MyPa was founded in December 1947 in the village of
Myllykoski in the then municipality of
Sippola, which in 1975 became part of the town of
Anjalankoski and since 2009 is part of
Kouvola. Before that there had been some small-scale football culture in Myllykoski, so forming a football club was a natural step. The final move came from the local paper industry, which built a football pitch with spectator stands. MyPa was promoted to the highest tier in 1975, but the season ended in relegation.
Veikkausliiga MyPa played continuously in the
Veikkausliiga from 1992 to 2014. From 1993 to 1996 they were runners up four consecutive times under the control of
Harri Kampman. They won a first
Finnish Cup in 1992, and a second in 1995. In 1997
Timo Liekoski was named as the manager of the club, but his employment lasted only one season. He was replaced by
Juha Malinen. From 1999 to 2001, under the control of Malinen, MyPa finished third three times in a row, and finished second in 2002. After the 2003 season Malinen was replaced by
Ilkka Mäkelä. Though dropping to 8th in the league, in 2004 MyPa won a third Finnish Cup, and the following season won their first
league championship. The seasons following the championship were marked by mixed success. Mäkelä resigned during the 2007 season after a series of losses, and the former assistant coach
Janne Hyppönen became the new manager. Hyppönen was sacked in September 2008 and assistant
Janne Lindberg took over in a caretaker capacity for the rest of the season. In the 2009 season the club changed their spelling from 'MyPa' to 'MYPA'. In the same season under Lindberg MYPA finished ninth, which was their worst placement in Veikkausliiga. MYPA was denied league licence for the
2015 season due to financial troubles, and after at first having accepted a place in the second tier
Ykkönen, finally withdrew from all professional football on February 13th 2015.
Return MYPA made a return in the 2017 season earning a place from
Purha in the Finnish third division Kolmonen due to Purha having difficulties gathering a team for the upcoming season. In the 2017 Kolmonen season MYPA didn't lose a single match and was promoted to the second division
Kakkonen. Playing in Group A of the second division, MYPA continued their positive endeavors by winning their group, which granted them a place in the promotion playoffs to Ykkönen. They lost the following playoffs to
Tampereen Pallo-Veikot. Due to
PS Kemi relinquishing their place in Ykkönen after getting relegated from Veikkausliiga, MYPA received an invitation to join Ykkönen on their place as first in line for the
2019 season. MYPA accepted the offer and played in Ykkönen for the next two seasons. After struggling on a higher level, MYPA was relegated in the
2020 Ykkönen back to Kakkonen. Losing many key players after getting relegated, MYPA's struggles continued and was relegated back into Kolmonen. After the season MYPA changed their club name's spelling back into 'MyPa'. in
2023 Finnish Cup In 2022 on their first season back in Kolmonen, MyPa was able to stabilize their results and started winning matches more frequently. However, due to losing points in key matches through the season, MyPa narrowly missed the promotion playoffs and came second behind
Haminan Pallo-Kissat. In 2023 after bringing back many key players from the earlier seasons such as
Jari Hassel and
Jussi-Pekka Rämä, results improved and they won the league by a large margin. The championship granted them a direct promotion to Kakkonen for the 2024 season with Rämä being the top goalscorer of the league with 31 goals in 17 matches.
International achievements MyPa has participated in the
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup,
UEFA Cup and
Intertoto Cup. It has faced many clubs like
Boavista,
PSV Eindhoven,
Rapid București,
Liverpool,
Blackburn Rovers and
Dundee United. In 2005 they reached the first round of UEFA Cup but lost the decisive match against Swiss side
Grasshoppers 1–4 on aggregate.
UEFA club competition record Updated 14 February 2015. ==Honours==