Full name | Football Club Lahti[1][2] | ||
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Nickname(s) | Mustat kuhnurit (The Black Drones) | ||
Founded | 1996 | ||
Ground | Lahden Stadion, Lahti | ||
Capacity | 14,500 (7,465 seated) | ||
Chairman | Mika Halttunen | ||
Manager | Ricardo Duarte | ||
League | Ykkösliiga | ||
2024 | Veikkausliiga, 11th of 12 (relegated via play-offs) | ||
Website | http://www.fclahti.fi/ | ||
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FC Lahti is a Finnish professional football club based in the city of Lahti. It currently plays in the Finnish Premier League (Veikkausliiga) after placing first in the Finnish First Division (Ykkönen) during season 2011. The homeground of Lahti is Lahden Stadion. Lahti is famous of being the local team of the most successful Finnish player, Jari Litmanen, who played for the club in two stints in 2004 and 2009–10. In his youth years and the start of his career, he played in Reipas Lahti.