29 Nov 2026
Sunday
Process
17 Edition

The FC Lahti Post

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at FC Lahti

Aatu Hakala was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at FC Lahti

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Erik Andersson was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

No hiding place for Neemias

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Neemias, and the manager let it.

Squad

Justus Ojanen signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Justus Ojanen commits to FC Lahti for another 4 years.

The dugout

When it matters, José Müller plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout

A door opens for Erik Andersson

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief

Back issues
16 Edition

The FC Lahti Post

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout

Neemias keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” FC Lahti may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Words exchanged at FC Lahti

Aatu Hakala and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

Erik Andersson falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout

No hiding place for Armend Kabashi

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Armend Kabashi, and the manager let it.

The dugout

Aaron Lindholm has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at FC Lahti will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market

The Gabriel Oksanen talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. FC Lahti know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

15 Edition

The FC Lahti Post

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A falling-out at FC Lahti

Aatu Hakala and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout

No hiding place for Aaron Lindholm

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Aaron Lindholm, and the manager let it.

The dugout

When it matters, Daniel Heikkinen plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

14 Edition

The FC Lahti Post

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout

Otso Koskinen says FC Lahti went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Words at FC Lahti training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Erik Andersson 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.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Romaric Yapi

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout

Tòfol Montiel has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at FC Lahti will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout

Amir Belabid is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

Market

The Amir Belabid talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. FC Lahti know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

13 Edition

The FC Lahti Post

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout

Romaric Yapi: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” FC Lahti have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

A row about effort at FC Lahti

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Erik Andersson was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Momodou Sarr

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Tempers go at FC Lahti

Martim Ferreira was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at FC Lahti

17 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

The dugout

Otso Koskinen knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Otso Koskinen trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

12 Edition

The FC Lahti Post

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout

Momodou Sarr keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” FC Lahti may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Words exchanged at FC Lahti

Tòfol Montiel and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout

Väinö Vehkonen gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Armend Kabashi falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout

When it matters, Aaron Lindholm plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market

The Gabriel Oksanen talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. FC Lahti know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

11 Edition

The FC Lahti Post

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tòfol Montiel stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Tòfol Montiel and FC Lahti agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

A row about effort at FC Lahti

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Erik Andersson was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

A falling-out at FC Lahti

Tòfol Montiel and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market

Markku Pohjanpalo steps up from the FC Lahti academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Markku Pohjanpalo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

The dugout

Daniel Heikkinen gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Daniel Heikkinen is on it.

The dugout

Väinö Vehkonen knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at FC Lahti, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

10 Edition

The FC Lahti Post

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Aatu Hakala 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 FC Lahti this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

A row about effort at FC Lahti

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Erik Andersson was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Neemias gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout

Tòfol Montiel gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Tòfol Montiel is on it.

The dugout

Amir Belabid is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

The dugout

The manager makes Nícolas Dantas a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at FC Lahti. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

9 Edition

The FC Lahti Post

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at FC Lahti

Aatu Hakala was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

FC Lahti are still strangers to each other

17 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

The dugout

Neemias knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at FC Lahti, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The dugout

José Müller has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at FC Lahti will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market

The Momodou Sarr question follows FC Lahti around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Momodou Sarr’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout

Nícolas Dantas has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Nícolas Dantas has written the date down.

In brief

8 Edition

The FC Lahti Post

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Words exchanged at FC Lahti

Aatu Hakala and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

Words at FC Lahti training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Erik Andersson 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.

The dugout

No hiding place for Väinö Vehkonen

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Väinö Vehkonen, and the manager let it.

The dugout

When it matters, Aaron Lindholm plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout

The manager makes Erik Andersson a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at FC Lahti. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

Market

The Gabriel Oksanen talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. FC Lahti know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

7 Edition

The FC Lahti Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Words at FC Lahti training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Erik Andersson 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.

Market

One of our own: Lassi Soiri joins the FC Lahti first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lassi Soiri is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

One of our own: Mikael Joronen joins the FC Lahti first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mikael Joronen is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Otso Koskinen

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout

When it matters, Daniel Heikkinen plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market

The Yohan Cassubie question follows FC Lahti around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Yohan Cassubie’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Squad

Hamse Shagaxle walks taller at FC Lahti

His past walked in ahead of him. Players who have been where he has been get a hearing in a dressing room before they have earned one, and he has it for as long as his form does.

The dugout

Aaron Lindholm knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Aaron Lindholm trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout

The manager makes Nícolas Dantas a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at FC Lahti. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

6 Edition

The FC Lahti Post

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Joel Lehtonen runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

4 matches without a win for FC Lahti

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around FC Lahti are no longer polite ones.

