Luvian Veto (abbreviated LuVe) is a sports club from

Luvia Luvia is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to Eurajoki on 1 January 2017. It was located in the province of Western Finland, part of the Satakunta region. The municipality covered an area of of which was water.Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. The club was formed in 1930 and currently has sections covering

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and fitness. The men's football first team currently plays in the Nelonen (Fourth Division). Their home ground is at the Tasala Park.

Background

LuVe have always competed in the lower divisions of the Finnish football league. However, since the club re-entered the league in 2003 they have made steady progress over the last 8 seasons gaining respective promotions from the Vitonen (Fifth Division) in 2004 and Nelonen (Fourth Division) in 2009. Playing in the

Kolmonen Kolmonen or III divisioona is the fourth level in the league system of Finnish football and comprises 104 Finnish football teams. The III divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mid-1990s became known as the Kolmonen (''Number Three'' in En ...

(Third Division) in the 2010 season represents a new challenge for the club.

Season to season

Club Structure

Luvian Veto run a large number of teams including 2 men's team, 1 ladies team, 2 men's veterans team and 8 boys teams. The club also run

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teams in the winter months..

2010 season

LuVe Men's Team are competing in the

(Third Division) section administered by the Satakunta SPL. This is the fourth highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2009 LuVe finished in 2nd place in the Nelonen (Fourth Division). LuVe /2 are participating in the

Vitonen Vitonen or V divisioona is the sixth level in the Finnish football league system and comprises 228 teams. The V divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mid-1990s became known as the Vitonen (''Number Five'' in English and ''Femman'' in Swed ...

(Fifth Division) section administered by the Satakunta SPL.

References and sources

Official Website
* Finnish Wikipedia
Suomen Cup Luvian Veto Facebook

Footnotes

{{Reflist Football clubs in Finland 1930 establishments in Finland