Aalto University Sports Club, AaltoUS, ( Finnish ''Aalto-yliopiston urheiluseura''), formerly known as ''Polyteknikkojen urheiluseura'' (‘Polytechnics Sports Club’) or PUS, is a Finnish sports club founded in Helsinki in 1903. The club was the sports club of the Helsinki University of Technology, but as of 29 March 2010, the name has been ''Aalto-yliopiston urheiluseura'', reflecting the merger of the Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economics, and the University of Art and Design Helsinki into what is now the Aalto University.

History

The name of the club was originally ''Polyteknikkojen voimistelu- ja urheiluseura'' (‘Polytechnics Gymnastics and Sports Club’), but it was soon changed into ''Polyteknikkojen urheiluseura''. Over the years, its sports have included gymnastics,

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 ...

, skiing,

skating Skating involves any sports or recreational activity which consists of traveling on surfaces or on ice using skates, and may refer to: Ice Skating *Ice skating, moving on ice by using ice skates **Figure skating, a sport in which individuals, ...

, basketball, volleyball,

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

, rink bandy, and futsal. Today, Aalto University Sports Club is represented in multiple sports by clubs such as

PUS-Basket PUS-Basket is the basketball club Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately ...

(basketball)
PUS-Hockey
(ice hockey) an
FLOB
(floorball).

Honours

In football, the club participated in some of the very first Finnish championship competitions, winning silver in the first year in 1908 and gold in 1909. However, even before this, the club had won the football competition that was arranged in conjunction of the 1907 Finnish Championships in Athletics. In bandy the club snatched the first two Finnish championships in 1908 and 1909. In 1910 it won silver in this competition. In pesäpallo (“Finnish baseball”) the club participated in the 1930s in many tournaments, such as the "Pikkumaila" (‘Little Bat’), which was arranged to teams that were not in the top flight of that sport in Finland. The club won this tournament in 1930 and 1931.Helsinki Bat Games 1926–2006.
/ref> The club also has won the Finnish Academic Championship in this sport on a few occasions.

References

{{Finnish Champions in Football Association football clubs established in 1903 Bandy clubs established in 1903 Pesäpallo Football clubs in Helsinki 1903 establishments in Finland University and college association football clubs