Pallo-Iirot


Pallo-Iirot is a football club from Rauma in Finland. The club was formed in 1930 and their home ground is at the Äijänsuon stadion. The men's first team currently plays in the Kakkonen. The Chairman of Pallo-Iirot is Tarmo Salvi.

Background

The club was known as Iirot when it was established in 1930 and it has since taken a number of forms:
  • Iirot Rauma until 1968
  • Hakrit Rauma from 1969 to 1981
  • Pallo-Iirot Rauma since 1982
In the 1940s, the club also played bandy for a few years.
At the beginning of the 1990s the leading football clubs in Rauma, namely Rauman Pallo and Pallo-Iirot, merged to form Rauman Pallo-Iirot. A few years later the name reverted to Pallo-Iirot. The other club based in the town is FC Rauma.
Since 1982 Pallo-Iirot has played 14 seasons in the Ykkönen, the second tier of Finnish football, in the periods 1984–85, 1991, 1993–2001 and 2004–05.
They also have had six spells in the third tier, the Kakkonen, covering 12 seasons from 1983, 1986–87, 1990, 1992, 2002–03 and 2006 to the present day.
The club has approximately 1,000 members comprising both boys and girls and offers the whole family the possibility to engage in football.

Season to season

SeasonLevelDivisionSectionAdministrationPositionMovements
1931Tier 3Piirinsarja Finnish FA 'Lost Final
1932Unknown
1933Tier 2B-Sarja 'QualifiersFinnish FA '
1934Tier 2B-Sarja 'Western GroupFinnish FA '5th
1935Unknown
1936Unknown
1937Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Finnish FA 'Promoted
1938Tier 2Itä-Länsi Sarja 'West League, Northern GroupFinnish FA '5th
1939Tier 2Itä-Länsi Sarja 'West League, Group 3Finnish FA '5th
1940–41Tier 3C-Sarja 'Group 2Finnish FA '2nd
1943–44Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Cup FormatFinnish FA '1st round
1945Tier 2Suomensarja 'Group BFinnish FA '6thRelegated
1945–46Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Satakunta GroupFinnish FA '2nd
1946–47Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Satakunta GroupFinnish FA '3rd
1947–48Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Satakunta GroupFinnish FA '2nd
1948Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'West Group AFinnish FA '4th
1949Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'West Group BFinnish FA '2ndPromotion Playoff
1950Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'West Group BFinnish FA '4th
1951Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'West Group BFinnish FA '2nd
1952Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'West Group BFinnish FA '5th
1953Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'West Group BFinnish FA '5th
1954Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'West Group IFinnish FA '3rd
1955Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'West Group IFinnish FA '1stPromotion Playoff – Promoted
1956Tier 2Suomensarja 'West GroupFinnish FA '6th
1957Tier 2Suomensarja 'West GroupFinnish FA '10thRelegated
1958Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Group 4Finnish FA '2nd
1959Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Group 5Finnish FA '2nd
1960Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Group 4Finnish FA '2nd
1961Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Group 6Finnish FA '1stPromoted
1962Tier 2Suomensarja 'West GroupFinnish FA '5th
1963Tier 2Suomensarja 'West GroupFinnish FA '7th
1964Tier 2Suomensarja 'West GroupFinnish FA '8th
