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Laajasalon Palloseura
Full nameLaajasalon Palloseura
Nickname(s)LPS
Founded1978
GroundLaajasalon urheilupuisto,
Laajasalo, Helsinki
Finland
ChairmanTimo Viheriäranta
Head CoachNiko Ruuth
CoachNiko Ruuth
LeagueKolmonen
20164th – Kolmonen (Group B)

Laajasalon Palloseura (abbreviated LPS) is a football club from Laajasalo, Helsinki in Finland. The club was formed in 1978 and their home ground is at the Laajasalon urheilupuisto. The men's first team currently plays in the Kolmonen (Third Division). The Chairman of LPS is Timo Viheriäranta.

Background

The club held their inaugural meeting on 11 September 1978 and 14 people attended who were interested in football. For the early part of their history LPS spent many seasons in the lower divisions of the Finnish football league. In 2003 LPS won their Kolmonen section and subsequently have played 7 consecutive seasons in the Kakkonen (Second Division), the third tier of Finnish football from 2004 to the present day. The most successful season was in 2007 when LPS finished fourth in their section.[1]

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
1980 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 7th
1981 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 12th Relegated
1982 Tier 6 V Divisioona (Fifth Division) Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki) 4th
1983 Tier 6 V Divisioona (Fifth Division) Group 2 Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki) Promoted
1984 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 2 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 4th
1985 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 2 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 6th
1986 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 2nd
1987 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 9th
1988
1989
1990 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 2 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 9th
1991 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 7th
1992 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 2 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 8th
1993 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 4th
1994 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 7th
1995 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 12th Relegated
1996 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Upper Group Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki) 5th
1997
1998 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Group 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) Promoted
1999 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Group 2 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) 8th
2000 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) 7th
2001 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki)
2002 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) 2nd
2003 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) 1st Promoted
2004 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th
2005 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th
2006 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 8th
2007 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 4th
2008 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th
2009 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 10th
2010 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th
2011 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 10th
2012 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Eastern Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 8th
2013 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) South Froup Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 10th Relegated
2014 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) 5th
2015 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 2 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) 4th
2016 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) 5th
2017 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Group 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) 2nd Promoted
2018 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 12th Relegated
2019 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Group 2 Helsinki(SPL Helsinki) 3rd

Club Structure

LPS currently has 3 men's teams for competitive soccer and 2 men's teams for hobbysoccer. For women LPS has one competitive soccer team and one team for hobbysoccer. In addition there is a junior section with 8 boys teams and 3 girls teams providing football for approximately 300 youngsters. The club runs a partseason soccer school at summer and a school for juniors to improve their soccerskills.

The most successful junior team is the B93 -team that plays at the second highest level in Finland, in 1st Division (B-poikien ykkönen) starting autumn 2010.

Kuninkaat

The second ranked men's team is Kuninkaat who currently play under the flag of LPS. The team have excelled at futsal.

2010 season

LPS Men's Team are competing in Group A (Lohko A) of the Kakkonen administered by the Football Association of Finland (Suomen Palloliitto) . This is the third highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2009 Laajasalon Palloseura finished in tenth position in their Kakkonen section.

LPS / Kuninkaat are participating in Section 2 (Lohko 2) of the Nelonen (Fourth Division) administered by the Helsinki SPL.

LPS / 2 are participating in Section 4 (Lohko 4) of the Kutonen (Sixth Division) administered by the Helsinki SPL. In 2009 LPS/2 were relegated from their Vitonen (Fifth Division) section.

Current Squad for the 2012 season

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 Niko Ruuth
2 DF Rwanda RWA Said Ndikumana
3 DF Finland FIN Juha Leukkunen
4 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Erick Dibwe Mupemedi
5 MF Finland FIN Teemu Kankkonen
6 DF Finland FIN Patrik Borg
7 FW Finland FIN Niko Haiko
8 FW Finland FIN Jamy-Tommy Viljamaa
9 MF Finland FIN Georgios Mainas
10 FW Finland FIN Tero Viheriäranta
11 FW Finland FIN Jonathan Hyvärinen
12 MF Finland FIN Topias Hänninen
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW Tunisia TUN Mike Tajini
15 MF Finland FIN Jukka Markkanen
16 DF Finland FIN Nico Siekkinen
18 DF France FRA Didier Emmanuel
19 FW Finland FIN Niko Saukkonen
20 MF Finland FIN Juhani Koivuranta
21 FW Finland FIN Kim Tallberg
22 MF Finland FIN Jani Nuutinen
23 FW Finland FIN Jonathan Korhonen
24 DF Finland FIN Joni Ruuth
— DF Myanmar MYA Kyaw San Chit
32 GK Finland FIN Jussi Hämäläinen

References and sources

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Finland – Divisional Movements 1930–2009". RSSSF Archives. 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
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