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AC Oulu
Full nameAC Oulu
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
GroundRaatti Stadium, Oulu
Capacity5,000
ChairmanVille Puukka
ManagerRicardo Duarte
LeagueVeikkausliiga
2023Veikkausliiga, 7th of 12
Websitehttps://acoulu.fi

AC Oulu (ACO) is a Finnish football club based in Oulu. Formed in 2002, the club have played five seasons in Finland's highest football league Veikkausliiga and 16 seasons in the second highest league Ykkönen. The club are currently playing in Veikkausliiga. They currently play their home games at Raatti Stadium, and the club colours are navy blue, and white.

History

AC Oulu was founded in 2002 as a joint initiative of the OLS, OPS, OTP and Tervarit clubs with the aim of bringing top level football back to Oulu. FC Oulu played in the Veikkausliiga in the early '90s as the most recent team from Oulu to play top-tier Finnish football. After four seasons in the Ykkönen, AC Oulu reached the Finlands highest football league Veikkausliiga in 2007. However, they were relegated back to the Ykkönen at the end of their first season in the top division. After two seasons in the second tier AC Oulu won promotion again to the Veikkausliiga at the end of the 2009 season after finishing top of the Ykkönen.

Having finished 11th in 2010 season the club were initially going to continue in the Veikkausliiga for the 2011 season. However, they were denied a league licence for financial reasons and therefore dropped down to the Ykkönen.

Honours

Finnish League Cup

  • Runners-up: 2023

Ykkönen

Current squad

As of 12 August 2023[1]

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 Finland FIN Juhani Pennanen
2 DF Finland FIN Elias Collin
5 DF Ivory Coast CIV Yann Emmanuel Affi
6 DF Finland FIN Riku Selander
7 FW Finland FIN Rasmus Karjalainen
8 MF Finland FIN Jere Kallinen
9 FW England ENG Ashley Coffey
10 MF Brazil BRA Lucas Morais
13 DF Finland FIN Joona Lohela
14 MF Finland FIN Niklas Jokelainen
15 DF Colombia COL Cristian Valencia
19 FW Finland FIN Onni Suutari
22 MF Finland FIN Daniel Heikkinen
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF Finland FIN Yassin Daoussi
24 FW Finland FIN Rony Huhtala
25 DF Finland FIN Eelis Taskila
26 MF Finland FIN Lasse Ikonen
27 GK Finland FIN Nuutti Kaikkonen
28 MF Finland FIN Nestori Kekonen
29 MF Finland FIN Maximus Tainio
30 DF Finland FIN Noah Pallas
35 GK England ENG Calum Ward
44 MF Switzerland SUI Magnus Breitenmoser
47 FW Finland FIN Eemeli Raittinen
63 DF Finland FIN Alexander Forsström
— MF Wales WAL Danny Barrow
— DF France FRA Hamed Dramé

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Finland FIN Aaro Tiihonen (at Gnistan)

Management and boardroom

Management

As of 28 January 2022[1]

Name Role
Portugal Ricardo Duarte Head Coach
Finland Jussi-Pekka Savolainen Assistant Coach
Finland Rauno Ojanen Assistant Coach
Finland Mikko Isokangas Assistant Coach
Finland Jani Luukkonen Goalkeeping Coach
Finland Janne Romo Fitness Coach
Finland Olli Kyösti Technical Assistant
Finland Pasi Moilanen Team Manager
Finland Jari Malmi Kit Manager
Finland Ari Korkala Physiotherapist
Finland Ville Puukka Doctor

Boardroom

As of 15 September 2020[2]

Name Role
Finland Ville Puukka Chairman
Finland Timo Kalermo Vice Chairman
Finland Juho Meriläinen CEO
Finland Markus Heikkinen Director of Football

Statistics

Divisional History

Season to season

T G W D L GF - GA P
2003 Ykkönen 8. 26 9 8 9 37 - 37 35
2004 Ykkönen 5. 26 10 9 7 39 - 33 39
2005 Ykkönen 10. 26 8 7 11 32 - 33 31
2006 Ykkönen 2. 26 15 7 4 53 - 25 52
2007 Veikkausliiga 14. 26 5 7 14 28 - 49 22
2008 Ykkönen 4. 26 10 11 5 40 - 26 41
2009 Ykkönen 1. 26 16 5 5 57 - 24 53
2010 Veikkausliiga 11. 26 8 6 12 31 - 44 30
2011 Ykkönen 3. 24 14 6 4 51 - 22 48
2012 Ykkönen 6. 27 9 10 8 38 - 35 37
2013 Ykkönen 5. 27 11 7 9 36 - 38 40
2014 Ykkönen 4. 27 13 8 6 46 - 32 47
2015 Ykkönen 5. 27 12 8 7 31 - 28 44
2016 Ykkönen 4. 27 12 7 8 50 - 31 43
2017 Ykkönen 4. 27 12 6 9 40 - 40 42
2018 Ykkönen 4. 27 13 5 9 41 - 30 44
2019 Ykkönen 7. 27 7 8 12 34 - 30 29
2020 Ykkönen 1. 22 15 5 2 38 - 16 50
2021 Veikkausliiga 11. 27 6 5 16 21 - 44 23
2022 Veikkausliiga 7. 27 11 6 10 46 - 43 39
2023 Veikkausliiga 7. 27 11 5 11 41 - 45 38

[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Joukkue 2023" (in Finnish). AC Oulu. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Yhteystiedot" (in Finnish). AC Oulu. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Finland - List of League Second Level Tables".
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