FC Lahti - last updated on 22 January 2008
(Courtesy of Johnny Beaufays)
Club name: Football Club Lahti
Foundation: 1996
City: Lahti
Colours: Black, white and burgundy
Website: www.fclahti.fi
Honours:
FC Lahti has currently no honours.
A bit of history:
FC Lahti was formed in 1996 as a fusion of two time-honoured archrival clubs from Lahti: FC Kuusysi and Reipas. Also the reserve club FC Pallo-Lahti was formed, but it was closed down after a couple of seasons due to ecomonic difficulties. Both Reipas and Kuusysi controlled the junior section of the club.
FC Lahti played its first season, 1997, in the southern group of Ykkönen, the second tier of Finnish football. It finished second in the first half of the split league format type league system, but was placed third in the final half behind FC Haka and PK-35 which were promoted to Veikkausliiga. The next season, 1998, was victorious and FC Lahti finally gained promotion to the highest tier and has not been relegated since. The best position in the final table of the history of club is fifth at the end of the 2003 season. In 2007 Lahti won the Finnish League Cup.
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