The Kuopio Steelers (formerly known as Varkaus Steelers) are an American football team originally from Varkaus, Finland in years 1991-2005,Kuopio Steelers - Jenkkifutis (in Finnish)Steelers ja poika saunoo nyt! – Vaahteramaljan mestarin syntyjuuret Varkaudesta and since 2006 from Kuopio, Finland. The team plays in the Finnish Maple League and it has also played in the European Football League. The club's home field is Väinölänniemi Stadium in the Väinölänniemi district.
The Steelers play in the Men’s Maple League as well as various junior leagues in B- (under 19), C- (under 17), D- (under 15) and E-juniors (under 13). In the summer of 2013, the Steelers formed the women’s American football team that participated in the women’s Division I in the 2014 season. In the 2018 season, the team won their own block in Division I and promoted to the Women’s Maple League. The Steelers have won three Finnish championships in 2020,IL: Kuopio Steelers on Suomen mestari – Vaahteramalja uuteen osoitteeseen (in Finnish) 2021Savon Sanomat: Kuopion Steelers on amerikkalaisen jalkapallon Suomen mestari – Finaalissa kaatui maineikas helsinkiläisjoukkue (in Finnish)YLE: Steelersille toinen mestaruus putkeen – "Lahden stadion on toinen kotikenttämme" (in Finnish) and 2022.
Team Roster (2019)
Staff Pekka Utriainen (head coach) Ari Hartikainen (assistant coach) Sami Hovinen (assistant coach) Marco Lindroos (assistant coach) Petri Pellinen (assistant coach) Erkka Vehkomäki (assistant coach)
QB # Seth Peters
RB & FB # Gerard Johnson # Ville Lindsten # Perttu Pajunen # Samppa Sinkkonen
WR # Johannes Jauhiainen # Kaapro Keränen # Waltteri Kinnunen # Tino Ndongo # Jaakko Paananen # Ville Simola # Petteri Vilpponen # Juho Väisänen
OL # Tapio Jääskeläinen # Roope Korhonen # Oskari Laitinen # Niilo Ojansivu # Simo Ovaskainen # Jupe Peltonen # Eppu Pulkkinen # Mikael Vilhunen
DL # Matias Kauppinen # Perttu Kosonen # Jani Lindqvist # Victor Miller-Gonzalez # Aapo Peräkorpi # Artur Pinheiro # Leevi Ruotsalainen
LB # Mattias Eriksson # Donavan Hayden # Teemu Hirvelä # Toni Tuppurainen # Kusti Ukkonen # Aku Uotila
CB/S # Iisakki Eskelinen # Toni Hartikainen # Santeri Inkinen # Thomas Kaczocha # Markus Ojainväli # Leevi Ojala # Iiro Pekkarinen # Tiivo Savolainen
See also Helsinki Roosters Porvoo Butchers Seinäjoki Crocodiles Tampere Saints
References
External links Kuopio Steelers (in Finnish) Team at Vaahteraliiga (in Finnish) Team at Europlayers (in English) Team Facebook Page Team Instagram Page