Helsingin Palloseura Explained

Clubname:Helsingin Palloseura
Fullname:Helsingin Palloseura
Nickname:HPS, Vihreät Jääkärit (Green Rangers)
Ground:JYA AREENA
Helsinki
Finland
Capacity:2000
Chairman:Kurt Grönlund
Manager:Janne Viljamaa,
Ramiro Muñoz
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Helsingin Palloseura (HPS) (English: Helsinki Ball Game Club) is a sports club from Helsinki, Finland established in 1917. HPS has been active in several sports including bandy, ice hockey, football, handball and basketball.

Historically, HPS men's team is one of the most successful football teams in Finland, winning nine national championships during the 1920s and 1930s. The team is currently playing in the fourth highest league, however. In bandy, the club was the runner-up for the Finnish championship in 1920.

Famous HPS footballers have included William Kanerva, Aulis Koponen, Max Viinioksa, Kai Pahlman, Jyrki Heliskoski and Pertti Alaja.

Football

Achievements

HPS Helsinki's men's team won the Finnish football championship (Mestaruussarja) 9 times and they also played in the European Cup, against Stade de Reims in 1958–59. Their one success in the Men's Finnish Cup (Miesten Suomen Cup) was in 1962.

Brief history of men's team

The first football match played by HPS men's team in September 1918 against HIFK. The club won their first Finnish championship three years later in 1921. It also won the Mestaruussarja championship in 1922, 1926, 1927 and 1929. However, the club's golden age was in the 1930s, when the HPS men won three championships over a four-year period (1932, 1934, 1935).[2] Success at this time was also recognised by the large number of players receiving national recognition by representing the Finnish national side. In the 1940s success was in turn mixed with Finnish football having been disrupted by the war years. In 1940/41 HPS finished bottom of the Mestaruussarja and were relegated but were promoted back to the championship level in 1943/44.

They were relegated again in 1949 and did not compete in the Mestaruussarja again until 1956. They won the championship for the last time in 1957 and were most unfortunate a year later in 1958 when they finished equal on points with KuPS Kuopio to whom they then lost 1–0 in a championship play-off final. They maintained their place in the championship until 1964 when they were relegated, which was the last time that the club competed at the highest level.[3]

There then followed a gradual downward spiral with HPS fluctuating between Miesten Ykkönen (Men's First Division), Miesten Kakkonen (Men's Second Division) and Miesten Kolmonen (Men's Third Division). In 1997 HPS returned to the Kakkonen which culminated in them reaching the play-offs at the end of 1998 season when they drew 0–0 and 1–1 against FC HIFK. However they missed out on promotion on away goals. Disaster was soon to follow as in 1999 HPS abandoned their place in the Kakkonen because of economic difficulties and had no option but to reform in 2000 at the lowest level in the Seiska (Seventh Division). However, in the last 10 years the club have seen 5 promotions and 1 relegation and they are now competing again in the Kolmonen.

European campaigns

HPS men have played in Europe on two occasions, the first time being in the European Cup in the 1958–59 season and the second time being in the Cup Winners' Cup in the 1963–64 season.

SeasonCompetitionRoundCountryClubScoreAgg.
1958–59European CupSecond roundStade Reims0–4, v 0–30–7
1963–64European Cup Winners' CupPreliminary roundŠK Slovan Bratislava1–4, v 1–82–12

Divisional movements since 1930

Top Level (28 seasons): 1930–42, 1945–49, 1956–64
Second Level (18 seasons): 1943/44, 1950–55, 1965–70, 1972, 1974–76, 1983
Third Level (13 seasons): 1971, 1973, 1977–82, 1984, 1988–89, 1997–98
Fourth level (19 seasons): 1985–87, 1990, 1992–93, 1995–96, 2009–19
Fifth Level (5 seasons): 1991, 1994, 2005, 2007–08
Sixth Level (2 seasons): 2004, 2006
Seventh Level (1 season): 2003
Eight Level (3 seasons): 2000–02[4]

