Vaasan Palloseura
Appearance
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Full name | Vaasan Palloseura | ||
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Nickname(s) | Vepsu, "Vepsi" | ||
Founded | 1924 | ||
Ground | Hietalahti, Vaasa | ||
Capacity | 4,600 | ||
Chairman | Asko Kamppinen | ||
Manager | Tommi Pikkarainen | ||
League | Veikkausliiga | ||
2009 | Veikkausliiga, 8th | ||
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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[update] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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