Elo Kuopio

Kuopion Elo

Full name	Kuopion Elo
Founded	1919
Ground	Väre Areena
Capacity	4,778
Chairman	Jani Pursiainen
Manager	Pekka Niskanen
League	Kakkonen
Home colours Away colours

Kuopion Elo (originally Männistön Elo) is a football club from Kuopio, Finland. In 2023, they compete in Kakkonen, the third tier of Finnish football. Elo is the oldest existing football club from Kuopio.

Kuopion Elo was founded as Männistön Elo by local working class youth in 1919. In the past, the club have also played other sports. From early on their home area have been Männistö and Itkonniemi districts north of Kuopio city center. At the beginning they played only against Kuopion Riento. They played their first match in 1919. In 1929 club possessions where ceased by court as a leftist organization and some members founded a new club called Männistön Urheilijat, some joined Kuopion Kisa-Veikot. In 1946, Männistön Urheilijat continued as Männistön Elo. They have played three seasons in Finnish top tier Mestaruussarja.^[1] In late 1980s club had financial difficulties and they eventually merged with other financially troubled club Koparit to form FC Kuopio. Elo continued football in 2012 season from sixth tier Vitonen.^[2]

• Pat Corbett
• Paul Sugrue
• Olavi Rissanen
• Jouko Suomalainen
• Tero Taipale
• Ilja Venäläinen
• Valeri Chupin

• Official Kuopion Elo Website
• Finnish Wikipedia