Porin Ässät (; Finnish for Pori Aces) was a

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club from

Pori ) , website www.pori.fi Pori (; sv, Björneborg ) is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäki River, west of Tampere, north of Turku and north-w ...

, Finland. It was established in 1967 as two local sports clubs Karhut and

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merged. The football section was dissolved in 1981 and today Ässät is known as an ice hockey club. Ässät played two seasons in the Finnish premier division Mestaruussarja (

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) and two seasons in the second tier

Suomensarja Suomensarja (sometimes also ''Suomi-sarja'') (‘Finland Series’) was the second highest level of league format association football in Finland from 1936 to 1972. Before the inauguration of the Suomensarja, there had been, in 1930–1935, special ...

(1970, 1971). In 1970 Ässät won the U-19 Finnish Championship title.

History

Ässät was established in 1967 when two clubs from Pori, Porin Karhut and

, merged. The ice hockey team of Ässät got Karhut's place in the SM-sarja, while the Ässät's football team inherited RU-38's place in the Mestaruussarja. The Karhut football team continued its activities for one more season as Ässät's secondary team in

, the second-tier league of Finland at the time. Ässät played its first two seasons in the Mestaruussarja, the Premier League of Finland. Ässät got relegated to II Divisioona at the end of the 1969 season and never got promoted to the top-tier again. After two seasons of playing in the 2nd division, Ässät was relegated to the 3rd division. Ässät won the A-junior Finnish Championship in 1970. In 1972, Ässät was promoted back to the 2nd division, but realignment placed the division in the third-tier. Ässät came in 2nd in the 2nd division in 1973, but lost in the promotion qualifiers to Turun Toverit (TuTo). Ässät got relegated to the 3rd division in 1978, but only played there for one season before getting promoted back. Ässät played two more seasons in the 2nd division before being relegated and disestablished in 1981 and had all its players moved to the newly formed Porin Palloilijat.

Season to season

*2 seasons in ''Mestaruussarja'' *10 season in ''II Divisioona'' *2 season in ''III Divisioona''

Alumni

* Esa Furuholm *

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* Tapio Koskinen *

Pertti Lundell Pertti "Lunkka" Lundell (born 12 August 1952) is a Finnish football manager. He is currently working as a youth coach for a Finnish club Musan Salama. Lundell has been coaching 11 seasons in the Finnish premier divisions Mestaruussarja and Veikk ...

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Risto Puustinen Risto Puustinen (born 28 September 1959) is a Finnish football manager and a former footballer. He is currently the head coach of Musan Salama. Puustinen played five seasons in the Finnish premier division Mestaruussarja for PPT Pori and HJ ...

* Pekka Rautakallio * Seppo Sairanen * Raimo Tuli * Matti Unho

Honors

II Divisioona

Western Group winner (1): ''1973 (promotion playoff),'' Western Group runner-up (1): 1974,

III Divisioona

Group 3 winner (1): ''1972 (promoted),'' Group 3 runner-up (1): 1979 (promoted),

A-junior

Finnish Championship (1): ''1970''

References

Football clubs in Finland Association football clubs established in 1967 Association football clubs disestablished in 1981 Sport in Pori Porin Ässät (men's football) {{Finland-footyclub-stub