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AC Oulu
AC Oulu (ACO) is a Finnish football club based in Oulu. Formed in 2002, the club have played two seasons in Finland's highest football league Veikkausliiga and seven 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 finishin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raatti Stadium
Raatti Stadium ( fi, Raatin stadion) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Koskikeskus neighbourhood of Oulu, Finland. It is currently used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... matches and the stadium holds 4,392 people. It was opened in 1953 and renovated in 2009–2011. References Football venues in Finland Multi-purpose stadiums in Finland Sports venues in Oulu Koskikeskus Sports venues completed in 1953 {{Finland-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (), commonly known as HJK Helsinki, or simply as HJK, is a professional football club based in Helsinki, Finland. The club competes in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. Founded in 1907, the club has spent most of its history in the top tier of Finnish football. The club's home ground is the 10,770-seat Bolt Arena, where they have played since 2000. Generally considered as Finland's biggest club, HJK is the most successful Finnish club in terms of championship titles with 32. The club has also won 14 Finnish Cups and 5 Finnish League Cups. Many of Finland's most successful players have played for HJK before moving abroad. The club has also similar success with women's Kansallinen Liiga. HJK is the only Finnish club that has participated in the UEFA Champions League group stage. In 1998, they beat Metz in the play-off round to clinch their place in the competition for the following season. HJK have also participated twice in the group stages of the UEFA Europa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Ykkönen
League tables for teams participating in Ykkönen, the second tier of the Finnish Soccer League system, in 2004. League table Promotion Play-Offs Jazz Pori as 13th placed team in the 2004 Veikkausliiga and MIFK Mariehamn as runners-up of the 2004 Ykkönen competed in a two-legged play-off for a place in the Veikkausliiga. MIFK won the play-offs 3-2 on aggregate and were promoted to the Veikkausliiga. MIFK Mariehamn - Jazz Pori 1-0 Jazz Pori - MIFK Mariehamn 2-2 Relegation Play-Offs OLS Oulu - VG-62 Naantali 0-1 VG-62 Naantali - OLS Oulu 3-1 KPV Kokkola - Kraft Närpes 1-1 Kraft Närpes - KPV Kokkola 1-1 aet., 1-4 pen. KPV Kokkola (formerly also KPV-J Kokkola) were promoted to the Ykkönen and Kraft Närpes relegated to the Kakkonen. KPV Kokkola won 4-1 on penalties. VG-62 Naantali remained in the Ykkönen after beating OLS Oulu 4-1 on aggregate. References and sources Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation* Ykkösen kausi 2004 Footnotes {{DEFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Ykkönen
League tables for teams participating in Ykkönen, the second tier of the Finnish football league system, Finnish Soccer League system, in 2003. League table HIFK Helsinki withdrew from the Ykkönen and their place was inherited by Korsholm Mustasaari, the highest placed relegated team in 2002. Promotion Play-Offs KooTeePee Kotka as 13th placed team in the 2003 Veikkausliiga and Rovaniemen Palloseura, RoPS as runners-up of the 2003 Ykkönen competed in a two-legged play-off for a place in the Veikkausliiga. RoPS won the play-offs 6-4 on aggregate and were promoted to the Veikkausliiga. RoPS Rovaniemi - KooTeePee Kotka 4-1 KooTeePee Kotka - RoPS Rovaniemi 3-2 Relegation Play-Offs GBK Kokkola - P-Iirot Rauma 1-1 P-Iirot Rauma - GBK Kokkola 3-0 PS Kemi - FC Kuusankoski 2-3 FC Kuusankoski - PS Kemi 2-0 P-Iirot Rauma were promoted to the Ykkönen and GBK Kokkola relegated to the Kakkonen. P-Iirot Rauma won 4-1 on aggregate. FC Kuusankoski remained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Heikkinen
Markus "Mako" Heikkinen (born 13 October 1978) is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a centre back or defensive midfielder. Club career An integral part of the Luton side that finished 10th in The Championship in the 2005–2006 season, Heikkinen collected four awards – the Player of the Year trophy, Players' Player of the Season, Internet Player of the Season and the Luton News Player of the Season. His previous clubs include OPS, TPS Turku, MyPa, HJK, Portsmouth, Aberdeen and Luton Town. Whilst at Portsmouth he contributed two appearances as they won the First Division Championship and promotion to the Premier League. During his two years with Aberdeen, Heikkinen was popular and important player, who usually featured in central midfield, where he had a reputation as a tough tackling and dependable player. Despite repeated attempts by Aberdeen manager Jimmy Calderwood to get the player to sign a new deal, he indicated that he was unsettled at Aberdeen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho
Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (or SJK Seinäjoki or SJK) is a Finnish professional football club from the city of Seinäjoki. The club plays in the Veikkausliiga, the highest tier of the Finnish league system. Their home ground is OmaSP Stadion, which is located near the city center and next to SJK's training facility Wallsport. SJK was formed in 2007 after the merger of TP-Seinäjoki and Sepsi-78. History The early years SJK was formed on 5 November 2007 as a merger between the first teams of TP-Seinäjoki and Sepsi-78. It was told to the public five days later. Sepsi-78 had a board meeting on 24 October and TP-Seinäjoki on the next day. Both clubs supported the merger. Sepsi-78 and TP both gave up their place in Kakkonen. The first signing of the new club was Petri Huttu. There were several negotiations about the merger over the years. The main reason was the inadequacy of players. The clubs continued doing junior work after the merger, but could also have their own team in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moshtagh Yaghoubi
