Turun Kisa-Veikot (TuKV for short) is a sports club from
Turku
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
,
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 founded in the then-independent municipality,
Maaria
Maaria (''S:t Marie'' in Swedish) is a former municipality of Finland in what is now the northern part of the city of Turku. The area has been inhabited since the Iron Age, and it became an important village in the 15th century with the construct ...
, area where they still operate and own a club house. It was established in 1930 as ''Maarian Kisa-Veikot''. Football was played since the formation of the club, other sections include
futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football.
Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...
,
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
,
roller hockey,
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...
and
capoeira, they also run
amateur theatre. The club is a member of the
Finnish Workers' Sports Federation, abbreviated as ''TUL''.
Football
Football was part of clubs sports since foundation. They played in Finnish workers sports federation first level in 1938, 1939 and 1940 seasons. In 1943-44 Season they were qualified to
Mestaruussarja but withdrew together with other TUL club
Tampereen Pallo-Veikot
Tampereen Pallo-Veikot (TPV) is a Finnish football club, based in Tampere. The club plays in the Kakkonen, the third highest level of football in Finland. It is the second largest football club in the Pirkanmaa region in terms of active members, ...
before last round, this was the first season when Finnish FA and TUL clubs played in the same premiership. After WWII they played in the second level of TUL Leagues and were qualified for 1948 mestaruussarja. Between 1950 and 1953 they played in TUL competitions and when lower levels were also unified with Finnish FA in 1954 they started from third tier
Maakuntasarja. In 2019 season their first team plays in sixth tier, Vitonen.
Season to Season
*1 season in ''
Mestaruussarja''
*4 seasons in ''
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 ...
''
*11 seasons in ''
Maakuntasarja''
*6 seasons in ''
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 ...
''
*15 seasons in ''
Nelonen''
*17 seasons in ''
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 ...
''
*1 season in ''
Kutonen''
References
External links
Official site*
Finnish Wikipedia
Sports clubs and teams in Finland
Football clubs in Finland
Sport in Turku
1930 establishments in Finland
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