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: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
| Season | Level | Division | Section | Administration | Position | Movements |
| 1931 | Tier 3 | Piirinsarja | Finnish FA ' | Lost Final | ||
| 1932 | Unknown | |||||
| 1933 | Tier 2 | B-Sarja ' | Qualifiers | Finnish FA ' | ||
| 1934 | Tier 2 | B-Sarja ' | Western Group | Finnish FA ' | 5th | |
| 1935 | Unknown | |||||
| 1936 | Unknown | |||||
| 1937 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | Finnish FA ' | Promoted | ||
| 1938 | Tier 2 | Itä-Länsi Sarja ' | West League, Northern Group | Finnish FA ' | 5th | |
| 1939 | Tier 2 | Itä-Länsi Sarja ' | West League, Group 3 | Finnish FA ' | 5th | |
| 1940–41 | Tier 3 | C-Sarja ' | Group 2 | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | |
| 1943–44 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | Cup Format | Finnish FA ' | 1st round | |
| 1945 | Tier 2 | Suomensarja ' | Group B | Finnish FA ' | 6th | Relegated |
| 1945–46 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | Satakunta Group | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | |
| 1946–47 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | Satakunta Group | Finnish FA ' | 3rd | |
| 1947–48 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | Satakunta Group | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | |
| 1948 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | West Group A | Finnish FA ' | 4th | |
| 1949 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | West Group B | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | Promotion Playoff |
| 1950 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | West Group B | Finnish FA ' | 4th | |
| 1951 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | West Group B | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | |
| 1952 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | West Group B | Finnish FA ' | 5th | |
| 1953 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | West Group B | Finnish FA ' | 5th | |
| 1954 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | West Group I | Finnish FA ' | 3rd | |
| 1955 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | West Group I | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Promotion Playoff – Promoted |
| 1956 | Tier 2 | Suomensarja ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 6th | |
| 1957 | Tier 2 | Suomensarja ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 10th | Relegated |
| 1958 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | Group 4 | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | |
| 1959 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | Group 5 | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | |
| 1960 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | Group 4 | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | |
| 1961 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | Group 6 | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Promoted |
| 1962 | Tier 2 | Suomensarja ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 5th | |
| 1963 | Tier 2 | Suomensarja ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 7th | |
| 1964 | Tier 2 | Suomensarja ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 8th | |
| 1965 | Tier 2 | Suomensarja ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 5th | |
| 1966 | Tier 2 | Suomensarja ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 11th | Relegated |
| 1967 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | Group 4 | Finnish FA ' | 5th | |
| 1968 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | Group 4 | Finnish FA ' | 3rd | |
| 1969 | Tier 3 | Maakuntasarja ' | Group 3 | Finnish FA ' | 8th | Merger with Lukko to Hakrit Rauma. Relegation Playoff |
| 1970 | Tier 3 | 3. Divisioona ' | Group 3 | Finnish FA ' | 8th | Hakrit Rauma |
| 1971 | Tier 3 | 3. Divisioona ' | Group 3 | Finnish FA ' | 5th | Hakrit Rauma |
| 1972 | Tier 3 | 3. Divisioona ' | Group 3 | Finnish FA ' | 9th | Hakrit Rauma. Relegation Playoff – Relegated |
| 1973 | Tier 5 | 4. Divisioona ' | Group 6 | Finnish FA' | 1st | Hakrit Rauma. Promoted |
| 1974 | Tier 4 | 3. Divisioona ' | Group 4 | Finnish FA ' | 6th | Hakrit Rauma |
| 1975 | Tier 4 | 3. Divisioona ' | Group 4 | Finnish FA ' | 4th | Hakrit Rauma |
| 1976 | Tier 4 | 3. Divisioona ' | Group 4 | Finnish FA ' | 2nd | Hakrit Rauma |
| 1977 | Tier 4 | 3. Divisioona ' | Group 4 | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Hakrit Rauma. Promoted |
| 1978 | Tier 3 | 2. Divisioona ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 8th | Hakrit Rauma |
| 1979 | Tier 3 | 2. Divisioona ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 5th | Hakrit Rauma |
| 1980 | Tier 3 | 2. Divisioona ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 9th | Hakrit Rauma. Relegation Playoff – Relegated |
