Turun Palloseura (TPS) is one of the oldest

sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

s in

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. It was founded in 1922 and

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department was founded in 1995. The floorball department has over 850 members and it is the third largest floorball club in Finland. Men's team plays in

Salibandyliiga The F-liiga is the top men’s floorball league in Finland. The league was founded as Salibandyn SM-sarja (English: Floorball Finnish Champions-Series) in 1986 by the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL). It was renamed to Salibandyliiga for the ...

and the women's team plays in

Naisten Salibandyliiga F-liiga is the highest-tier of floorball for women in Finland. The league was founded as Salibandyn naisten SM-sarja (English: ''Women's Floorball Finnish Championship'') in 1988 by the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL). The former name, ''Na ...

, both on highest tiers of Finnish floorball.

History

The history of TPS's department of floorball begun in 1995 when a team named ''I.K.A. SBS'' gave their position in the men's top floorball league to TPS. Also a large number of players from I.K.A. SBS transferred to TPS. However, TPS soon fell from the top league to the I-division. It was until the end of season 2006-07 when men won the I-division and rose again to Salibandyliiga.

External links

Official website
Floorball teams in Finland Turun Palloseura Sport in Turku 1922 establishments in Finland {{Floorball-stub