Vaasan PS
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| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | Vaasan Palloseura | ||
| Seat | Vaasa | ||
| founding | 1924 | ||
| Colours | black-and-white | ||
| president | Riku Asukas | ||
| Website | vps-vaasa.fi | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Petri Vuorinen | ||
| Venue | Hietalahti Stadium | ||
| Places | 4,600 | ||
| league | Ykkönen | ||
| 2019 | 12th place, Veikkausliiga | ||
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The Vaasan Palloseura (German Vaasaer Ballverein or Ballverein Vassa ), Vaasan PS or simply VPS for short , is a football club from the Finnish city of Vaasa , which currently plays in the Veikkausliiga , Finland's top division.
history
The club was founded in 1924 and plays its home games in the 4,600-seat Hietalahti Stadium , its club colors are black and white. The club's greatest successes were the two championships in 1945 and 1948. Later, VPS took part twice as runners-up in qualifying for the UEFA Cup , but could not qualify for the main round. In its history, the club has already seen nine promotions and eight relegations. After the last descent in 2002, Vaasa made it again in 2005. No other team in Finland switched between the first and second division as often.
successes
- Finalist (1 ×): 1972
- League cup winners (2 ×): 1999, 2000
- Finalist (2 ×): 1997, 2014
European Cup balance sheet
| season | competition | round | opponent | total | To | Back |
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| 1998/99 | Uefa cup | 1st qualifying round |
 HB Tórshavn
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4: 2 | 0: 2 (A) | 4: 0 (H) |
| 2nd qualifying round |
 Graz AK
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0: 3 | 0: 0 (H) | 0: 3 (A) | ||
| 1999/2000 | Uefa cup | qualification |
 St. Johnstone FC
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1: 3 | 1: 1 (H) | 0: 2 (A) |
| 2014/15 | UEFA Europa League | 1st qualifying round |
 IF Brommapojkarna
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2: 3 | 2: 1 (H) | 0: 2 (A) |
| 2015/16 | UEFA Europa League | 1st qualifying round |
AIK Solna
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2: 6 | 2: 2 (H) | 0: 4 (A) |
| 2017/18 | UEFA Europa League | 1st qualifying round |
 NK Olimpija Ljubljana
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2-0 | 1: 0 (H) | 1: 0 (A) |
| 2nd qualifying round |
 Brøndby IF
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2: 3 | 0: 2 (A) | 2: 1 (H) |
Overall record: 14 games, 5 wins, 3 draws, 6 defeats, 13:20 goals (goal difference −7)
Trainer
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Olli Huttunen (2012)
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Trivia
Well-known fans of the club are the members of the Vaasa punk band Klamydia , who dedicated a song to the club in "VPS Shot" on their album Klamytologia, released in 1998.
Web links
- Official website (Finnish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.rsssf.com Statistics on getting on and off; Football archive rsssf
- ↑ musicbrainz.org