Market

Osku Maukonen attracts admirers

The name of Osku Maukonen has come up in conversations FC Lahti were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Romaric Yapi

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

José Müller 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 FC Lahti this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

A row about effort at FC Lahti

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Armend Kabashi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Nícolas Dantas is no longer first choice

The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Nícolas Dantas has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Tim Toivio was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the FC Lahti dressing room was either.

The dugout

When it matters, Tòfol Montiel plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

5 Edition

The FC Lahti Post

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The small margins put FC Lahti out

Out, 2‑3 to HJK, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Match

HJK punish FC Lahti for switching off

2 goals to the good, and then a slow surrender of everything that had been earned. Neemias will not be the one blamed for it, but nobody at FC Lahti escapes the conversation that follows a collapse like this.

The terraces

A cup hiding at HJK leaves FC Lahti explaining themselves

1-4, and long before the end the away end had switched from encouragement to something considerably more pointed. Nobody rings a phone-in about losing narrowly.

Squad

6 saves: Aatu Hakala was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Yohan Cassubie

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

Neemias has a hand in both — 7.98

One scored and one made, which is a different afternoon from scoring twice and an easier one to overlook. Marked 7.98, and involved in 2 of his side's goals.

Squad

Words at FC Lahti training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Romain Sans 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.

Transfer targets

FC Lahti rebuffed over Nicolás Baigorria

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. San Telmo have kept their man, and FC Lahti go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Aatu Hakala

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

4 Edition

The FC Lahti Post

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Joel Lehtonen was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 38. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Match

FC Lahti through in the cup

A 1‑0 win over HIFK, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Market

Osku Maukonen’s move to HJK falls through

The deal that would have taken Osku Maukonen to HJK has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to FC Lahti with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

Transfer targets

Tarik Karic will not be coming to FC Lahti

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Malmo FF is saying, and nobody at FC Lahti is enjoying the guessing.

Squad

A row about effort at FC Lahti

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Romain Sans was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

FC Lahti rebuffed over Matías Bergara

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Nueva Chicago have kept their man, and FC Lahti go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match

FC Lahti come up short against KuPS

KuPS left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Transfer targets

The window shuts on the Aatu Kujanpää deal

FC Lahti ran out of time with HIFK. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Tòfol Montiel

Marked 8.08 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

In brief

3 Edition

The FC Lahti Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Yohan Cassubie runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 40. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

FC Lahti march on in the cup

VPS are out and FC Lahti go through, 1‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Match

Aaron Lindholm wins it after the whistle should have gone

99 minutes played. Aaron Lindholm found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and VPS went from a point to nothing inside one movement.

Transfer targets

$110.0K settles it between the clubs for Aatu Kujanpää

HIFK have accepted the money. What FC Lahti do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

Boardroom

Window shuts: 16 in, 0 out at FC Lahti

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 16 arrived, 0 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Squad

A falling-out at FC Lahti

Aatu Hakala and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets

FC Lahti rebuffed over Piotr Parzyszek

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. KuPS have kept their man, and FC Lahti go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Transfer targets

No deal for Aniis Machaal at that price

FC Lahti offered $42.0K; SJK said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Boardroom

FC Lahti beat the market to Akon Kuek from VPS

VPS will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Akon Kuek has pre-agreed a move to FC Lahti, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.

In brief

2 Edition

The FC Lahti Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

FC Lahti say no — this time

The offer from HJK for Osku Maukonen was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Joel Lehtonen

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Tempers go at FC Lahti

Aatu Hakala was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets

An offer of $42.0K for Aniis Machaal

FC Lahti have gone to SJK with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Squad

Erik Andersson falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market

One of our own: Riku Kamara joins the FC Lahti first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Riku Kamara is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

One of our own: Teemu Arajuuri joins the FC Lahti first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Teemu Arajuuri is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Juho Lod steps up from the FC Lahti academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Juho Lod has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Squad

Tatu Varmanen has outgrown this division

There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. FC Lahti know it, and so does everybody who watches him.

In brief

1 Edition

The FC Lahti Post

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings

Martim Ferreira runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 41. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

Cruel end for IFK Mariehamn as FC Lahti pounce

There is no crueller way to lose a football match. FC Lahti scored in the 94th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.

Squad

Yohan Cassubie signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Yohan Cassubie and FC Lahti agree another 4 years.

Squad

Aatu Hakala 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 FC Lahti this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Eyes on Osku Maukonen again

The phone has started ringing about Osku Maukonen again, and this time the name on the line is IFK Mariehamn. FC Lahti are listening politely and promising nothing.

Transfer targets

Olimpia tell FC Lahti: Fredy Colmán is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Otso Koskinen

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match

FC Lahti get the job done against IFK Mariehamn

A 1‑0 win over IFK Mariehamn, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Words at FC Lahti training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Armend Kabashi 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.

In brief