FC Lahti is a Finnish football club, based in the town of Lahti. FC Lahti was formed in 1996, played its first match in 1997 and gained Finnish top league status at the end of the 1998 season. It currently plays in the Finnish Premier Division (Veikkausliiga). The club's manager is Antti Muurinen, and it plays its home matches at Lahden Stadion. Image File history File links Logo of FC Lahti File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Location within Finland Lahti (Lahtis in Swedish) is a Finnish city of 98,253 inhabitants (2003), bordering the Vesijärvi lake. ... Veikkausliiga is the premier division of Finnish football (soccer), comprising the top 14 clubs of the country. ... In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction and instruction of the on-field operations of an athletic team or of individual athletes. ... Antti Muurinen (born March 4, 1954) is a Finnish football manager, currently the head coach of FC Lahti in Finlands Veikkausliiga. ...

Notable players

• Tuomas Haapala
• Marko Kristal
• Njazi Kuqi
• Pekka Lagerblom
• Jari Litmanen
• Petri Pasanen
• Mika Väyrynen
• Michał Sławuta
• Indrek Zelinski

Tuomas Haapala (born April 20, 1979 in Lahti) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Manchester City F.C. in the English Premiership. ... Marko Kristal (born June 2, 1973 in Tallinn) is a football midfielder with an outstanding career for the Estonian national team. ... Njazi Kuqi (born March 25, 1983 in Kosovo) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Birmingham City F.C. in the English Premiership. ... Pekka Lagerblom (born October 19, 1982 in Lahti) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga. ... Jari Olavi Litmanen (born February 20, 1971 in Lahti) is a Finnish footballer, widely considered the countrys greatest ever. ... Petri Pasanen (born September 24, 1980 in Lahti) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga. ... Väyrynen on the cover of Finnish sports magazine Urheilulehti Mika Väyrynen (born December 28, 1981 in Eskilstuna, Sweden) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch Eredivisie. ... Indrek Zelinski (born November 13, 1974 in Pärnu) is an Estonian football striker. ...

External link

• Official website