1965Tier 2Suomensarja 'West GroupFinnish FA '5th
1966Tier 2Suomensarja 'West GroupFinnish FA '11thRelegated
1967Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Group 4Finnish FA '5th
1968Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Group 4Finnish FA '3rd
1969Tier 3Maakuntasarja 'Group 3Finnish FA '8thMerger with Lukko to Hakrit Rauma. Relegation Playoff
1970Tier 33. Divisioona 'Group 3Finnish FA '8thHakrit Rauma
1971Tier 33. Divisioona 'Group 3Finnish FA '5thHakrit Rauma
1972Tier 33. Divisioona 'Group 3Finnish FA '9thHakrit Rauma. Relegation Playoff – Relegated
1973Tier 54. Divisioona 'Group 6Finnish FA'1stHakrit Rauma. Promoted
1974Tier 43. Divisioona 'Group 4Finnish FA '6thHakrit Rauma
1975Tier 43. Divisioona 'Group 4Finnish FA '4thHakrit Rauma
1976Tier 43. Divisioona 'Group 4Finnish FA '2ndHakrit Rauma
1977Tier 43. Divisioona 'Group 4Finnish FA '1stHakrit Rauma. Promoted
1978Tier 32. Divisioona 'West GroupFinnish FA '8thHakrit Rauma
1979Tier 32. Divisioona 'West GroupFinnish FA '5thHakrit Rauma
1980Tier 32. Divisioona 'West GroupFinnish FA '9thHakrit Rauma. Relegation Playoff – Relegated
1981Tier 43. Divisioona 'Group 4Finnish FA '3rdHakrit Rauma
1982Tier 43. Divisioona 'Group 4Finnish FA '1stPromotion Playoff – Promoted
1983Tier 32. Divisioona 'West GroupFinnish FA '1stPromotion Playoff – Promoted
1984Tier 2 1. Divisioona 'Finnish FA '8th
1985Tier 2 1. Divisioona 'Finnish FA '11thRelegated
1986Tier 32. Divisioona 'West GroupFinnish FA '5th
1987Tier 32. Divisioona 'West GroupFinnish FA '10thRelegated
1988Tier 43. Divisioona 'Group 4Finnish FA '6th
1989Tier 43. Divisioona 'Group 4Finnish FA '1stPromoted
1990Tier 32. Divisioona 'West GroupFinnish FA '1stPromoted
1991Tier 2 1. Divisioona 'Finnish FA '10thRelegated
1992Tier 32. Divisioona 'West GroupFinnish FA '1stPromoted
1993Tier 2 Ykkönen 'Finnish FA '10thRelegation Group -5th
1994Tier 2 Ykkönen 'Finnish FA '6th
1995Tier 2 Ykkönen 'Finnish FA '6th
1996Tier 2 Ykkönen 'North GroupFinnish FA '4th
1997Tier 2 Ykkönen 'North GroupFinnish FA '6thRelegation Group – 1st
1998Tier 2 Ykkönen 'South GroupFinnish FA '7thRelegation Group – 3rd
1999Tier 2 Ykkönen 'North GroupFinnish FA '6thRelegation Group – 1st
2000Tier 2 Ykkönen 'North GroupFinnish FA '7thRelegation Group – 7th
2001Tier 2 Ykkönen 'North GroupFinnish FA '9thRelegated
2002Tier 3Kakkonen 'West GroupFinnish FA '8th
2003Tier 3Kakkonen 'West GroupFinnish FA '1stPlay-offs – Promoted
2004Tier 2 Ykkönen 'Finnish FA '10th
2005Tier 2 Ykkönen 'Finnish FA '14thRelegated
2006Tier 3Kakkonen 'Group BFinnish FA '6th
2007Tier 3Kakkonen 'Group BFinnish FA '9th
2008Tier 3Kakkonen 'Group BFinnish FA '6th
2009Tier 3Kakkonen 'Group BFinnish FA '5th
2010Tier 3Kakkonen 'Group BFinnish FA '4th
2011Tier 3Kakkonen 'Group BFinnish FA '3rd
2012Tier 3Kakkonen 'West GroupFinnish FA '3rd
2013Tier 3Kakkonen 'West GroupFinnish FA '3rd
2014Tier 3Kakkonen 'West GroupFinnish FA '8th
2015Tier 3Kakkonen 'West GroupFinnish FA '8thRelegated
2016Tier 4Kolmonen 'TampereenFinnish FA '3rd
2017Tier 4Kolmonen 'Länsi-SuomenFinnish FA '3rd
2018Tier 4Kolmonen 'Länsi-SuomenFinnish FA '1stPromoted
2019Tier 3Kakkonen 'Group BFinnish FA '7th
2020Tier 3Kakkonen 'Group BFinnish FA '12thRelegated
2021Tier 4Kolmonen 'Group AFinnish FA '1stPromotion Playoff
2022Tier 4Kolmonen 'Group AFinnish FA '1stPromoted
2023Tier 3Kakkonen 'Group BFinnish FA '8th
2024Tier 4Kakkonen 'Group BFinnish FA '6th
2025Tier 4Kakkonen 'Group BFinnish FA