Oulun Palloseura (football)

OPS

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Full name	Oulun Palloseura
Founded	2006
Ground	Raatin stadion, Oulu
Ground Capacity	5 000
Chairman	Hannu Takkula
Manager	Erkki Paananen
League	Kakkonen
2014	Kakkonen (Northern Group), 5th
Home colours Away colours

Oulun Palloseura (OPS) is a Finnish football club based in Oulu. The team is currently playing in the Finnish third tier Kakkonen.

History

The original Oulun Palloseura (Oulu Ball Club) was founded in 1925.

Contemporary club which is now called Oulun Palloseura dates back to 2006, when a third-tier club called FC Dreeverit was cleared to use the name OPS-jp. Next year the competition spot went to a registered association called Oulun Palloseura - jalkapallo ry. and then in 2008 to Oulun jalkapallon tuki ry. which is founded by businessman Miika Juntunen.

In 2009 OPS-jp won the Group C of Kakkonen (the 3rd tier) and was promoted to Ykkönen. Since 2011 the club has been allowed to use the original name of Oulun Palloseura.

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements 2006 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 11th OPS 2007 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd OPS 2008 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd OPS 2009 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promoted 2010 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th 2011 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd 2012 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th 2013 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th Relegated 2014 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Northern Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th 4 seasons in Ykkönen 5 seasons in Kakkonen

Current Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Lauri Rönkkö 3 MF Joni Leskelä 4 DF Nathan Ibe 5 MF Abdul Sesay 6 MF Juha-Matti Huovinen 7 MF Matias Juntunen 10 MF Joni Lämsä

No. Position Player 13 FW Joonas Sohlo 14 FW Konstantin Belov 18 MF Eelis Koskinen 19 FW Juho Toivonen 20 MF Aleksi Autti 23 DF Jan Kesti 25 DF Pekka Räisänen

External links

• Official website (Finnish)