Moshtagh Hossain Yaghoubi (; in Dari: مشتاق حسین یعقوبی) aka Mosa (born 8 November 1994) is an Afghan-born Finnish footballer who plays for SJK. Early life Moshtagh Yaghoubi was born on 8 November 1994 to an ethnic Hazara family in Kabul, Afghanistan. Youth career Yaghoubi grew up in Finland and started playing football at the age of 13 with his local club HaPa. After playing in the youth teams of MP, HJK and PK-35 he joined Honka in 2011. Club career Honka Yaghoubi made his debut for Honka against KuPS on 13 October 2011. Yaghoubi scored his first goal on 27 May 2012 against FC Haka. Yaghoubi made his Europa League debut on 18 July 2013 in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round where Honka lost 1–3 in the first leg to 2012–13 Ekstraklasa runners up Lech Poznań. Pallohonka Yaghoubi played 1 season on loan for the second team of FC Honka. He played 22 games and scored 2 goals. After his loan he returned to FC Honka. Spartaks Jūrmal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IF Gnistan
IF Gnistan (''The Spark'' in English) is a Finnish football club from the city of Helsinki, founded in 1924. The club is currently playing in the Ykkönen, the second tier of the Finnish league system. IF Gnistan play their home matches at Mustapekka Areena. Club's home district is Oulunkylä, which locates in northern part of the capital city. The club is originally Swedish-speaking, but nowadays it is supported by Finnish-speaking majority also. The club was founded by a few Svenska Reallyceum and Åggelby Svenska Samskola students from Oulunkylä in 1924. IF Gnistan were multi-sport club and had several competitive departments including ski, athletics, swim and pesäpallo (Finnish baseball). Football department were founded in 1935, when the club joined Finnish Football Association Helsinki district. Later in the 1950s Gnistan had strong teams in orienteering, women's gymnastics, table tennis and cross country running alongside the classical sports. During the late 1950s the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Thun
Fussballclub Thun 1898 is a Swiss football team from the Bernese Oberland town of Thun. The club plays in the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of the Swiss football league system, following relegation from the Swiss Super League in the 2019–20 season. The club plays at the Stockhorn Arena which accommodates a total of 10,000 supporters, both seated and standing. The club's colours are red and white. The biggest achievements in the club's history are two second place finishes in the Swiss Cup (1955 and 2019), as well as reaching the group stages of the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League. History Until 1995 FC Thun was founded on 1 May 1898. The club played in the second Swiss division, the Nationalliga B (now known as Swiss Challenge League) from 1946 to 1950 and in the 1953–54 season. At the end of the 1953–54 season, the team finished in second place only behind FC Lugano and was promoted to the first division, the Nationalliga A (now known as the Swiss Super Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Breitenmoser
Magnus Breitenmoser (born 6 August 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Finnish club AC Oulu on loan from FC Thun. Professional career On 13 March 2020, Breitenmoser signed a professional contract with FC Thun. Breitenmoser made his professional debut with Thun in a 5-1 Swiss Super League win over Servette FC Servette FC is a Swiss football club based in Geneva, founded in March 1890 with rugby as its first sporting activity, and named after the Geneva district of the same name. The football section was created on 17 January 1900. They play in the S ... on 22 July 2020. International career Breitenmoser was born in Switzerland to a Swiss father and Kenyan mother. He is a youth international for Switzerland. References External links * SFL Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Breitenmoser, Magnus 1998 births Living people People from Wil Swiss men's footballers Switzerland youth international footballers Swiss people of Kenyan descent Associati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calum Ward
Calum Brian Joseph Ward (born 17 October 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for AC Oulu. Career Ward joined AFC Bournemouth in 2013. In March 2019, after loan spells at Wessex Football League sides Totton & Eling and Bashley, Ward joined Thatcham Town on loan. He made seven Southern Football League appearances for Thatcham Town. In July 2019, he joined National League South side Weymouth on a season-long loan deal. In January 2021, he joined Veikkausliiga side HIFK on loan until June. In April 2021, the move was made permanent. On 17 November 2021, Ward joined fellow Veikkausliiga side AC Oulu AC Oulu (ACO) is a Finnish football club based in Oulu. Formed in 2002, the club have played two seasons in Finland's highest football league Veikkausliiga and seven seasons in the second highest league Ykkönen. The club are currently playing ... for the 2022 season. Career statistics References External links * Calum Wardat playmaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armend Kabashi
Armend Kabashi (born 4 December 1995) is a Finnish professional football midfielder who plays for AC Oulu. He began his senior club career playing for Pallohonka, before making his league debut for Honka at age 18 in 2012. Club career Pallohonka He made his first appearance on senior level on 5 May 2011 in the ranks of Pallohonka in a Kakkonen match against Sudet. Honka Kabashi made his professional debut on 6 April 2014 in a Veikkausliiga match for FC Honka against MYPA. Eintracht Braunschweig II In 2015, he joined the reserve side of German club Eintracht Braunschweig in the Regionalliga Nord. Return to FC Honka Kabashi returned to FC Honka in January 2018 and left the club again at the end of the year. However, he returned to the for the third time on 29 August 2019, signing a contract for the rest of the year with an option for one further year. Gnistan After a spell at KPV in the 2020 season, Kabashi moved to IF Gnistan on 21 April 2021, signing a deal for the rest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
