Vaasan Palloseura
Vaasan Palloseura (or VPS) is a Finnish football club, based in Vaasa. It currently plays in the first tier of Finnish football (Veikkausliiga). The club's current manager is Jussi Nuorela. The club plays its home matches at Hietalahti. VPS played twice in the UEFA Cup in 1998–99 and in 1999–00, 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.
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| Full name | Vaasan Palloseura | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Vepsu, Raita (the Stripe) | |||
| Founded | 1924 | |||
| Ground | Hietalahti, Vaasa | |||
| Capacity | 6,005 | |||
| Chairman | Timo Harri | |||
| Manager | Jussi Nuorela | |||
| League | Veikkausliiga | |||
| 2021 | Ykkönen, 1st (Champions) | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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In spring of 2015 it was announced that the construction of VPS's new stadium would start soon. The construction of the new stadium began in the summer of 2015 and was completed in August 2016.[1]
Achievements
- Winners (2): 1945, 1948
- Runners-up (5): 1932, 1940–41, 1949, 1997, 1998
- 3rd placed (2): 1938, 2013
- Winners (1): 2021
- Runners-up (1): 1972
- Winners (2): 1999, 2000
- Runners-up (2): 1997, 2014
European Campaigns
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | Aggregate |
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| 1998–99 | UEFA Cup | 1Q |  HB Tórshavn |
0–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 |
| 2Q |  Grazer AK |
0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | ||
| 1999–00 | UEFA Cup | QR |  St Johnstone |
1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  IF Brommapojkarna |
2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| 2015–16 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | AIK Fotboll |
2–2 | 0–4 | 2–6 |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  Olimpija Ljubljana |
1-0 | 1-0 | 2–0 |
| 2Q |  Brøndby IF |
0–2 | 2-1 | 2–3 | ||
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Current squad
- As of 6 April 2022.[5]
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Management and boardroom
Management
As of 9 November 2021[6]
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Managers
Nuutti Lintamo (1945–46)- Heikki Kultti (1945–48)
Géza Toldi (1948–49)- Tauno Koistinen (1950)
- Jussi Sillanpää (1951)
- Tauno Koistinen (1952–53)
- Martti Häyhä (1954–58)
- Ole Stolpe (1959)
- Erkki Riihimäki (1960–62)
- Niilo Kinnunen (1963)
- Jussi Sillanpää (1964–68)
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Jovan Jevtić (1969–70)- Kari Dahlsten (1970–72)
- Raimo Hudd (1973)
- Eero Tuhkanen (1974–77)
- Pekka Mäkelä (1978)
- Erkki Myllyaho (1979)
- Esa Virta (1980–82)
- Raimo Hudd (1983)
- Jarmo Meltoranta (1984)
Jerzy Wojtowicz (1985–87)- Jarmo Meltoranta (1988–89)
- Markku Myötänen (1989–90)
- Boguslaw Hajdas (1991–92)
- Jerzy Wojtowicz (1993)
- Bogusław Hajdas (1993–95)
- Tomasz Arceusz (1995)
- Heikki Suhonen (1995)
- Hannu Touru (1996–98)
- Sören Cratz (1999)
- Kimmo Lipponen (1999)
- Jukka Ikäläinen (2000–01)
- Keijo Paananen (2002)
Stephen Ward (2003–04)- Jari Pyykölä (Jan 1, 2006 – June 9, 2007)
- Mika Koivumäki (2007)
- Janne Lindberg (June 18, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007)
- Tomi Kärkkäinen (Jan 1, 2008 – May 15, 2009)
- Petri Vuorinen (Jan 1, 2009 – May 15, 2009)
- Tommi Pikkarainen (2010–11)
- Petri Vuorinen (Jan 10, 2011 – July 28, 2011)
- Olli Huttunen (Jan 1, 2012 – Jun 29, 2015)
- Petri Vuorinen (Jun 29, 2015 – Jul 8, 2019)
- Christian Sund (Jul 8, 2019 – Dec 31, 2020)
- Jukka Karjalainen (Jan 1, 2021 – Jun 17, 2021)
- Jussi Nuorela (Jun 18, 2021–)
References
- "Design: Hietalahden Stadion – StadiumDB.com". stadiumdb.com. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- Jalkapallokirjat 1946–>, Suomen Palloliitto, ISSN 0787-7188
- Helsingin Sanomat, Volumes 1979-1987
- "Tulostus". www.urheilumuseo.fi. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13.
- "VPS - Vaasan Palloseura. Vepsun viralliset kotisivut. Since 1924! - Joukkue". VPS - Vaasan Palloseura. Vepsun viralliset kotisivut. Since 1924!. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- "TAUSTAJOUKOT - LEDARSTAB" (in Finnish). VPS. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- "Timo Harrista VPS Oy:n hallituksen uusi puheenjohtaja" (in Finnish). VPS. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
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