Kuopio Steelers
The Kuopio Steelers are an American football team originally from Varkaus, Finland in years 1991-2005, and since 2006 from Kuopio, Finland. The team plays in the Finnish Maple League and it has also played in the European Football League. The club's home field is Väinölänniemi Stadium in the Väinölänniemi district.
The Steelers play in the Men’s Maple League as well as various junior leagues in B-, C-, D- and E-juniors. In the summer of 2013, the Steelers formed the women’s American football team that participated in the women’s Division I in the 2014 season. In the 2018 season, the team won their own block in Division I and promoted to the Women’s Maple League. The Steelers have won three Finnish championships in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Team Roster (2019)
Staff
- Pekka Utriainen
- Ari Hartikainen
- Sami Hovinen
- Marco Lindroos
- Petri Pellinen
- Erkka Vehkomäki
QB
- # Seth Peters
RB & FB
- # Gerard Johnson
- # Ville Lindsten
- # Perttu Pajunen
- # Samppa Sinkkonen
WR
- # Johannes Jauhiainen
- # Kaapro Keränen
- # Waltteri Kinnunen
- # Tino Ndongo
- # Jaakko Paananen
- # Ville Simola
- # Petteri Vilpponen
- # Juho Väisänen
OL
- # Tapio Jääskeläinen
- # Roope Korhonen
- # Oskari Laitinen
- # Niilo Ojansivu
- # Simo Ovaskainen
- # Jupe Peltonen
- # Eppu Pulkkinen
- # Mikael Vilhunen
DL
- # Matias Kauppinen
- # Perttu Kosonen
- # Jani Lindqvist
- # Victor Miller-Gonzalez
- # Aapo Peräkorpi
- # Artur Pinheiro
- # Leevi Ruotsalainen
LB
- # Mattias Eriksson
- # Donavan Hayden
- # Teemu Hirvelä
- # Toni Tuppurainen
- # Kusti Ukkonen
- # Aku Uotila