AC Oulu (ACO) is a

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football club based in Oulu. Formed in 2002, the club have played two seasons in Finland's highest football league

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and seven seasons in the second highest league

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. The club are currently playing in

. They currently play their home games at

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, 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

in the early '90s as the most recent team from Oulu to play top-tier Finnish football. After four seasons in the

, AC Oulu reached the Finlands highest football league Veikkausliiga in 2007. However, they were relegated back to the

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 finishing top of the

. Having finished 11th in 2010 season the club were initially going to continue in the Veikkausliiga for the 2011 season. However, they were denied a league licence for financial reasons and therefore dropped down to the

History

Current squad

Out on loan

Management and boardroom

Management

Boardroom

Statistics

Season to season

References

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