Vaasan Palloseura, commonly referred to as VPS, is a Finnish

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club, based in

Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),

. It currently plays in the first tier of Finnish football ('' Veikkausliiga''). The club's current

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Jussi Nuorela Jussi Nuorela (born 11 August 1974) is a Finnish professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of VPS in the Veikkausliiga. Club career Nuorela began his professional career with FC Haka in the Veikkausliiga. He spent on ...

. The club plays its home matches at Hietalahti. VPS played twice in the

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in 1998–99 and in 1999–00, but were knocked out in the 2nd Qualifying Round by

Grazer AK Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletiksport Klub (in Austria the abbreviation GAK is more common), is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria (''Steiermark''). The football section used to be on ...

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and in the 1st Qualifying Round by

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. In spring of 2015 it was announced that the construction of VPS's new stadium would start soon. The construction of the new stadium began in the summer of 2015 and was completed in August 2016.

Achievements

* Mestaruussarja/ Veikkausliiga **Winners (2):

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

**Runners-up (5):

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

, 1940–41,

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

**Third place (2):

1938 Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ** Croatia will adopt the eu ...

* Ykkönen: **Winners (1): 2021 * Finnish Cup: **Runners-up (1): 1972 * Finnish League Cup: **Winners (2): 1999, 2000 **Runners-up (2): 1997, 2014

European campaigns

Season to season

*59 seasons in '' Veikkausliiga'' *21 seasons in '' Ykkönen'' *12 seasons in ''

Kakkonen Kakkonen or II divisioona is the third level in the league system of Finnish football and comprises 36 Finnish football teams. The II divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mid-1990s became known as the Kakkonen (Finnish for 'Number Two' ...

'' *1 season 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 ...

'' Jalkapallokirjat 1946–>, Suomen Palloliitto,

Current squad

Out on loan

Management and boardroom

Management

''As of 10 March 2024''

Boardroom

''As of 24 September 2020''

Managers

* Nuutti Lintamo (1945–46) * Heikki Kultti (1945–48) *

Géza Toldi Géza Toldi (11 February 1909 – 16 August 1985) was a Hungarian footballer. He played for Ferencvárosi TC, and from 1934 to 1938 for the Hungarian national team, serving as captain in 1936. He scored a goal in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Club ...

(1948–49) * Tauno Koistinen (1950) * Jussi Sillanpää (1951) * Tauno Koistinen (1952–53) * Martti Häyhä (1954–58) * Ole Stolpe (1959) * Erkki Riihimäki (1960–62) * Niilo Kinnunen (1963) * Jussi Sillanpää (1964–68) * Jovan Jevtić (1969–70) * Kari Dahlsten (1970–72) * Raimo Hudd (1973) * Eero Tuhkanen (1974–77) * Pekka Mäkelä (1978) * Erkki Myllyaho (1979) * Esa Virta (1980–82) * Raimo Hudd (1983) * Jarmo Meltoranta (1984) * Jerzy Wojtowicz (1985–87) * Jarmo Meltoranta (1988–89) * Markku Myötänen (1989–90) * Boguslaw Hajdas (1991–92) * Jerzy Wojtowicz (1993) *

Bogusław Hajdas Bogusław Hajdas (born 21 July 1939) is a Polish football player and coach. Career Playing career Bogusław Hajdas played for Warta Zawiercie, Lotnik Warszawa and AZS-AWF Warszawa. Coaching career Bogusław Hajdas managed Gwardia Warszawa, Po ...

(1993–95) * Tomasz Arceusz (1995) *

Heikki Suhonen Heikki is a Finnish and Estonian male given name. It derives from a medieval vernacular form of the name Henrik. Notable people with the name include: *Heikki Aho (footballer) (born 1983), Finnish footballer *Heikki A. Alikoski (1912–1997), F ...

(1995) * Hannu Touru (1996–98) *

Sören Cratz Carl Sören Harry Cratz (born 28 September 1948) is a Swedish former football manager. As a manager of Hammarby IF, he won the 2001 Allsvenskan Allsvenskan 2001, part of the 2001 Swedish football season, was the 77th Allsvenskan season playe ...

(1999) * Kimmo Lipponen (1999) * Jukka Ikäläinen (2000–01) * Keijo Paananen (2002) * Stephen Ward (2003–04) *

Jari Pyykölä Jari Pyykölä (born 29 February 1956) is a Finnish football manager. He is currently the Coaching Director of Finnish third-tier club Tervarit. Pyykölä has managed FC Jazz, FC Lahti, KuPS and VPS in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga ...

(Jan 1, 2006 – June 9, 2007) * Mika Koivumäki (2007) *

Janne Lindberg Janne Lindberg (born 24 May 1966) is a Finnish former professional footballer managing Finnish fourth-tier side Sudet. Lindberg joined his local club Kumu as a six-year-old boy where he stayed for 18 years. In 1990, at the age of 24, he move ...

(June 18, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007) * Tomi Kärkkäinen (Jan 1, 2008 – May 15, 2009) *

Petri Vuorinen Petri Vuorinen (born 31 August 1972) is a Finnish 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 tha ...

(Jan 1, 2009 – May 15, 2009) * Tommi Pikkarainen (2010–11) *

(Jan 10, 2011 – July 28, 2011) *

Olli Huttunen Olavi "Olli" Huttunen (born 4 August 1960 in Kajaani) is a Finnish football coach and former goalkeeper. He is the former head coach of the Finnish national team. Considered one of the best Finnish goalkeepers of all time, Huttunen represent ...

(Jan 1, 2012 – Jun 29, 2015) *

(Jun 29, 2015 – Jul 8, 2019) * Christian Sund (Jul 8, 2019 – Dec 31, 2020) * Jukka Karjalainen (Jan 1, 2021 – Jun 17, 2021) *

(Jun 18, 2021–)

References

External links

Official website
{{Finnish Champions in Football Football clubs in Finland Association football clubs established in 1924 Sports clubs and teams in Vaasa 1924 establishments in Finland