Rosenlewin Urheilijat-38, RU-38 for short, was a sports club based in Pori,

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. It was founded in 1938 by the W. Rosenlew Company. The club was best known by its football and

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sections. In 1967 RU-38 merged with another local club, Karhut, forming a new club named Ässät. The athletes of RU-38 were usually semi-professionals. They had a job at the company's factories and could use their working hours in training.

Football

In the 1950s RU-38 recruited several Finnish national team players, such as Aimo Sommarberg and Stig-Göran Myntti and was promoted to the national top league in 1958. The next season club finished 2nd in

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. 1960 RU-38 played in the

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final by losing 1–3 for

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. After RU-38 was merged with Karhut, Ässät inherited RU-38's football section.

Season to season

*2 seasons in ''

'' *16 seasons in '' Suomensarja'' *5 seasons in '' Maakuntasarja''

Ice hockey

RU-38 was promoted to the top hockey league SM-sarja in 1964. Club won the Finnish championship in

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. RU-38 also made a short appearance in British espionage film

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that was partly shot in Finland. They performed a hockey fight with another Finnish team

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Other sports

The most notable other athletes representing RU-38 were 1500-metre world record holder Olavi Salonen and

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pole vault bronze medalist Eeles Landström. The club also had bandy on its programme.

Honors

*Football: :Finnish championship: runners-up 1959 :Finnish Cup: runners-up 1960 :Football Association of Finland Satakunta district champions: 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967 *Ice hockey :Finnish champions: 1967 :Finnish Cup winners: 1965

External links

RU-38 football history (in Finnish)

References

{{Reflist Football clubs in Finland Association football clubs established in 1938 Bandy clubs established in 1938 Association football clubs disestablished in 1967 1938 establishments in Finland 1967 disestablishments in Finland Defunct bandy clubs in Finland Ässät