Espoon Palloseura (abbreviated EPS) is a Finnish men's

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 ...

team, based in

Espoo Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...

. The club was founded in 1970 and it currently competes in the

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' (Finnish for 'Number One'; sv, Ettan) is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga), although it is the highest league managed by the Football Association of Finland. The teams also play ...

, the third-tier of

Finnish football league system The Finnish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Finland. The three highest levels are managed by the Finnish FA while the other leagues are managed by the regional departments of the FA. System As of ...

. The club is based at the Espoonlahden urheilupuisto in the

Espoonlahti Espoonlahti (Finnish) or Esboviken (Swedish) (literally ''The Bay of Espoo'' or ''Espoo Bay'') is one of the five major urban areas of Espoo, a city in Finland. It lies along the south-western coast of Espoo, bounded to the west by the bay of the ...

district of Espoo, and its women's team competes in Naisten Kakkonen.Espoon Palloseura haluaa olla paljon enemmän kuin vain kilpailullinen jalkapalloseura

Länsiväylä Länsiväylä (the Western Highway, Swedish: Västerleden) is a motorway in the Greater Helsinki area of Finland, mainly at the Helsinki conurbation. It is part of the Finnish national road 51. The road begins in Ruoholahti in western Helsinki an ...

, 12 December 2020

Season to season

Notable former players

Glen Kamara Glen Adjei Kamara (born 28 October 1995) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Rangers and the Finland national team. He began his senior career at Arsenal, where he made one substitute appearance in the Foo ...

Lassi Lappalainen Lassi Lappalainen (born 24 August 1998) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal and the Finland national team. Club career Early career Born in Espoo in 1998, Lappalainen started hi ...

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External links

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Team profile
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Season stats
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Football Association of Finland The Football Association of Finland ( fi, Suomen Palloliitto, abbr. SPL; sv, Finlands Bollförbund) is the governing body of football in Finland. It was founded in Helsinki on 19 May 1907. The SPL organises the men's and women's national footb ...

1970 establishments in Finland Association football clubs established in 1970 Football clubs in Finland Sport in Espoo