The SPL Pohjois-Suomen piiri ''(Northern Finland Football Association)'' is one of the 12
district organisations of the
Football Association of Finland. It administers lower tier
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 ...
in Northern Finland.
Background
Suomen Palloliitto Pohjois-Suomen piiri, commonly referred to as SPL Pohjois-Suomen piiri or SPL Pohjois-Suomi, is the governing body for football in Northern Finland. Based in
Oulu, the Association's Director is Esa Saajanto.
Member clubs
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League Competitions
SPL Pohjois-Suomen piiri run the following league competitions:
Men's Football
* Division 3 -
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 ...
- one section
* Division 4 -
Nelonen
Nelonen () is a Finnish commercial television channel. It started out as Helsinki's local television channel PTV in 1990 on the HTV cable network (now part of DNA Welho), and changed its name first to PTV4. On June 1, 1997, the channel expand ...
- two sections
* Division 5 -
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 ...
- one section
Ladies Football
* Division 3 - Kolmonen - one section
Footnotes
References
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External links
SPL Pohjois-Suomen piiri Official Website
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