Oulun Palloseura (football)

Oulun Palloseura (OPS) is a Finnish professional football club based in Oulu. Founded in 1925, the club is currently competing in the Finnish fourth tier – Kolmonen.

Full name	Oulun Palloseura
Nickname(s)	OPS
Founded	1925; 100 years ago (1925)
Ground	Raatti Stadium Oulu, Finland
Capacity	4,392
Manager	Erkki Paananen
League	Kolmonen
2022	3rd
Website	http://www.ops.fi
Home colours Away colours

History

The original Oulun Palloseura (Oulu Ball Club) was founded in 1925.

Contemporary club which is now called Oulun Palloseura dates back to 2006, when a third-tier club called FC Dreeverit was cleared to use the name OPS-jp. Next year the competition spot went to a registered association called Oulun Palloseura – jalkapallo ry. and then in 2008 to Oulun jalkapallon tuki ry. which is founded by Miika Juntunen.

In 2009 OPS-jp won the Group C of Kakkonen (the 3rd tier) and was promoted to Ykkönen. Since 2011 the club has been allowed to use the original name of Oulun Palloseura.

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements 2006 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 11th OPS 2007 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd OPS 2008 Tier 3 Ykkönen (Prineiro Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd OPS 2009 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promoted 2010 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th 2011 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd 2012 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th 2013 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th Relegated 2014 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Northern Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th 2015 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Northern Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 4th 2016 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) C Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promoted 2017 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 8th 2018 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) ? 6 seasons in Ykkönen 7 seasons in Kakkonen

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FIN Juhani Pennanen 2 DF  FIN Antti Ulander 3 DF  FIN Joni Leskelä 5 DF  FIN Jere Moilanen 6 FW  NGA Felix Orishani 7 MF  FIN Matias Juntunen 8 FW  BRA Thiago Trindade 9 MF  FIN Oskari Rounaja 10 MF  FIN Joni Lämsä 11 DF  CIV Boliguibya Ouattara 11 MF  FIN Valtteri Tikkanen

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  BRA Dennys Rodrigues 14 FW  FIN Konstantin Belov 15 DF  BEN Seidou Guero 16 DF  FIN Joona Juntunen 17 FW  FIN Samuel Säily 18 DF  FIN Eelis Koskinen 19 FW  BRA Leandro Costa 20 MF  FIN Arttu Haapala 21 DF  NGA Augustine Jibrin 22 DF  ARG Martín Pavez 25 FW  NGA Michael Nzekwe

External links

• Official website (in Finnish)