	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
19	Egnatia	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
20	Nordsjælland	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
21	Universitatea Craiova	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
22	Riga FC	1	0	1	0	1-1	0	1
23	Jablonec	1	0	0	1	2-3	-1	0
24	FK Crvena Zvezda	1	0	0	1	2-3	-1	0
25	Ajax	1	0	0	1	1-2	-1	0
26	Borac Banja Luka	1	0	0	1	1-2	-1	0
27	CSKA Sofia	1	0	0	1	1-2	-1	0
28	Lincoln Red Imps FC	1	0	0	1	1-2	-1	0
29	AGF	1	0	0	1	0-1	-1	0
30	Thun	1	0	0	1	0-1	-1	0
31	KuPS	1	0	0	1	2-4	-2	0
32	Pafos FC	1	0	0	1	1-3	-2	0
33	Inter Club d'Escaldes	1	0	0	1	0-2	-2	0
34	Iberia 1999	1	0	0	1	0-2	-2	0
35	Braga	1	0	0	1	0-3	-3	0
36	FK Kauno Žalgiris	1	0	0	1	0-4	-4	0

Table over each team's last five league matches.

#	Team	xG	xGA	xG +/-	xPts	Pts	Pos +/-
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	4.1	0.1	+4.1	3.0	3	0
2	Panathinaikos	4.3	0.2	+4.0	3.0	3	+10
3	FC Twente	2.4	0.2	+2.2	2.8	3	+10
4	Gent	2.2	0.2	+2.0	2.8	3	+10
5	Atalanta	3.0	0.9	+2.1	2.7	3	-1
6	St.Truiden	1.7	0.1	+1.6	2.6	3	0
7	Brann	2.4	0.8	+1.5	2.4	3	+3
8	FC København	1.6	0.5	+1.1	2.3	3	-6
9	FC Midtjylland	1.9	0.7	+1.1	2.2	1	+6
10	Trabzonspor	3.7	2.4	+1.3	2.2	3	-7
11	Mjällby	1.4	0.5	+0.9	2.2	3	-6
12	Riga FC	2.2	1.2	+1.0	2.1	1	+9
13	Lugano	2.2	1.2	+0.9	2.1	3	-5
14	Heart of Midlothian	1.9	1.0	+0.9	2.0	1	+6
15	Getafe	1.5	0.8	+0.7	1.9	1	+2
16	Freiburg	1.8	1.3	+0.5	1.8	3	-9
17	Hajduk Split	1.8	1.4	+0.4	1.7	3	-6
18	Monaco	1.2	1.2	+0.0	1.4	3	-9
19	CSKA Sofia	1.2	1.2	-0.0	1.3	0	+9
20	Ajax	1.4	1.8	-0.4	1.0	0	+5
21	Jablonec	1.3	1.8	-0.5	1.0	0	+3
22	Universitatea Craiova	0.8	1.5	-0.7	0.8	1	0
23	Nordsjælland	1.0	1.9	-0.9	0.7	1	-7
24	FK Crvena Zvezda	1.2	2.2	-0.9	0.7	0	-1
25	Kairat Almaty	1.2	2.2	-1.0	0.7	1	-7
26	KuPS	2.4	3.7	-1.3	0.6	0	+5
27	Inter Club d'Escaldes	0.5	1.4	-0.9	0.6	0	+7
28	Egnatia	0.7	1.9	-1.1	0.6	1	-9
29	Braga	0.5	1.6	-1.1	0.5	0	+6
30	Lincoln Red Imps FC	0.8	2.4	-1.5	0.4	0	-3
31	Pafos FC	0.9	3.0	-2.1	0.2	0	+1
32	Iberia 1999	0.1	1.7	-1.6	0.2	0	+1
33	AGF	0.2	2.2	-2.0	0.1	0	-4
34	Thun	0.2	2.4	-2.2	0.1	0	-4
35	Borac Banja Luka	0.2	4.3	-4.0	0.0	0	-9
36	FK Kauno Žalgiris	0.1	4.1	-4.1	0.0	0	0

Ordered by expected position. xPts is the points the chances created and conceded would typically earn.

