Oulun Luistinseura
Oulun Luistinseura is a Finnish multi-sports club, based in Oulu. The club has football, bandy, bowling and floorball sections. Since 2020, the club's football first team AC Oulu/OLS has been the reserve team of Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu and competes in Finnish third tier.
Football
OLS football team was founded in 1941 by clubs bandy players. Throughout the years the club has played mostly in lower divisions, never competing in the highest tier of Finnish football except as a part of short lived merger with OTP called FC Oulu in the early 1990s. The most successful part of OLS is the youth academy which has produced many national team level players.Men's football team earned promotion to Kakkonen for 2014 season.
League history in Football
- 4 season in 2nd Tier
- 37 seasons in 3rd Tier
- 22 seasons in 4th Tier
| Season | Level | Division | Section | Administration | Position | Movements |
| 1956 | Tier 4 | Aluesarja | Group 11 - Oulu | Finnish FA ' | 4th | |
| 1957 | Tier 4 | Aluesarja ' | Group 17 - Oulu | Finnish FA ' | 3rd | |
| 1958 | Tier 4 | Aluesarja ' | Group 16 - Oulu | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Promoted |
| 1959 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | Group 9 | Finnish FA ' | 5th | |
| 1960 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | Group 9 | Finnish FA ' | 6th | |
| 1961 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | Group 9 | Finnish FA ' | 8th | Relegated |
| 1962 | Tier 4 | Aluesarja ' | Group 17 - Oulu | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Promoted |
| 1963 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | Group 9 | Finnish FA ' | 8th | Relegated |
| 1964 | Tier 4 | Aluesarja ' | Group 17 - Oulu | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | |
| 1965 | Tier 4 | Aluesarja ' | Group 17 - Oulu | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | |
| 1966 | Tier 4 | Aluesarja ' | Group 17 - Oulu | Finnish FA ' | 4th | |
| 1967 | Tier 4 | Aluesarja ' | Group 17 - Oulu | Finnish FA ' | 3rd | |
| 1968 | Tier 4 | Aluesarja ' | Group 16 - Oulu | Finnish FA ' | 4th | |
| 1969 | Tier 4 | Aluesarja ' | Group 16 - Oulu | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | |
| 1970 | Tier 4 | 4. divisioona ' | Group 17 - Oulu | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | Merger with Oulun Pallo-Veikot |
| 1971 | Tier 3 | 3. divisioona ' | Group 7 | Finnish FA ' | 4th | as OLS-Veikot |
| 1972 | Tier 3 | 3. divisioona ' | Group 9 | Finnish FA ' | 1st | OLS-Veikot - Promoted |
| 1973 | Tier 3 | 2. divisioona ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 8th | OLS-Veikot |
| 1974 | Tier 3 | 2. divisioona ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 9th | OLS-Veikot |
| 1975 | Tier 3 | 2. divisioona ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 8th | |
| 1976 | Tier 3 | 2. divisioona ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 3rd | |
| 1977 | Tier 3 | 2. divisioona ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Promoted |
| 1978 | Tier 2 | 1. divisioona ' | Finnish FA ' | 12th | Relegated | |
| 1979 | Tier 3 | 2. divisioona ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 6th | |
| 1980 | Tier 3 | 2. divisioona ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 10th | Relegated |
| 1981 | Tier 4 | 3. divisioona ' | Group 9 | Finnish FA ' | 6th | |
| 1982 | Tier 4 | 3. divisioona ' | Group 9 | Finnish FA ' | 6th | |
| 1983 | Tier 4 | 3. divisioona ' | Group 9 | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | Promotion Playoff |
| 1984 | Tier 4 | 3. divisioona ' | Group 9 | Finnish FA ' | 7th | |
| 1985 | Tier 4 | 3. divisioona ' | Group 9 | Finnish FA ' | 3rd | |
| 1986 | Tier 4 | 3. divisioona ' | Group 9 | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | |
| 1987 | Tier 4 | 3. divisioona ' | Group 9 | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Promoted |
| 1988 | Tier 3 | 2. divisioona ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | |
| 1989 | Tier 3 | 2. divisioona ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 4th | |
| 1990 | Tier 3 | 2. divisioona ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 1st | FC OLS - Promoted |
| 1991 | Tier 2 | 1. divisioona ' | Finnish FA ' | 9th | Merged with Oulun Työväen Palloilijat to FC Oulu | |
| 1992-1995 | No first team football | |||||
| 1996 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 10th | As OPP due to FA naming regulations - Relegated |
| 1997 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 8th | Took place of OPS |
| 1998 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 6th | As OPS due to FA naming regulation |
| 1999 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | Promotion Playoff |
| 2000 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 5th | |
| 2001 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 9th | |
| 2002 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Promotion Playoff - Promoted |
| 2003 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen ' | Finnish FA ' | 13th | Relegated | |
| 2004 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Northern Group | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | Promotion Playoff - Lost but Promoted due to bankruptcy of FC Jazz |
| 2005 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen ' | Finnish FA ' | 13th | Relegated | |
| 2006 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group C | Finnish FA ' | 4th | |
| 2007 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group C | Finnish FA ' | 7th | |
| 2008 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group C | Finnish FA ' | 9th | |
| 2009 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group C | Finnish FA ' | 12th | Relegated |
| 2010-2012 | No first team football | |||||
| 2013 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | Northern Finland | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Promoted |
| 2014 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Northern Group | Finnish FA ' | 10th | Relegated |
| 2015 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | Northern Finland | Finnish FA ' | 4th | |
| 2016 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | Northern Finland | Finnish FA ' | 3rd | |
| 2017 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | Northern Finland | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Promoted |
| 2018 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group c | Finnish FA ' | 8th | |
| 2019 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group c | Finnish FA ' | 7th | |
| 2020 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group c | Finnish FA ' | 11th | Remained due to bankruptcy of AC Kajaani |
| 2021 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group A | Finnish FA ' | 8th | |
| 2022 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group C | Finnish FA ' | 4th | |
| 2023 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group C | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Promotion playoff to Ykkösliiga - Promoted to Ykkönen |
| 2024 | Tier 3 | Ykkönen ' | Finnish FA ' | 3rd | ||
| 2025 | Tier 3 | Ykkönen ' | Finnish FA |
Bandy
OLS is one of the most successful clubs in Finland and is the only non-Swedish or Russian-Soviet club to have won the Bandy World Cup, having won the title in 1976. In 1977 and 1990 they were European Cup runners-up.OLS have won the Bandyliiga play-off to become Finnish champions 16 times the first was in 1970 and the most recent title was in 2014. OLS has won the Finnish championship in the following years: 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2009, and 2014.