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Oulun Palloseura (football)

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Full nameOulun Palloseura
Nickname(s)OPS
Founded1925; 99 years ago (1925)
GroundRaatti Stadium
Oulu, Finland
Capacity4,392
ManagerErkki Paananen
LeagueKolmonen
20223rd
WebsiteClub website

Oulun Palloseura (OPS) is a Finnish professional football club based in Oulu. Founded in 1925, the club is currently competing in the Finnish fourth tierKolmonen.

History

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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

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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 Ykkönen (Prineiro 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
2015 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Northern Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 4th
2016 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) C Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promoted
2017 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 8th
2018 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) ?

Current squad

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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 Antti Ulander
3 DF Finland FIN Joni Leskelä
5 DF Finland FIN Jere Moilanen
6 FW Nigeria NGA Felix Orishani
7 MF Finland FIN Matias Juntunen
8 FW Brazil BRA Thiago Trindade
9 MF Finland FIN Oskari Rounaja
10 MF Finland FIN Joni Lämsä
11 DF Ivory Coast CIV Boliguibya Ouattara
11 MF Finland FIN Valtteri Tikkanen
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK Brazil BRA Dennys Rodrigues
14 FW Finland FIN Konstantin Belov
15 DF Benin BEN Seidou Guero
16 DF Finland FIN Joona Juntunen
17 FW Finland FIN Samuel Säily
18 DF Finland FIN Eelis Koskinen
19 FW Brazil BRA Leandro Costa
20 MF Finland FIN Arttu Haapala
21 DF Nigeria NGA Augustine Jibrin
22 DF Argentina ARG Martín Pavez
25 FW Nigeria NGA Michael Nzekwe
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