Qualification to 1/8 finalsQualification to 1/16 finals

Manager

Miika Nuutinen Finland · 35

Goalkeepers 3

#	Player	Nationality	Age	Rating	Value
1	Johannes Kreidl GK	Austria	30	7.15	€328k
12	Hemmo Riihimäki GK	Finland	23	—	€123k
37	Kasperi Silen	Finland	17	—	—

Defenders 10

#	Player	Nationality	Age	Rating	Value
2	Kalle Ward CB	Sweden	22	—	—
3	Saku Heiskanen LB, RW	Finland	25	—	€248k
4	Kasim Adams CB	Ghana	31	7.15	€187k
6	Saku Savolainen RB	Finland	30	6.75	€107k
23	Arttu Lötjönen CB	Finland	22	7.16	€361k
25	Clinton Antwi LB	Ghana	26	7.10	€161k
28	Brahima Magassa CB	France	29	6.80	€194k
29	Akseli Puukko RB	Finland	20	6.64	€224k
32	Rasmus Tikkanen LB	Finland	19	—	€450k
33	Taneli Hämäläinen CB, RB	Finland	25	6.82	€155k

Midfielders 11

#	Player	Nationality	Age	Rating	G	A	Value
7	Jerry Voutilainen LM	Finland	31	—	0	0	€68k
8	Petteri Pennanen CDM, CM, LW, LM, CAM	Finland	36	7.10	0	2	€213k
10	Valentín Gasc CDM, CM	Argentina	26	7.04	0	0	€250k
13	Niilo Kujasalo CDM, CM	Finland	22	6.58	0	0	€229k
14	Samuel Pasanen CM	Finland	20	6.97	0	0	€178k
16	Tommi Jyry CM, CAM, RW, CDM	Finland	27	6.69	1	0	€474k
17	Arttu Heinonen RM	Finland	27	—	0	0	€143k
18	Eemil Tanninen RM	Finland	19	—	0	0	€364k
22	Saikou Touray CDM, CM	The Gambia	26	6.47	0	0	€247k
26	Aaro Toivonen CDM	Finland	21	—	0	0	€226k
34	Julius Eskesen CAM, CM	Denmark	27	6.49	0	0	€436k

Forwards 8

#	Player	Nationality	Age	Rating	G	Value
9	Gustav Engvall ST, LW, RW, CAM	Sweden	30	6.48	0	€154k
11	Jaime Moreno ST	Nicaragua	31	6.76	1	€217k
15	Ayman Aiki LW	France	21	6.46	0	€259k
19	Calvin Kabuye LW	Uganda	23	6.14	0	€263k
20	Piotr Parzyszek ST	Poland	33	6.62	1	€127k
21	Joslyn Luyeye-Lutumba RW, RM, ST	Finland	23	6.83	1	€180k
24	Bob Nii Armah LW, RB, LB, RW, LM	Ghana	22	7.09	1	€308k
30	Jorginho LB	Portugal	28	—	0	€104k

Ratings, goals and assists are this season's league numbers from FotMob.

Arrivals 4

Player	From	Fee
Julius EskesenCM · 2026-08-26	Dundee United	€500k
Calvin KabuyeLW · 2026-02-07	Mjällby	€400k
Gustav EngvallST · 2026-02-03	Miedź Legnica	—
Otto RuoppiAM · 2026-02-02	Mainz 05	Loan

Departures 5

Player	To	Fee
Mohamed ToureST · 2026-02-13	Viktoria Plzeň	€1.5m
Otto RuoppiAM · 2026-02-02	Mainz 05	€620k
Samuli MiettinenCB · 2026-01-30	NK Istra 1961	Free transfer
Ibrahim CisséCB · 2026-01-29	AIK	Free transfer
Doni ArifiCM · 2026-01-04	Greuther Fürth	Free transfer

Honours

Competition	Won	Runner-up	Most recent titles
Veikkausliiga	8	13	2025, 2024, 2019, 1976 …
Suomen Cup	5	4	2024, 2022, 2021, 1989 …
Ykkosliiga	2	0	2007, 2004
League Cup	0	1

