Huima / Urho brings together the senior football traditions of Äänekoski and Suolahti in Central Finland. Founded in 2021, the Finnish club combines a locally rooted identity with a regional senior squad and domestic cup presence. Its profile connects the latest 28-player roster with the club’s movement history, competition record and place in the wider community and sporting culture of Äänekoski, Suolahti and the surrounding Central Finland region for local communities.
Huima / Urho Upcoming matches by league
Kakkonen - Lohko C
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- Group C
Huima / Urho
GBK
Huima / Urho Last matches by league
Kakkonen - Lohko C
Suomen Cup
Huima / Urho Team Roster
Huima / Urho’s recorded squad contains 28 players: six attackers, ten defenders, nine midfielders and three goalkeepers. The group includes attackers Bacary Traore, K. Lampila and M. Liimatainen, defenders J. Heinonen, J. Saarikko and S. Suutari, midfielders A. Manninen, Aleks Norontaus and T. Rantamaki, and goalkeepers T. Tervakangas, S. Ikaheimo and S. Janhunen. Shirt numbers range from 1 to 97, with several players listed without a number. The balance gives the roster broad coverage across every main outfield line and the goalkeeping position.
position Goalkeeper
position Defender
J. Saarikko
L. Voikar
J. Ruuska
S. Suutari
M. Duka
J. Heinonen
A. Ylonen
O. Sumanen
E. Ettanen
J. Porkka
position Midfielder
A. Manninen
J. Hautanen
S. Ronka
N. Kiiveri
P. Lukkari
Tuukka Matti Eemeli Törmä
T. Rantamaki
J. Ronka
D. Nurmi
Aleks Norontaus
position Attacker
Kuisma Sippola
Bacary Traore
M. Liimatainen
Momodou Fadera
K. Lampila
L. Rutanen
Last Huima / Urho Coachs
No coaching appointment is identified. The club’s leadership history is therefore not detailed here, and no current head coach or earlier appointment is named. This does not establish a vacancy; it means that a coaching role cannot be attributed confidently without a dated entry.
Heikki Nurmi
History
| Coach | Coach country | Coach since | Coach until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heikki Nurmi | Finland | 1 January 2025 |
Huima / Urho Transfers
The listed arrivals show Huima / Urho adding players from JJK, Vaajakoski, VJS, Fortune, FC Komeetat and Kypärämäki Rangers. Bacary Traore and S. Ronka arrived from JJK in June 2026, while J. Porkka, J. Pasoja, M. Liimatainen and M. Fadera are recorded as free-agent arrivals between December 2025 and April 2026. Earlier entries include free arrivals from JJK, Vaajakoski and other Finnish clubs, including L. Rutanen, E. Ettanen, L. Voikar, S. Suutari and Niko Kiiveri. No loan or loan-return entry appears in this listed set. The arrivals shown are not a complete arrival total.
Latest player transfers from
| Player | Team from | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| T. Törmä |
Tampere United
|
Free agent | 12 August 2026 |
| B. Traore |
JJK
|
- | 30 June 2026 |
| Bacary Traore |
JJK
|
- | 30 June 2026 |
| Bacary Traore |
JJK
|
- | 29 June 2026 |
| S. Ronka |
JJK
|
- | 4 June 2026 |
|
JJK
|
Free agent | 14 April 2026 | |
| J. Pasoja |
JJK
|
Free agent | 28 February 2026 |
| J. Pasoja |
JJK
|
Free agent | 28 February 2026 |
Vaajakoski
|
Free agent | 5 February 2026 | |
| M. Fadera |
Fortune
|
Free agent | 31 December 2025 |
|
Vaajakoski
|
- | 4 May 2025 | |
VJS
|
Free agent | 6 February 2025 | |
| Niko Kiiveri |
Kypärämäki Rangers
|
Free | 1 January 2025 |
| J. Honkonen |
FC Komeetat
|
Free | 1 January 2025 |
| D. Nurmi |
Vaajakoski
|
Free | 1 January 2025 |
The recorded departures list M. Verkko moving from Huima / Urho to Reipas on 31 May 2026 as a free agent, followed by L. Lehtonen’s move to Ilves II on 19 March 2026. The latter entry has no stated transfer classification. No loan or loan-return movement appears among these listed departures. They are documented examples rather than a complete account of player movement for the club’s squad history here for the club.
