Vaasan Palloseura

VPS

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Full name	Vaasan Palloseura
Nickname(s)	Vepsu, "Vepsi"
Founded	1924
Ground	Hietalahti, Vaasa
Capacity	4,600
Chairman	Asko Kamppinen
Manager	Tommi Pikkarainen
League	Veikkausliiga
2009	Veikkausliiga, 8th
Home colours Away colours

Vaasan Palloseura (or VPS) is a Finnish football club, based in Vaasa. It currently plays in the Finnish Premier Division (Veikkausliiga). The club's manager is Tommi Pikkarainen and assistant manager is Petri Vuorinen. The club plays its home matches at Hietalahti. VPS played twice in the UEFA Cup in 1998/1999 and in 1999/2000, but were knocked out in the 2nd Qualifying Round by Grazer AK of Austria and in the 1st Qualifying Round by St Johnstone of Scotland.

Current squad

As of 31 January 2009 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KOR	Kwon Jung-Hyuk
2	DF	FIN	Jani Tanska
3	DF	USA	Greg Eckhardt
4	DF	FIN	Jussi Äijälä
5	MF	FIN	Joacim Tuuri
6	DF	FIN	Jussi-Pekka Savolainen
7	MF	FIN	Tero Koskela (captain)
8	DF	CMR	Yannick Ossok
9	FW	FIN	Jussi Aalto
10	FW	FIN	Antonio Inutile
11	MF	FIN	Eetu Kaipio
12	GK	USA	Brian Pope

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	FIN	Jens Nygård
15	FW	FIN	Kim Böling
19	MF	FIN	Jan Berg
20	FW	FIN	Valtter Laaksonen
21	FW	FIN	Arttu Seppälä
22	MF	FIN	Tony Björk
23	MF	FIN	Jyri Hietaharju
24	GK	FIN	Henry Backman
25	FW	FIN	Pekka Kainu
26	FW	FIN	Markus Hangelin
28	FW	FIN	Sami Salmi

Noted players

• Jussi Jääskeläinen
• Jyrki Huhtamäki
• Juha Reini
• Tommi Kautonen
• Henri Sillanpää
• Tomas Nygård
• Jani Lyyski
• Kimmo Tarkkio
• Tomasz Arceusz
• Dean Edwards (1982-85)
• Roy Essandoh (1998-99) 25 apps 3 goals [1]
• Björn Stringheim

Achievements

• Mestaruussarja/Veikkausliiga:
  • Winners (2): 1945, 1948
  • Runners-up (5): 1932, 1940-1941, 1949, 1997, 1998

• Finnish Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1972

• Finnish League Cup:
  • Winners (2): 1999, 2000
  • Runners-up (1): 1997

External links

• Template:Fi icon Official Site