Porin Ässät (; Finnish for Pori Aces) was a

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club from

Pori Pori (; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Satakunta. It is located on the west coast of the country, on the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Pori is approximately , while the Pori sub-region, sub-region has a population of a ...

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. It was established in 1967 as two local sports clubs Karhut and RU-38 merged. The football section was dissolved in 1981 and today

Ässät Ässät or Ässä may refer to: *HC Ässät Pori Oy, Finnish sports club **Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) **Porin Ässät (women's ice hockey) **Porin Ässät (men's football) **PATA (esports) *, Finnish band from Oulu *S Group, Finnish Consumer ...

is known as an

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club. Ässät played two seasons in the Finnish premier division

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 (1908-1929) ...

(

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) and two seasons in the second tier

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, spec ...

(1970, 1971). In 1970 Ässät won the U-19 Finnish Championship title.

History

Ässät was established in 1967 when two clubs from Pori, Porin Karhut and RU-38, merged. The ice hockey team of Ässät got Karhut's place in the

SM-sarja SM-Sarja was the top level of ice hockey in Finland from 1928 to 1975. SM-sarja is a common abbreviation for ''Suomen mestaruussarja'', "Finnish Championship Series". There was variable number of teams playing for the Finnish championship dur ...

, while the Ässät's football team inherited RU-38's place in the

. The Karhut football team continued its activities for one more season as Ässät's secondary team in

, the second-tier league of Finland at the time. Ässät played its first two seasons in the

, the Premier League of Finland. Ässät got relegated to II Divisioona at the end of the 1969 season and never got promoted to the top-tier again. After two seasons of playing in the 2nd division, Ässät was relegated to the 3rd division. Ässät won the A-junior Finnish Championship in 1970. In 1972, Ässät was promoted back to the 2nd division, but realignment placed the division in the third-tier. Ässät came in 2nd in the 2nd division in 1973, but lost in the promotion qualifiers to

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(TuTo). Ässät got relegated to the 3rd division in 1978, but only played there for one season before getting promoted back. Ässät played two more seasons in the 2nd division before being relegated and disestablished in 1981 and had all its players moved to the newly formed Porin Palloilijat.

Season to season

*2 seasons in ''Mestaruussarja'' *10 season in ''II Divisioona'' *2 season in ''III Divisioona''

Alumni

* Esa Furuholm *

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Juha Granath Juha is a masculine given name of Finnish origin derived from Johannes (or John in English language contexts). Notable people with the name include: * Juha Alén, Finnish ice hockey player * Juha Gustafsson, Finnish ice hockey player * Juha Hak ...

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Tapio Koskinen Tapio Kalervo Koskinen (born 22 January 1953 in Pori, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Ässät. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame The Finnish Hockey Hall of F ...

Pertti Lundell Pertti "Lunkka" Lundell (born 12 August 1952) is a Finnish football manager. He is currently working as a youth coach for a Finnish club Musan Salama. Lundell has been coaching 11 seasons in the Finnish premier divisions Mestaruussarja and Veik ...

Jarmo Manninen Jarmo Manninen (born 11 March 1951)European National Football 1872–2013 ...

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Pekka Rautakallio Pekka Olavi "Rocky" Rautakallio (born July 25, 1953) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman and coach. He played 14 seasons in Finland's SM-sarja and SM-liiga between 1968 and 1987 for Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey), Ässät and ...

Seppo Sairanen Seppo Sairanen (born 23 March 1952) is a Finnish football manager and a former football goalkeeper. He played eight seasons and 150 matches in the Finnish premier division Mestaruussarja for Ässät, Pyrkivä, Ilves and PPT. Sairanen was lat ...

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Honors

II Divisioona

Western Group winner (1): ''1973 (promotion playoff),'' Western Group runner-up (1): 1974,

III Divisioona

Group 3 winner (1): ''1972 (promoted),'' Group 3 runner-up (1): 1979 (promoted),

A-junior

Finnish Championship (1): ''1970''

References

Football clubs in Finland Association football clubs established in 1967 Association football clubs disestablished in 1981 Sport in Pori Porin Ässät (men's football) Sports clubs and teams in Satakunta {{Finland-footyclub-stub