Kajaanin Haka

KajHa was founded on 15 March 1953 and in the early years the club was known as Hevossuon Haka. The change to the current name was made on 23 January 1963. Originally Haka was a typical village club, which in addition to football ran sections providing for sports of athletics, skiing, and volleyball. Specialisation in football occurred in the early 1960s and has remained the popular activity. There are currently 245 registered players and the number is growing all the time.

The club's first taste of success was in 1968 when they played one season in the Suomisarjaa (Finland League) which at that time was the second tier of Finnish football. They have had four other periods at this level, currently known as the Ykkönen (First Division) in 1970–71, 1985–86, 1993–94, 1998–99.[1]

Haka have had nine periods covering 21 seasons in the Kakkonen (Second Division), the third tier of Finnish football covering 1975, 1979, 1981–84, 1987, 1990–92, 1995–97, 2000–05, 2007 and the current season 2010.[2]

In 1999 KajHa won the Työväen Urheiluliiton Cup (Workers' Sports Federation Cup) for the first time in their history.

The attendance record for a KajHa match was the 1968 derby match with Kajaanin Palloilijat which was watched by 2,376 spectators.[3]

The club provides for 5 different age groups for boys and in 2008 . In 2008 Kajaani Haka was selected as northern Finland's first football club to meet the new quality standards for coaching from which benefits are now experienced throughout the Kainuu region.

The club runs the Kainuun nappulaliiga (Kainuu Little League) for 5–12 years old boys and girls throughout the year. It covers almost the whole of the Kainuu region including Paltamo, Puolanka, Suomussalmi, Hyrynsalmi, Sotkamo, Kuhmo and Kajaani.

A traditional event provided by the club in the winter in January and February is the Tammiturnaus.

KajHa currently has 1 men's team and 5 boys teams.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FIN Toni Soini 4 MF  FIN Väinö Juntunen 6 DF  FIN Santeri Nukarinen 7 FW  FIN Leevi Kemppainen 8 MF  FIN Aleksi Fomin 9 FW  FIN Severi Manninen 11 MF  FIN Timo Liimatta 12 GK  FIN Olli Karppinen 13 MF  FIN Joona Ojala 14 MF  FIN Jesse Kemppainen 15 DF  FIN Joonas Tikkanen 16 DF  FIN Joona Heiskanen 17 DF   Mabrouk Naoufel 18 FW  FIN Timo Väisänen 19 FW  FIN Juuso Rissanen

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  FIN Arsi Kähkönen 22 FW  FIN Tommi Lukkari 23 DF  FIN Konsta Hurskainen 24 DF  FIN Tuomas Ingalsuo 25 DF  NGA Edozie Chiedra 25 FW  FIN Arttu Seppänen 26 MF  FIN Lassi Toppinen 27 MF  FIN Juuso Pikkarainen 27 MF  SRB Nikola Erceg 28 DF  FIN Harkko Helvelahti 29 FW  FIN Jimi Sirviö 25 FW  FIN Patrik Ahola 30 DF  NGA Chinedu Nwanneka 37 FW  BRA Vitor Borges

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