Managers by season

Season	Manager	League	W	D	L	Win %	PPG
2026	Miika Nuutinen	Finland Cup	1	0	4	20	0.60
2026	Miika Nuutinen	Veikkausliiga	14	9	5	50	1.82
2025	Jarkko Wiss	Finland Cup	3	1	1	60	2.00
2025	Jarkko Wiss	Veikkausliiga	20	7	5	63	2.09
2024	Jani Honkavaara	Finland Cup	3	0	2	60	1.80
2024	Jani Honkavaara	Veikkausliiga	17	5	5	63	2.07
2023	Pasi Tuutti	Finland Cup	2	1	2	40	1.40
2023	Pasi Tuutti	Veikkausliiga	0	1	2	0	0.33
2023	Jani Honkavaara	Veikkausliiga	16	4	4	67	2.17
2022	Simo Valakari	Finland Cup	2	0	1	67	2.00
2022	Simo Valakari	Veikkausliiga	17	6	4	63	2.11
2021	Simo Valakari	Suomen Cup	3	0	0	100	3.00
2021	Simo Valakari	Veikkausliiga	17	7	3	63	2.15
2020	Arne Erlandsen	Suomen Cup	3	2	0	60	2.20
2020	Arne Erlandsen	Veikkausliiga	12	5	5	55	1.86
2019	Jani Honkavaara	Suomen Cup	0	2	3	0	0.40
2019	Jani Honkavaara	Veikkausliiga	15	8	4	56	1.96
2018	Jani Honkavaara	Suomen Cup	5	0	0	100	3.00
2018	Jani Honkavaara	Veikkausliiga	17	7	9	52	1.76
2017	Jani Honkavaara	Suomen Cup	4	0	1	80	2.40
2017	Jani Honkavaara	Veikkausliiga	16	8	9	48	1.70

Last updated October 18, 2026 · Refreshes weekly · Data: FotMob

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Managers by season

Oct 23, 2026Conference League	Borac Banja Luka	12:30 AM	KuPS
Oct 25, 2026Veikkausliiga Championship Group	HJK	06:30 PM	KuPS
Oct 29, 2026Veikkausliiga Championship Group	KuPS	10:30 PM	IF Gnistan
Nov 01, 2026Veikkausliiga Championship Group	AC Oulu	06:30 PM	KuPS
Nov 05, 2026Conference League	KuPS	11:15 PM	Gent
Nov 08, 2026Veikkausliiga Championship Group	KuPS	06:30 PM	FC Inter Turku
Nov 27, 2026Conference League	Braga	01:30 AM	KuPS
Dec 10, 2026Conference League	KuPS	11:15 PM	CSKA Sofia
Dec 18, 2026Conference League	Nordsjælland	01:30 AM	KuPS

Oct 18, 2026Veikkausliiga Championship Group	KuPS	2 - 0	VPS	W
Oct 15, 2026Conference League	KuPS	2 - 4	Trabzonspor	L
Oct 11, 2026Veikkausliiga Championship Group	FC Inter Turku	1 - 0	KuPS	L
Oct 08, 2026Veikkausliiga Championship Group	KuPS	0 - 1	AC Oulu	L
Sep 19, 2026Veikkausliiga Championship Group	VPS	0 - 2	KuPS	W
Sep 13, 2026Veikkausliiga Championship Group	KuPS	0 - 0	HJK	D
Sep 08, 2026Veikkausliiga Championship Group	IF Gnistan	1 - 1	KuPS	D
Aug 31, 2026Veikkausliiga	FC Inter Turku	1 - 0	KuPS	L
Aug 27, 2026Conference League Qualification	KuPS	1 - 0	Shamrock Rovers	W
Aug 23, 2026Veikkausliiga	KuPS	2 - 4	IFK Mariehamn	L
Aug 21, 2026Conference League Qualification	Shamrock Rovers	1 - 1	KuPS	D
Aug 16, 2026Veikkausliiga	FC Lahti	1 - 2	KuPS	W