FC Lahti hired a new head coach with a multi-year contract

Mikko Mannila is the new pilot in Lahti.

Mikko Mannila as a RoPS coach in September 2020. Matti Raivio / AOP

Playing in the Veikkausliiga Football League FC Lahti informsthat Mikko Mannila is the new head coach of the team.

Mannila’s contract covers the current period 2022, the period 2023 and includes an option for the period 2024.

Mannila, 47, from Pori, last piloted the Rovaniemi Ball Club in the Veikkausliiga.

Chairman of FC Lahti Mika Halttunen comments on the coach’s attachment in the press release.

– We have been following Mikko Mannila’s name for a long time and we are happy to have him in Lahti now. We want to bring about change right away, but at the same time build the future. I think Mikko is the best person for this job.

Mannila replaces the task Ilir Zenelin. FC Lahti is second to last in the Veikkausliiga. The team will next face FC Inter on Saturday, July 2nd.

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