The Haka Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Jesse Kilo
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Haka have done the hard part with Ilves, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
David Atanga runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Emmanuel Boateng will join Haka for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Emmanuel Boateng has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Haka have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Haka training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Felix Hörberg is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Eero-Matti Auvinen in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Haka this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Lassi Uronen joins the Haka first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lassi Uronen is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Haka promote Erik Hradecky from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Erik Hradecky has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Haka promote Rasmus Raitala from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rasmus Raitala has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Urho Lam joins the Haka first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Urho Lam is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match Haka come up short against AC Oulu
- Squad David Atanga has outgrown this division
- The dugout The manager’s verdict