JIPPO is a football club from Joensuu, Finland, founded in 2001 after local forces came together under the name Joensuun Iloiset Peli-Pojat. Its red, black and white identity is closely tied to the Mehtimäki sports complex, where football sits within a wider regional athletics setting. The club’s story is rooted in North Karelia and in the Finnish domestic pyramid, with a profile shaped by community connections, player development and steady participation in national competitions.
JIPPO Upcoming matches by league
Ykkösliiga
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- Group Stage
MP
JIPPO
Mikkelin Urheilupuisto -
- Group Stage
JIPPO
PK-35
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- Group Stage
JäPSNo H2HJIPPO
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- Group Stage
JIPPONo H2HHaka
JIPPO Last matches by league
Ykkösliiga
Suomen Cup
Friendlies Clubs
Ykköscup
JIPPO Team Roster
JIPPO’s recorded squad contains 26 players: eight attackers, nine defenders, five midfielders and four goalkeepers. The attacking group includes A. Nuutinen, A. Tarvonen, J. Kiuru and M. Turunen, with O. Keturi and T. Smith also listed. Defensive options include J. Lehtiranta, Joona Malinen, N. Tykkyläinen, V. Vesiaho and Victor de Paula. E. Kinnunen, J. Watanabe and L. Sahimaa feature among the midfielders, while P. Piirainen and E. Oikarinen are two of the named goalkeeping options. This balance gives the roster representation across every main outfield and goalkeeping role.
position Goalkeeper
position Defender
K. Mahugo
Valtteri Jussi Pekka Vesiaho
Victor Matheus de Paula
Juho Lehtiranta
Pasi Forsman
Nuutti Tykkyläinen
Niklas Haataja
position Midfielder
Junnosuke Watanabe
Lauri Sahimaa
Eeli Kinnunen
Lassi Forss
Yoshiaki Kikuchi
position Attacker
Terrence Smith
Miro Turunen
Olavi Keturi
Jyri Kiuru
L. Rasanen
Eemeli Honkola
Aleksi Tarvonen
Last JIPPO Coachs
Mikko Hallikainen is JIPPO’s current coach, having started the role on January 1, 2023. Born in 1992 and from Finland, Hallikainen is the latest appointment in the recorded coaching timeline. Sami Okkonen held the position during 2022, while Jussi Leppälahti led the club from 2019 through 2021. Earlier entries place Jouni Lehtimäki in charge from 2016 to 2018 and Mika Lähderinne during 2014. The sequence shows continuity in the club’s documented Finnish coaching leadership.
Mikko Hallikainen
History
| Coach | Coach country | Coach since | Coach until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mikko Hallikainen | Finland | 1 January 2023 | |
| 1 April 2022 | 1 October 2022 | ||
| Jussi Leppälahti | Finland | 1 January 2019 | 1 December 2021 |
| Jouni Lehtimäki | Finland | 1 January 2016 | 31 December 2018 |
| Mika Lähderinne | Finland | 1 January 2014 | 31 December 2014 |
| Jarmo Korhonen | Finland | 9 November 2010 | 31 December 2013 |
JIPPO Transfers
JIPPO’s recent arrivals recorded include O. Keturi, who joined from VPS on loan on July 7, and free-agent additions Victor de Paula and A. Tarvonen from FC jazz and Kooteepee respectively. L. Sahimaa appears in the movement history both as a KuPS loan arrival in August 2025 and as a later free-agent arrival at the end of December. Erol Erguner is listed as returning from a PEPO loan in December 2025. Earlier entries also include transfer arrivals from SalPa and KuPS, while the available view is not a complete total of recruitment activity.
Latest player transfers from
| Player | Team from | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| O. Keturi |
VPS
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Loan | 7 July 2026 |
| Victor de Paula |
FC jazz
|
Free agent | 3 March 2026 |
| Victor de Paula |
FC jazz
|
Free agent | 3 March 2026 |
| A. Tarvonen |
Kooteepee
|
Free agent | 2 February 2026 |
| L. Sahimaa |
KuPS
|
Free agent | 31 December 2025 |
| E. Erguner |
PEPO
|
Return from loan | 30 December 2025 |
| L. Sahimaa |
KuPS
|
Free agent | 30 December 2025 |
|
PEPO
|
Return from loan | 30 December 2025 | |
| L. Sahimaa |
KuPS
|
Loan | 25 August 2025 |
| L. Sahimaa |
KuPS
|
Loan | 24 August 2025 |
| E. Honkola |
Kerry
|
Free agent | 6 July 2025 |
| M. Tainio |
SalPa
|
Transfer | 1 April 2025 |
| S. Koistinen |
KuPS
|
Transfer | 18 March 2025 |
| M. Turunen |
NJS
|
Free Transfer | 5 February 2025 |
| B. Montonen |
Vaajakoski
|
Free Transfer | 5 February 2025 |
JIPPO’s recent departures recorded include M. Tainio, who left for Sarasota Paradise as a free agent in January, and O. Pihlaja, listed as moving to SJK Akatemia in March. L. Sahimaa’s return to KuPS followed the end of a loan, while B. Montonen’s August 2025 entries record a move to JJK as both a transfer and a free-agent departure. J. Partanen left for Kiffen in July 2025 in a recorded transfer, and N. Forsell moved to MP as a free agent. These are selected recent entries, not a complete departures total.
