Vaasan Palloseura (or VPS) is a

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football 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 (''

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''). The club's current

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is Jussi Nuorela. 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

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and in the 1st Qualifying Round by St Johnstone of

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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 Mestaruussarja (Championship series) was the top division of Finnish football from 1930 to 1989. It was replaced by Veikkausliiga in 1990. In 1930 league format was used for the first time to decide the Finnish champion. Before that from 1908 to ...

: ::Winners (2): 1945, 1948 ::Runners-up (5): 1932, 1940–41, 1949, 1997, 1998 ::3rd placed (2): 1938, 2013 *

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' ( Finnish for 'Number One'; sv, Ettan) is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga), although it is the highest league managed by the Football Association of Finland. The teams also pla ...

: ::Winners (1): 2021 *

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: ::Runners-up (1): 1972 *

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: ::Winners (2): 1999, 2000 ::Runners-up (2): 1997, 2014

European campaigns

Season to season

*56 seasons in ''

'' *20 seasons in ''

'' *12 seasons in ''

Kakkonen Kakkonen or II divisioona is the third level in the Finnish football league system, league system of Finnish football and comprises 36 Finland, Finnish football (soccer), football teams. The II divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mid-1 ...

'' *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 E ...

'' Jalkapallokirjat 1946–>, Suomen Palloliitto,

Current squad

Management and boardroom

Management

''As of 9 November 2021''

Boardroom

''As of 24 September 2020''

Managers

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

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(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 (1993–95) * Tomasz Arceusz (1995) * Heikki Suhonen (1995) *

Hannu Touru Hannu Touru (born 1952) is a Finnish Association football, football Manager (association football), manager. In 1991, Touru was elected as the Finnish Football Manager of the Year, manager of the year by the Finnish Football Association. He still ...

(1996–98) *

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(1999) * Kimmo Lipponen (1999) * Jukka Ikäläinen (2000–01) * Keijo Paananen (2002) * Stephen Ward (2003–04) * Jari Pyykölä (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 (Jan 1, 2009 – May 15, 2009) * Tommi Pikkarainen (2010–11) * Petri Vuorinen (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) * Petri Vuorinen (Jun 29, 2015 – Jul 8, 2019) * Christian Sund (Jul 8, 2019 – Dec 31, 2020) * Jukka Karjalainen (Jan 1, 2021 – Jun 17, 2021) * Jussi Nuorela (Jun 18, 2021–)

References

External links

Official website
{{Finnish Champions in Football Football clubs in Finland Association football clubs established in 1924 Sport in Vaasa 1924 establishments in Finland