PEPO Lappeenranta
PEPO Lappeenranta is a Finnish football club from, Lappeenranta. The club was formed in 1958 and their home ground is at the Kimpinen Sports Centre. The men's first team currently plays in the Kakkonen. The chairman of PEPO is Kari Suninen and the men's first team is managed by Tero Nieminen.
History
PEPO's inaugural meeting was held at the Lavola School in Lappee municipality on 12 November 1958. The name of the club was chosen as Uus-Lavolan Peli-Pojat at the first annual general meeting of the club held on 30 November 1958. The first official match played by the club was at the Vanha kenttä against Lauritsalan Pallokerho on 10 May 1959.During the 1970s and 1980s PEPO played in the lower divisions of the Finnish football system in the Nelonen and Vitonen. Between 1973 and 1975 the club also ran a women's team. In 1987 the men's team were promoted to the Kolmonen but their visit lasted only one year. In the mid-1990s PEPO changed league several times playing in the Nelonen in 1994, Kolmonen in 1995, Kakkonen in 1996 before returning to the Kolmonen again in 1997.
The 1996 season proved a big disappointment in the Kakkonen when despite a good start with three wins and a draw there followed a downturn, which not even the former national team coach Jukka Vakkila, who came to coach Markku Timonen's aid, could stop.
PEPO played their second season in the Kakkonen in 2001 in the Eastern Group and finished in the tenth position which was the final relegation position. In 2002 the club reached the sixth round of the Finnish Cup which was the highest attained by a club playing in Kolmonen or below. PEPO lost 5–0 at home to Premier Division side Haka but the reward for their achievement was to be Finland's representative in the UEFA Regions' Cup, an amateur tournament, in which they faced the teams from Belgium, Andorra and Spain. PEPO lost their three tournament games with a goal difference of 3–12.
In January 2009 PEPO merged with the Rakuunat youth organisation Rakuunat Juniorit. As a result of the merger also the Rakuunat Juniorit women's team playing in the Kakkonen moved under the auspices of PEPO. In 2009 the men's team again tasted success by winning their Kolmonen group and gaining promotion back to the Kakkonen.
Season to season
| Season | Level | Division | Section | Administration | Position | Movements |
| 1963 | Tier 4 | Aluesarja | Group 11 | Finnish FA ' | 7th | Relegated |
| 1964 | Unknown | |||||
| 1965 | Tier 4 | Aluesarja ' | Group 11 | Finnish FA ' | 4th | |
| 1966 | Tier 4 | Aluesarja ' | Group 11 | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | |
| 1967 | Tier 4 | Aluesarja ' | Group 11 | Finnish FA ' | 6th | Relegated |
| 1968 | Unknown | |||||
| 1969 | Tier 4 | Aluesarja ' | Group 10 | Finnish FA ' | 5th | |
| 1970 | Tier 4 | 4. Divisioona ' | Group 11 | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | |
| 1971 | Tier 4 | 4. Divisioona ' | Group 8 | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | |
| 1972 | Tier 4 | 4. Divisioona ' | Group 11 | Finnish FA ' | 6th | |
| 1973 | Tier 5 | 4. Divisioona ' | Group 11 Saimaa | Finnish FA ' | 9th | Relegated |
| 1974 | Unknown | |||||
| 1975 | Tier 5 | 4. Divisioona ' | Group 12 Saimaa | Finnish FA ' | 10th | Relegated |
| 1976 | Unknown | |||||
| 1977 | Unknown | |||||
| 1978 | Tier 5 | 4. Divisioona ' | Group 12 Saimaa | Finnish FA ' | 11th | Relegated |
| 1979 | Unknown | |||||
| 1980 | Unknown | |||||
| 1981 | Unknown | |||||
| 1982 | Unknown | |||||
| 1983 | Unknown | |||||
| 1984 | Unknown | |||||
| 1985 | Unknown | |||||
| 1986 | Tier 5 | 4. Divisioona ' | Group 11 Saimaa | Finnish FA ' | 9th | |
| 1987 | Unknown | |||||
| 1988 | Unknown | |||||
| 1989 | Unknown | |||||
| 1990 | Tier 4 | 3. Divisioona ' | Group 6 | Finnish FA ' | 12th | Relegated |
| 1991 | Unknown | |||||
| 1992 | Tier 4 | 3. Divisioona ' | Group 6 | Finnish FA ' | 10th | Relegated |
| 1993 | Unknown | |||||
| 1994 | Unknown | |||||
| 1995 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | Group 5 | South-East Finland ' | 1st | Promoted |
| 1996 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | East Group | Finnish FA ' | 10th | Relegated |
| 1997 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | Group 5 | South-East Finland ' | 5th | |
| 1998 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | Group 5 | South-East Finland ' | 6th | |
| 1999 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | South-East Finland | South-East Finland ' | 7th | |
| 2000 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | South-East Finland | South-East Finland ' | 2nd | Promotion Playoff - Promoted |
| 2001 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | East Group | Finnish FA ' | 10th | Relegated |
| 2002 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | South-East Finland ' | 5th | ||
| 2003 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | South-East Finland ' | 3rd | ||
| 2004 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | South-East Finland ' | 4th | ||
| 2005 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | South-East Finland ' | 6th | ||
| 2006 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | South-East Finland ' | 5th | ||
| 2007 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | South-East Finland ' | 5th | ||
| 2008 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | South-East Finland ' | 2nd | ||
| 2009 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | South-East Finland ' | 1st | Promoted | |
| 2010 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group A | Finnish FA ' | 12 | Relegated |
| 2011 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | South-East Finland ' | 1st | Promotion Playoff | |
| 2012 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | South-East Finland ' | 6th | ||
| 2013 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | South-East Finland ' | 3rd | ||
| 2014 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | South-East Finland ' | 5th | ||
| 2015 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | South-East Finland ' | 1st | Promoted | |
| 2016 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group A | Finnish FA ' | 6th | |
| 2017 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group A | Finnish FA ' | 3rd | |
| 2018 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group A | Finnish FA ' | 5th | |
| 2019 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group A | Finnish FA ' | 7th | |
| 2020 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group A | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | |
| 2021 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group A | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | |
| 2022 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen ' | Finnish FA ' | 11th | ||
| 2023 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group A | Finnish FA ' | 7th | |
| 2024 | Tier 4 | Kakkonen ' | Group A | Finnish FA ' | 6th | |
| 2025 | Tier 4 | Kakkonen ' | Group A | Finnish FA ' |
- 2' seasons in Kakkonen
- 9 seasons in Kolmonen''