Myllykosken Pallo −47
Myllykosken Pallo -47, also referred to as MyPa, is a Finnish football club based in Myllykoski, a part of the city of Kouvola. The club temporarily shut down after having ceased operations in 2015 due to financial difficulties, but returned in 2017 earning a place in the fourth tier. The club won back-to-back promotions to reach the second division in 2019. It then suffered consecutive relegations in 2020 and 2021, ending up in the fourth-tier of Finnish football league Kolmonen. Currently MyPa competes in Kakkonen, the fourth tier of football league system">association football">football league system.
History
MyPa was founded in December 1947 in the village of Myllykoski in the then municipality of Sippola, which in 1975 became part of the town of Anjalankoski and since 2009 is part of Kouvola. Before that there had been some small-scale football culture in Myllykoski, so forming a football club was a natural step. The final move came from the local paper industry, which built a football pitch with spectator stands. MyPa was promoted to the highest tier in 1975, but the season ended in relegation.Veikkausliiga
MyPa played continuously in the Veikkausliiga from 1992 to 2014. From 1993 to 1996 they were runners up four consecutive times under the control of Harri Kampman. They won a first Finnish Cup in 1992, and a second in 1995. In 1997 Timo Liekoski was named as the manager of the club, but his employment lasted only one season. He was replaced by Juha Malinen. From 1999 to 2001, under the control of Malinen MyPa, they finished third three times in a row, and finished second in 2002. After the 2003 season Malinen was replaced by Ilkka Mäkelä. Though dropping to 8th in the league, in 2004 MyPa won a third Finnish Cup, and the next season won their first Finnish championship. The seasons following the championship were marked by mixed success. Mäkelä resigned during the 2007 season after a series of losses, and the former assistant coach Janne Hyppönen became the new manager. Hyppönen was sacked in September 2008 and assistant Janne Lindberg took over in a caretaker capacity for the rest of the season. The 2009 season under Lindberg MYPA finished ninth, which was their worst placement in Veikkausliiga. MYPA was denied league licence for the 2015 season due to financial troubles, and after at first having accepted a place in the second tier Ykkönen, finally withdrew from all professional football on February 13th 2015.Return
MYPA made a return in the 2017 season earning a place from Inkeroisten Purha in the fourth tier Kolmonen due to Purha having difficulties gathering a team for the upcoming season.In the 2017 Kolmonen season MYPA didn't lose a single game and was promoted to third tier Kakkonen. Playing in group A of the second division MYPA continued their positive endeavours and won the group, which granted them a place in the promotion playoffs to Ykkönen. They lost the following playoffs to Tampereen Pallo-Veikot.
Due to PS Kemi relinquishing their place in Ykkönen after getting relegated from Veikkausliiga, MYPA received an invitation to join Ykkönen on their place as first in line for the 2019 season. MYPA accepted the offer and played in Ykkönen for the next two seasons. After struggling on a higher level. MYPA was relegated in the 2020 Ykkönen back to Kakkonen. Losing many key players after getting relegated, MYPA's struggles continued and after the season in Kakkonen was relegated back into Kolmonen. After the season MYPA changed their club name's spelling back into 'MyPa'.
File:FC Kuusysi - MyPa. SC3 20230502.jpg|thumb|MyPa against FC Kuusysi in 2023 Finnish Cup
In 2022 on their first season back in Kolmonen, while being heavy favourites for the coming campaign, MyPa was able to stabilize their results and started winning matches more frequently. However, due to losing points in key matches through the season, MyPa narrowly missed the promotion playoffs and came second behind Haminan Pallo-Kissat. In 2023 after bringing back many key players from the earlier seasons such as Jari Hassel and Jussi-Pekka Rämä, results improved and they won the league by a large margin. The championship granted them a direct promotion to Kakkonen for the 2024 season with Rämä being the top goalscorer of the league with 31 goals in 17 matches.
International achievements
MyPa has participated in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup and Intertoto Cup. It has faced many clubs like Boavista, PSV Eindhoven, Rapid București, Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers and Dundee United. In 2005 they reached the first round of UEFA Cup but lost the decisive match against Swiss side Grasshoppers 1–4 on aggregate.| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Score | Agg. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UEFA [Cup Winners' Cup 1993–94|1993–94] | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | Qualifying round |  UEFA club competition recordUpdated 14 February 2015.
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