Vaasan Palloseura

Vaasan Palloseura, commonly referred to as VPS, is a Finnish football club, based in Vaasa. It currently plays in the first tier of Finnish football. The club's current manager is Jussi Nuorela. The club plays its home matches at Hietalahti. VPS played twice in the UEFA Cup in 1998–99 and in 1999–00, but were knocked out in the 2nd Qualifying Round by Grazer AK of Austria and in the 1st Qualifying Round by St Johnstone of Scotland.
In spring of 2015 it was announced that the construction of VPS's new stadium would start soon. The construction of the new stadium began in the summer of 2015 and was completed in August 2016.

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Achievements

Mestaruussarja/Veikkausliiga
*Winners: 1945, 1948
*Runners-up: 1932, 1940–41, 1949, 1997, 1998
*Third place: 1938, 2013, 2023
Ykkönen
*Winners: 2021
Finnish Cup
*Runners-up: 1972
Finnish League Cup
*Winners: 1999, 2000
*Runners-up: 1997, 2014

Season to season

Season	Level	Division	Section	Administration	Position	Movements
1930	Tier 1	A-sarja		Finnish FA '	5th
1931	Tier 1	A-sarja '		Finnish FA '	4th
1932	Tier 1	A-sarja '		Finnish FA '	2nd
1933	Tier 1	A-sarja '		Finnish FA '	7th	Relegated
1934	Tier 2	Itä-Länsi-sarja '	West Group	Finnish FA '	1st	Promotion Group 1st, Promoted
1935	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	5th
1936	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	7th	Relegated
1937	Tier 2	Itä-Länsi-sarja '	West Group	Finnish FA '	1st	Promotion Play-Off, Promoted
1938	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	3rd
1939	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	6th
1940-41	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	2nd
1943-44	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	6th
1945	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja Karsinta '	Group 1	Finnish FA '	3rd	Qualification to 1945-46 Mestaruussarja, Official Champions via cup-competition
1945-46	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	3rd
1946-47	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	3rd
1947-48	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	6th
1948	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	1st	Championship Rematch, Champions
1949	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	2nd
1950	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	5th
1951	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	8th
1952	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	6th
1953	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	9th	Relegated
1954	Tier 2	Suomensarja '	West Group	Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
1955	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	5th
1956	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	6th
1957	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	7th
1958	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	9th	Relegated
1959	Tier 2	Suomensarja '	North Group	Finnish FA '	5th
1960	Tier 2	Suomensarja '	North Group	Finnish FA '	4th
1961	Tier 2	Suomensarja '	North Group	Finnish FA '	1st	Promotion Play-Off, Promoted
1962	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	10th	Relegated
1963	Tier 2	Suomensarja '	North Group	Finnish FA '	2nd
1964	Tier 2	Suomensarja '	North Group	Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
1965	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	9th
1966	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	9th
1967	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	9th
1968	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	12th	Relegated
1969	Tier 2	II divisioona '	West Group	Finnish FA '	4th
1970	Tier 2	II divisioona '	North Group	Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
1971	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	10th
1972	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	11th	Relegated
1973	Tier 2	I divisioona '		Finnish FA '	3rd
1974	Tier 2	I divisioona '		Finnish FA '	2nd	Promoted
1975	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	7th
1976	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	7th
1977	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja '		Finnish FA '	12th	Relegated
1978	Tier 2	I divisioona '		Finnish FA '	11th	Relegated
1979	Tier 3	II divisioona '	North Group	Finnish FA '	7th
1980	Tier 3	II divisioona '	North Group	Finnish FA '	11th	Relegated
1981	Tier 4	III divisioona '	Section 8		1st	Promotion play-offs, Promoted
1982	Tier 3	II divisioona	North Group	Finnish FA '	3rd
1983	Tier 3	II divisioona '	North Group	Finnish FA '	3rd
1984	Tier 3	II divisioona '	North Group	Finnish FA '	5th
1985	Tier 3	II divisioona '	North Group	Finnish FA '	5th
1986	Tier 3	II divisioona '	North Group	Finnish FA '	2nd
1987	Tier 3	II divisioona '	North Group	Finnish FA '	4th
1988	Tier 3	II divisioona '	North Group	Finnish FA '	9th
1989	Tier 3	II divisioona '	North Group	Finnish FA '	5th
1990	Tier 3	II divisioona '	North Group	Finnish FA '	4th
1991	Tier 3	II divisioona '	North Group	Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
1992	Tier 2	I divisioona '		Finnish FA '	5th
1993	Tier 2	I divisioona '		Finnish FA '	10th
1994	Tier 2	Ykkönen '		Finnish FA '	2nd	Promoted
1995	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	10th
1996	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	7th	Relegation Group – 7th
1997	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	2nd	UEFA Cup First qualifying round
1998	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	2nd	UEFA Cup Qualifying round
1999	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	11th	Relegation Group – Play-offs
2000	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	10th
2001	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	6th
2002	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	11th	Relegation Group – 7th – Relegated
2003	Tier 2	Ykkönen '		Finnish FA '	5th
2004	Tier 2	Ykkönen '		Finnish FA '	6th
2005	Tier 2	Ykkönen '		Finnish FA '	2nd	Play-offs – Promoted
2006	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	9th
2007	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	10th
2008	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	11th
2009	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	8th
2010	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	10th
2011	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	9th
2012	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	8th
2013	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	3rd	UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
2014	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	4th	UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
2015	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	10th
2016	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	4th	UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
2017	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	8th
2018	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	6th
2019	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	12th	Relegated
2020	Tier 2	Ykkönen '		Finnish FA '	6th
2021	Tier 2	Ykkönen '		Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
2022	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	8th
2023	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '	3rd
2024	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga '		Finnish FA '

59 seasons in Veikkausliiga
21 seasons in Ykkönen
12 seasons in Kakkonen
1' season in Kolmonen''

Management and boardroom

Management

As of 10 March 2024

Name

Role

Finland

Boardroom

As of 24 September 2020

Managers

Nuutti Lintamo
Heikki Kultti
Géza Toldi
Tauno Koistinen
Jussi Sillanpää
Tauno Koistinen
Martti Häyhä
Ole Stolpe
Erkki Riihimäki
Niilo Kinnunen
Jussi Sillanpää
Jovan Jevtić
Kari Dahlsten
Raimo Hudd
Eero Tuhkanen
Pekka Mäkelä
Erkki Myllyaho
Esa Virta
Raimo Hudd
Jarmo Meltoranta
Jerzy Wojtowicz
Jarmo Meltoranta
Markku Myötänen
Boguslaw Hajdas
Jerzy Wojtowicz
Bogusław Hajdas
Tomasz Arceusz
Heikki Suhonen
Hannu Touru
Sören Cratz
Kimmo Lipponen
Jukka Ikäläinen
Keijo Paananen
Stephen Ward
Jari Pyykölä
Mika Koivumäki
Janne Lindberg
Tomi Kärkkäinen
Petri Vuorinen
Tommi Pikkarainen
Petri Vuorinen
Olli Huttunen
Petri Vuorinen
Christian Sund
Jukka Karjalainen
Jussi Nuorela