| 1981 | Tier 4 | 3. Divisioona ' | Group 4 | Finnish FA ' | 3rd | Hakrit Rauma |
| 1982 | Tier 4 | 3. Divisioona ' | Group 4 | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Promotion Playoff – Promoted |
| 1983 | Tier 3 | 2. Divisioona ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Promotion Playoff – Promoted |
| 1984 | Tier 2 | 1. Divisioona ' | Finnish FA ' | 8th | ||
| 1985 | Tier 2 | 1. Divisioona ' | Finnish FA ' | 11th | Relegated | |
| 1986 | Tier 3 | 2. Divisioona ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 5th | |
| 1987 | Tier 3 | 2. Divisioona ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 10th | Relegated |
| 1988 | Tier 4 | 3. Divisioona ' | Group 4 | Finnish FA ' | 6th | |
| 1989 | Tier 4 | 3. Divisioona ' | Group 4 | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Promoted |
| 1990 | Tier 3 | 2. Divisioona ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Promoted |
| 1991 | Tier 2 | 1. Divisioona ' | Finnish FA ' | 10th | Relegated | |
| 1992 | Tier 3 | 2. Divisioona ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Promoted |
| 1993 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen ' | Finnish FA ' | 10th | Relegation Group -5th | |
| 1994 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen ' | Finnish FA ' | 6th | ||
| 1995 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen ' | Finnish FA ' | 6th | ||
| 1996 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 4th | |
| 1997 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 6th | Relegation Group – 1st |
| 1998 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen ' | South Group | Finnish FA ' | 7th | Relegation Group – 3rd |
| 1999 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 6th | Relegation Group – 1st |
| 2000 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 7th | Relegation Group – 7th |
| 2001 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen ' | North Group | Finnish FA ' | 9th | Relegated |
| 2002 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 8th | |
| 2003 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Play-offs – Promoted |
| 2004 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen ' | Finnish FA ' | 10th | ||
| 2005 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen ' | Finnish FA ' | 14th | Relegated | |
| 2006 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group B | Finnish FA ' | 6th | |
| 2007 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group B | Finnish FA ' | 9th | |
| 2008 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group B | Finnish FA ' | 6th | |
| 2009 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group B | Finnish FA ' | 5th | |
| 2010 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group B | Finnish FA ' | 4th | |
| 2011 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group B | Finnish FA ' | 3rd | |
| 2012 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 3rd | |
| 2013 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 3rd | |
| 2014 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 8th | |
| 2015 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | West Group | Finnish FA ' | 8th | Relegated |
| 2016 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | Tampereen | Finnish FA ' | 3rd | |
| 2017 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | Länsi-Suomen | Finnish FA ' | 3rd | |
| 2018 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | Länsi-Suomen | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Promoted |
| 2019 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group B | Finnish FA ' | 7th | |
| 2020 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group B | Finnish FA ' | 12th | Relegated |
| 2021 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | Group A | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Promotion Playoff |
| 2022 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen ' | Group A | Finnish FA ' | 1st | Promoted |
| 2023 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen ' | Group B | Finnish FA ' | 8th | |
| 2024 | Tier 4 | Kakkonen ' | Group B | Finnish FA ' | 6th | |
| 2025 | Tier 4 | Kakkonen ' | Group B | Finnish FA |
Junior section
Pallo-Iirot has the Seal of approval for football which is an acknowledgement for quality of its youth activities in Finland. The club's youth team's programme is based on the active participation of the parents. P-Iirot welcomes the parents together with their children to join the club activities by becoming the youth teams' coaches, and managers or to otherwise support their children's team's activities.The Nappulaliiga offers sports and games, emphasising football, twice a week for the ages of 3 to 11 years. The programme runs from April until September.