Latest player transfers to
| Player | Team to | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. Erguner |
KuPS
|
Loan | 9 August 2026 |
|
KuPS
|
Loan | 9 August 2026 | |
| O. Pihlaja |
SJK Akatemia
|
- | 30 March 2026 |
| O. Pihlaja |
SJK Akatemia
|
- | 30 March 2026 |
| M. Tainio |
Sarasota Paradise
|
Free agent | 22 January 2026 |
| O. Pihlaja |
SJK Akatemia
|
- | 30 December 2025 |
| L. Sahimaa |
KuPS
|
Return from loan | 30 December 2025 |
| O. Pihlaja |
SJK Akatemia
|
- | 30 December 2025 |
| M. Tainio |
Sarasota Paradise
|
Free agent | 30 December 2025 |
| L. Sahimaa |
KuPS
|
Return from loan | 30 December 2025 |
| B. Montonen |
JJK
|
Free Transfer | 25 August 2025 |
| B. Montonen |
JJK
|
Free agent | 24 August 2025 |
| J. Partanen |
Kiffen
|
Transfer | 25 July 2025 |
| J. Partanen |
Kiffen
|
Transfer | 23 July 2025 |
| N. Forsell |
MP
|
Free agent | 31 March 2025 |
Transfers Synthesis
Across the recent dated movement entries, JIPPO shows a varied pattern of arrivals and departures rather than one single transaction type. Free-agent movement is prominent on both sides, with Victor de Paula, A. Tarvonen and E. Honkola among the arrivals and M. Tainio and N. Forsell among the departures. Loans also feature: O. Keturi arrived from VPS in July 2026, while L. Sahimaa’s history includes both a loan arrival from KuPS and a later return to that club. Erol Erguner returned from PEPO before appearing again in the arrival record. Recorded transfers include arrivals from SalPa and KuPS, plus J. Partanen’s departure for Kiffen. JJK also appears in a repeated Montonen departure listing. Repeated listings around some players and dates may reflect stages or duplicate classifications in the movement history, so these entries are best treated as documented examples within a limited recent view rather than a complete balance of squad turnover.
Leagues JIPPO has participated in
JIPPO’s recent recorded competition footprint through 2025 includes Ykkösliiga, Ykköscup, Suomen Cup and Friendlies Clubs. The first two are league and cup formats associated with the club’s recent second-tier cycle, while Suomen Cup provides the domestic knockout setting and Friendlies Clubs covers non-competitive fixtures. Earlier league participation includes Ykkönen through 2021, Kakkonen - Lohko A through 2023 and a Kakkonen - Play-offs appearance in 2023. Kakkonen - Lohko C and Kakkosen Cup are historical entries from 2020. The recorded profile therefore combines recent activity with a longer Finnish pyramid history.
More about JIPPO
JIPPO is the football club of Joensuu, Finland, established in 2001. Its official name is Joensuun Iloiset Peli-Pojat, while JIPPO is the concise identity used in competition and public life. The club emerged from the merger of two local sides, JiiPee and Ratanat, bringing together football interests from Joensuu and helping anchor a shared regional project in North Karelia.
JIPPO’s home context is the Mehtimäki sports complex in Joensuu. The area combines football facilities, including a local stadium and artificial-turf venues, with a broader concentration of indoor and outdoor athletics. That setting places the club within the city’s everyday sporting infrastructure rather than separating it from the community around it.
The club’s visual language is built around red, black and white. Those colors give JIPPO a strong, contrasting identity, while the meaning of Joensuun Iloiset Peli-Pojat, or the Cheerful Game Boys of Joensuu, adds a distinctive sense of energy to the name. Its wider culture is associated with North Karelian community ties, regional resilience and pathways for developing players.
Competitively, JIPPO belongs to Finland’s domestic football ecosystem. Its recorded history includes seasons in Ykkönen and Kakkonen, recent participation in Ykkösliiga, and appearances in the Suomen Cup and Ykköscup. The club’s documented footprint is therefore concentrated in the national league and cup structure, with no established regular continental group-stage presence in the available historical profile.
The club profile does not identify a distinctive ownership model or a named owner. JIPPO is instead understood through its Joensuu base, local sporting relationships and position in the Finnish pyramid. Its durable character lies in the connection between a merged local foundation, a recognizable regional identity and continued participation in Finland’s domestic game.
Last matches statistics for JIPPO
| match | shots | Poss. | Pass % | Fouls | Cards | Saves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Klubi-04
0 - 2
JIPPO
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
JIPPO
3 - 1
MP
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
PK-35
1 - 1
JIPPO
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
JIPPO
1 - 0
JäPS
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Haka
3 - 0
JIPPO
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
JIPPO
0 - 1
SJK Akatemia
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
KäPa
1 - 3
JIPPO
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
EIF
0 - 2
JIPPO
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
JIPPO
0 - 2
Kooteepee
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
JIPPO
3 - 1
Klubi-04
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
Detailed statistics JIPPO
Xtra rating history
Last rating points (most recent matches).