SM League|HPK’s season has started poorly.
in the SM league The coaching staff of the playing Hämeenlinna Pallokerho is changing, the club says on their website.
The club fired the head coach Maso Lehtonen and coach To Mikko Sirento-Mannis. The new head coach was appointed with a contract lasting the rest of the season Mikko Manner50.
Manner has won three Finnish championships in his career in Kärpi, including one as head coach and two as assistant coach.
In addition, he has achieved success as a member of the Lions’ coaching team.
He worked in the Kärppie coaching group last season and before that as head coach in Swedish Brynäs.
Manner brings to Hämeenlinna as a new assistant coach with him Olli Hällforsin. The coach continues from the old coaching group Ari-Pekka Selingoalkeeper coach Aleksis Virtanen and physical trainer Markus Jokinen.
HPK:n the early season has gone poorly. The team has only two points after five games.
“HPK has been in a difficult situation for a long time. It is clear that we have made mistakes in many areas. We believe that changing the head coach will change the course of HPK. There is a lot of work ahead in every aspect of the operation”, CEO of HPK Kaj Källarsson said on the club’s website.