Kullervo Helsinki


Helsingin Kullervo is a football club from Helsinki, Finland. The club was formed in 1919. It used to participate in number of sports including Bandy, Ice Hockey, Pesäpallo and Athletics but now concentrates only in Football. The club is a member of the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation, abbreviated as TUL. In its early days, Club was a powerhouse in TUL Sports, they won several TUL championships in Football, Pesäpallo, Bandy and Athletics.

History in football

Kullervo was founded on February 7, 1919, after members who participated in Finnish Civil War as a red guards were expelled from Hermannin Kiista. Football was added to clubs program in 1919, football at that time had been largely middle and upper class sport, working class kids played often on the street but their teams were short lived and most players found it hard to enter clubs run by higher social classes, although KIF had several working class players. In April 1919, Kullervo kept their first football practice in Haapaniemen kenttä. In 1919, they participated in SPL Helsinki District competitions. They were only TUL club that had a football team and needed games to play. A member of Kullervo had been friends with members of SPL Helsinki district, and they were accepted to participate by special permit. Their first match was supposed to be against third team of HIFK, but their opponents were too scared to play and did not show up, apparently fearing retaliation from Finnish Civil War, Kullervo was declared winners by walkover, They finally got to play against third team of KIF, they also faced second team of HJK and Jewish club Stjärnan. In summer of 1919, they were forbidden to continue playing in SPL competitions by TUL. As a result, TUL Clubs from Helsinki District were obligated to form football teams, and soon Ponnistus, Jyry and Visa also had a number of teams. They quickly became a leading football club winning 6 first national TUL Cup. Finnish sports at the time were divided between Finnish Workers' Sports Federation and Finnish National Sports Association, they did not compete against each other and TUL members weren't allowed to represent Finland in national teams. In 1942 and 1945, they participated in Finnish Championship that was played in cup format. In 1943–44 season, they participated in first tier qualifiers but did not qualify and participated second tier instead. In 1948, TUL and Finnish FA leagues were merged and Kullervo qualified to Mestaruussarja.

Season to Season

SeasonLevelDivisionSectionAdministrationPositionMovements
1943-44Tier 2Suomensarja Finnish FA '7th
1945-48Tier 1Mestaruussarja 'TUL '
1948Tier 1Mestaruussarja 'Finnish FA '13thRelegated
1949Tier 2Suomensarja 'East GroupFinnish FA '1stPromoted
1950Tier 1Mestaruussarja 'Finnish FA '10thRelegated
1951Tier 2Suomensarja 'East GroupFinnish FA '4th
1952Tier 2Suomensarja 'East GroupFinnish FA '8th
1953Tier 2Suomensarja 'East GroupFinnish FA '6th
1954Tier 2Suomensarja 'East GroupFinnish FA '9th
1955Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'South Group IFinnish FA '2nd
1956Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'South Group IFinnish FA '2nd
1957Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'South Group IFinnish FA '7th
1958Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Group 1Finnish FA '5th
1959Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Group 1Finnish FA '1stPromotion Playoff -
1960Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Group 1Finnish FA '2nd
1961Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Group 1Finnish FA '2nd
1962Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Group 1Finnish FA '5th
1963Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Group 1Finnish FA '4th
1964Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Group 1Finnish FA '4th
1965Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Group 1Finnish FA '3rd
1966Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Group 1Finnish FA '8thRelegated
1967Tier 4Aluesarja 'Group 1Finnish FA '5th
1968Tier 4Aluesarja 'Group 1Finnish FA '5th
1969Tier 4Aluesarja 'Group 2Finnish FA '3rd
1970Tier 4IV Divisioona 'Group 1Finnish FA '4th
1971Tier 4IV Divisioona 'Group 1Finnish FA '3rd
1972Tier 4IV Divisioona 'Group 1Finnish FA '2ndPromotion Playoff
1973Tier 5IV Divisioona 'Group 3Finnish FA '2nd
1974Tier 5IV Divisioona 'Group 3Finnish FA '4th
1975Tier 5IV Divisioona 'Group 4Finnish FA '4th
1976Tier 5IV Divisioona 'Group 1Finnish FA '4th
1977Tier 5IV Divisioona 'Group 1Finnish FA '3rd
1978Tier 5IV Divisioona 'Group 3Finnish FA '3rd
1979Tier 5IV Divisioona 'Group 4Finnish FA '2ndPromotion playoff
1980Tier 5IV Divisioona 'Group 3Finnish FA '6th
1981Tier 5IV Divisioona 'Group 2Finnish FA '7th
1982Tier 5IV Divisioona 'Group 1Finnish FA '5th
1983Tier 5IV Divisioona 'Group 3Finnish FA '6th
1984Tier 5IV Divisioona 'Group 1Finnish FA '3rd
1985Tier 5IV Divisioona 'Group 3Finnish FA '4th
1986Tier 5IV Divisioona 'Group 1Finnish FA '10th
1987Tier 5IV Divisioona 'Group 1Helsinki District '2nd
1988-89Unknown
1990Tier 5IV Divisioona 'Group 2Helsinki District '4th
1991Tier 5IV Divisioona 'Group 1Helsinki District '11thRelegated
1992-97Unknown
1998Tier 7Kutonen 'Group 4Helsinki District '
1999-2003Unknown
2004Tier 8Seiska 'Group 4Helsinki District '6th
2005Tier 8Seiska 'Group 1Helsinki District '5th
2006Tier 8Seiska 'Group 1Helsinki District '4thPromoted
2007Tier 7Kutonen 'Group 2Helsinki District '9th
2008Tier 7Kutonen 'Group 3Helsinki District '7th
2009Tier 7Kutonen 'Group 3Helsinki District '11th
2010Tier 7Kutonen 'Group 3Helsinki District '7th
2011Tier 7Kutonen 'Group 3Helsinki District '13th
2012Tier 7Kutonen 'Group 1Helsinki District '14th
2013Tier 7Kutonen 'Group 4Helsinki District '12th
2014Tier 7Kutonen 'Group 2Helsinki District '16th
2015Tier 8Seiska 'Group 1Helsinki District '8th
2016Tier 8Seiska 'Helsinki District '9th
2017Tier 8Seiska 'Helsinki District '4th
2018Tier 8Seiska 'Helsinki District '17th
2019Tier 8Seiska 'Group 1Helsinki District '7th