The Palloseura Kemi Kings is a Finnish football team based in the town of Kemi, who are currently playing in the Kolmonen. The club have spent three seasons in the top flight in their history.
The club was established on October 21, 1999. Kemi Kings was created out of a merger between Kemin Palloseura (KePS), Kemin Pallotoverit-85 (KPT-85) and Visan Pallo. All three teams continue only as junior teams–having younger than B-juniors–while PS Kemi took over A and B juniors. The best achievement of PS Kemi Kings so far has been reaching eighth place in the Finnish Cup competition 2006. The team also played in Finnish Cup's small final, but lost it to Kultsu FC after the penalty shootout. In the 2007 season PS Kemi Kings won the Kakkonen's C-sector and were promoted to the second division, the Ykkönen. In the 2008 season PS Kemi Kings successfully fought against the relegation and also Qualified for the Top-16 in the Finnish Cup. In January 2011 the sport director Jukka Kuusisto signed a contract with finish TopSpot – Sports, Development and Technology – Sports Management with Social Responsibility and signed later his first two Nigerian players for his club the forward Patrick Chibuzor Onyeaghala from Nigerian Football Academy and the defender Faith Friday Obilor from FC Odiaba.[1] PS Kemi won two successive promotions to the first division in 2014, the Ykkönen, and then, for the first time in their history, to the premier division, the Veikkausliiga in 2015.
The club ran into financial difficulties in the Veikkausliiga and the club's parent company ceased operations due to financial problems in February 2019. PS Kemi formed a new club, Kemi City FC, in early 2019 and continued its sports activities at the Palloseura Kemi Kings Association's Serie 3 in Northern Finland. In March, it was announced that English-based Redstrike Group had acquired a 40% holding in Kemi City FC. Kemi City FC ended the 19/20 Season champions of Finnish Football Division ‘Kolmonen' and gained automatic promotion to the Kakkonen for season 2020/21.
In February 2022, the club were taken over by a group led by Mark Ellis and reverted back to their original PS Kemi name.[2]
^. topspot.fi. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
^"Vanha Kemin ystävä Bradford City Fc legenda Mark Ellis tulee pääomistajaksi PS Kemi Kingsin taakse perustettuun yhtiöön". pskemikings.fi (in Finnish). 17 February 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
External linksEdit
Official website(in Finnish)
October 22, 2023
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The Palloseura Kemi Kings is a Finnish football team based in the town of Kemi who are currently playing in the Kolmonen The club have spent three seasons in the top flight in their history PS KemiFull namePalloseura Kemi KingsNickname s Kingit The Kings Founded1999 24 years ago 1999 GroundSauvosaaren UrheilupuistoCapacity4 000ChairmanArto HakalaManagerOleg YeprintsevLeagueKolmonen2022Kolmonen 2ndWebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway colours Contents 1 History 2 Season to season 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe club was established on October 21 1999 Kemi Kings was created out of a merger between Kemin Palloseura KePS Kemin Pallotoverit 85 KPT 85 and Visan Pallo All three teams continue only as junior teams having younger than B juniors while PS Kemi took over A and B juniors The best achievement of PS Kemi Kings so far has been reaching eighth place in the Finnish Cup competition 2006 The team also played in Finnish Cup s small final but lost it to Kultsu FC after the penalty shootout In the 2007 season PS Kemi Kings won the Kakkonen s C sector and were promoted to the second division the Ykkonen In the 2008 season PS Kemi Kings successfully fought against the relegation and also Qualified for the Top 16 in the Finnish Cup In January 2011 the sport director Jukka Kuusisto signed a contract with finish TopSpot Sports Development and Technology Sports Management with Social Responsibility and signed later his first two Nigerian players for his club the forward Patrick Chibuzor Onyeaghala from Nigerian Football Academy and the defender Faith Friday Obilor from FC Odiaba 1 PS Kemi won two successive promotions to the first division in 2014 the Ykkonen and then for the first time in their history to the premier division the Veikkausliiga in 2015 The club ran into financial difficulties in the Veikkausliiga and the club s parent company ceased operations due to financial problems in February 2019 PS Kemi formed a new club Kemi City FC in early 2019 and continued its sports activities at the Palloseura Kemi Kings Association s Serie 3 in Northern Finland In March it was announced that English based Redstrike Group had acquired a 40 holding in Kemi City FC Kemi City FC ended the 19 20 Season champions of Finnish Football Division Kolmonen and gained automatic promotion to the Kakkonen for season 2020 21 In February 2022 the club were taken over by a group led by Mark Ellis and reverted back to their original PS Kemi name 2 Season to season EditSeason Level Division Section Administration Position Movements2001 Tier 3 Kakkonen Second Division North Group Finnish FA Suomen Pallolitto 6th2002 Tier 3 Kakkonen Second Division North Group Finnish FA Suomen Pallolitto 4th2003 Tier 3 Kakkonen Second Division North Group Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 1st Play Offs2004 Tier 3 Kakkonen Second Division North Group Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 4th2005 Tier 3 Kakkonen Second Division North Group Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 3rd2006 Tier 3 Kakkonen Second Division Group C Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 2nd2007 Tier 3 Kakkonen Second Division Group C Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 1st Promoted2008 Tier 2 Ykkonen First Division Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 8th2009 Tier 2 Ykkonen First Division Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 7th2010 Tier 2 Ykkonen First Division Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 9th2011 Tier 2 Ykkonen First Division Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 10th Relegated2012 Tier 3 Kakkonen Second Division Northern Group Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 3rd2013 Tier 3 Kakkonen Second Division Northern Group Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 1st Play offs2014 Tier 3 Kakkonen Second Division Northern Group Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 1st Play offs promoted2015 Tier 2 Ykkonen First Division Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 1st Promoted2016 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga Division One Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 9th2017 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga Division One Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 10th2018 Tier 1 Veikkausliiga Division One Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 12th Relegation2019 Tier 4 Kolmonen Pohjois Suomen Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 1st Promotion2020 Tier 3 Kakkonen Second Division Group C Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 8th2021 Tier 3 Kakkonen Second Division Group C Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 12th Relegation2022 Tier 4 Kolmonen Pohjoinen Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 2nd2023 Tier 4 Kolmonen Pohjoinen Finnish FA Suomen Palloliitto 3 seasons in Veikkausliiga 5 seasons in Ykkonen 12 seasons in Kakkonen 1 season in KolmonenReferences Edit PS Kemi from Finland signs two TopSpot s academy players topspot fi Archived from the original on 16 April 2016 Retrieved 19 June 2019 Vanha Kemin ystava Bradford City Fc legenda Mark Ellis tulee paaomistajaksi PS Kemi Kingsin taakse perustettuun yhtioon pskemikings fi in Finnish 17 February 2022 Retrieved 25 April 2022 External links EditOfficial website in Finnish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kemi City F C amp oldid 1148136369, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
