Finland · Europe UEFA Champions League

KuPS

Kuopion Palloseura

Kit impression

Founded

1923

Years standing

103

Home ground

Väre Areena Kuopio

Capacity

5,0002,700 seats

The Trophy Cabinet

Nickname: Keltamusta (The Yellow-Black)

Adopting KuPS means Europe UEFA Champions League results start mattering to you, a club going since 1923. Not a novelty, a habit.

Cathedral football
Väre Areena Kuopio holds around 50,002,700. Even a routine league game arrives with a noise floor most clubs only reach in a semi-final.
You get a nickname
Known as Keltamusta (The Yellow-Black). That is your new shorthand, your search term and your excuse for buying a scarf.
Easy weekend
Kuopio Airport (KUO) is about 15km from the ground, and Kuopio railway station is 2km closer still. A home fixture is a genuinely doable two-night trip.
The calendar you inherit
Europe UEFA Champions League is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. Finland does not do easy neutrals.

Ground: Väre Areena Kuopio. Go in a day early, find the pre-match pub, buy the programme.

Nearest airport

Kuopio Airport (KUO)

15 km / 9 miles from the ground

Nearest station

Kuopio railway station

1.5 km / 1 miles out

Pulling fixtures and table…

Around the ground

Everything within a short walk of the turnstiles: landmarks, museums and the places worth arriving early for.

Landmarks within a 4 km radius

Opens a map centred on the ground. Two hours before kick-off is the sweet spot.

Route Planner

Tell us where you set off from and we will lay out the walk, drive, train and flight options into the ground, with live route links.