Transfers Synthesis
Taken together, the recorded movement points to a locally connected recruitment pattern around Central Finland, with arrivals linked to JJK and Vaajakoski and additional entries from VJS, Fortune, FC Komeetat and Kypärämäki Rangers. Many listed arrivals were recorded as free-agent moves, while a smaller number had no transfer type stated. The movement dates run from 31 December 2024 to June 2026, showing activity across more than one registration period rather than a single isolated change. The departure record is much shorter, naming M. Verkko’s free-agent move to Reipas and L. Lehtonen’s move to Ilves II. Because both movement lists are limited selections, they cannot establish complete squad turnover, total arrivals or total departures. They do, however, document a predominantly domestic, regionally oriented flow of players into the team and only a small set of recorded exits.
Leagues Huima / Urho has participated in
Huima / Urho has recorded participation in the Suomen Cup from 2024 through 2025. The 2025 entry is the latest available record and indicates recent activity, although it does not establish a 2026 appearance. Suomen Cup is identified as a domestic cup competition, while no league competition, final placing or progression detail is recorded in the available participation history. The entry places the team within Finland’s national cup structure and complements its role in the regional football ecosystem in Central Finland.
More about Huima / Urho
Huima / Urho is a Finnish football identity based in Äänekoski, Central Finland, with Suolahti forming an important part of its local context. The club was founded in 2021. Its senior football story is rooted in cooperation between Äänekosken Huima and Suolahden Urho, two established sporting institutions whose histories reach back to 1904 and 1908 respectively. The combined operation was created to bring together football resources from the Äänekoski–Suolahti area and sustain a strong senior pathway for the surrounding communities.
The club’s home setting is closely tied to the municipal sporting network of Äänekoski. Äänekosken Keskuskenttä is identified as a core match venue, linking the team to a practical community ground rather than a detached commercial arena. That setting fits the wider character of the organisation, whose culture draws on local membership, volunteer energy, multi-sport heritage and pride in an industrial and lakeside region. Its visual identity and kit traditions reflect the merged heritage of Huima and Urho instead of erasing either foundation.
Governance is described as community-backed and membership-driven, with cooperation involving Äänekosken Huima Juniorijalkapallo and PK Urho. This structure supports a regional development model in which youth football, local coaching knowledge and senior amateur-to-semi-professional football are connected. The squad profile reflects that ecosystem: it is primarily Finnish and regionally sourced, with selective international additions also present in the recorded roster.
Within the Finnish football pyramid, Huima / Urho belongs to a domestic regional and national-tier environment associated with competitions such as Kolmonen and Kakkonen, while the Suomen Cup provides a national stage. The club has no indicated continental footprint. Its importance lies instead in representing a shared football project for Äänekoski and Suolahti, preserving two institutional traditions while giving players from Central Finland a continuing senior platform.
Last matches statistics for Huima / Urho
| match | shots | Poss. | Pass % | Fouls | Cards | Saves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Vaajakoski
0 - 1
Huima / Urho
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Huima / Urho
4 - 0
SJK-juniorit
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Huima / Urho
4 - 0
TP-47
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
GBK
0 - 3
Huima / Urho
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
2 - 6
Huima / Urho
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Huima / Urho
3 - 1
Kraft
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Huima / Urho
5 - 0
VPS II
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
JBK
1 - 1
Huima / Urho
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Huima / Urho
5 - 0
Kraft
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
0 - 6
Huima / Urho
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
Detailed statistics Huima / Urho
Xtra rating history
Last rating points (most recent matches).