Season to season

SeasonLevelDivisionSectionAdministrationPositionMovements
1930Tier 1A-Sarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)3rd
1931Tier 1A-Sarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)2nd
1932Tier 1A-Sarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)1stChampions
1933Tier 1A-Sarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)6th
1934Tier 1A-Sarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)1stChampions
1935Tier 1A-Sarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)1stChampions
1936Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)2nd
1937Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)4th
1938Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th
1939Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th
1940Cup FormatCup-kilpailu (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)Round of 16
1940-41Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)8thRelegated
1942Cup FormatCup-kilpailu (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)SemifinalsWithdraw at semifinals
1943-44Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)1stPromoted
1945Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)3rd
1945-46Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)4th
1946-47Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th
1947-48Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)3rd
1948Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)3rd
1949Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)11thRelegated
1950Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)7th
1951Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th
1952Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th
1953Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)2nd
1954Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)3rd
1955Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)1stPromoted
1956Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)8th
1957Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)1stChampions
1958Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)2nd
1959Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th
1960Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)4th
1961Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)7th
1962Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)6th
1963Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)8th
1964Tier 1Mestaruussarja (Premier League)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)10thRelegated
1965Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th
1966Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)8th
1967Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)7th
1968Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)South GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)3rd
1969Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)South GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)6th
1970Tier 2II Divisioona (First Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)13thRelegated
1971Tier 3III Divisioona (Second Division)Group 1 Helsinki & UusimaaFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromoted
1972Tier 2II Divisioona (First Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th
1973Tier 3II Divisioona (Second Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromoted
1974Tier 2I Divisioona (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th
1975Tier 2I Divisioona (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)7th
1976Tier 2I Divisioona (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)11thRelegated
1977Tier 3II Divisioona (Second Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)3rd
1978Tier 3II Divisioona (Second Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)3rd
1979Tier 3II Divisioona (Second Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)3rdPromotion Playoff
1980Tier 3II Divisioona (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)6th
1981Tier 3II Divisioona (Second Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2ndPromotion Playoff
1982Tier 3II Divisioona (Second Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromotion Playoff - Promoted
1983Tier 2I Divisioona (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)12thRelegation Group 7th - Relegated
1984Tier 3II Divisioona (Second Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)10thRelegated
1985Tier 4III Divisioona (Third Division)Group 2Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)7th
1986Tier 4III Divisioona (Third Division)Group 1Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)3rd
1987Tier 4III Divisioona (Third Division)Group 1Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)1stPromoted
1988Tier 3II Divisioona (Second Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)9th
1989Tier 3II Divisioona (Second Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)12thRelegated
1990Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Group 2Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)11thRelegated
1991Tier 5Nelonen (Fourth Division)Group 1Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki)2ndPromotion Playoff - Promoted
1992Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Group 1Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)9th
1993Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Group 2Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)11thRelegated
1994Tier 5Nelonen (Fourth Division)Group 2Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki)1stPromoted
1995Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Group 2Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)7th
1996Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Group 1Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)1stPromoted
1997Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)9th
1998Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)South GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2ndPlay-offs
1999Withdrew from Kakkonen
2000Tier 8Seiska (Seventh Division)Section 1Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki)9th
2001Tier 8Seiska (Seventh Division)Section 4Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki)14th
2002Tier 8Seiska (Seventh Division)Section 5Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki)2ndPromoted
2003Tier 7Kutonen (Sixth Division)Section 2Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki)1stPromoted
2004Tier 6Vitonen (Fifth Division)HelsinkiHelsinki District (SPL Helsinki)3rdPromoted
2005Tier 5Nelonen (Fourth Division)Section 2Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki)11thRelegated
2006Tier 6Vitonen (Fifth Division)Section 1Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki)1stPromoted
2007Tier 5Nelonen (Fourth Division)Section 1Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki)3rd
2008Tier 5Nelonen (Fourth Division)Section 2Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki)1stPromoted
2009Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Section 1Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)9th
2010Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Section 1Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)6th
2011Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Section 2Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)6th
2012Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Section 1Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)7th
2013Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Section 2Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)6th
2014Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Section 1Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)12th
2015Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Section 1Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)5th
2016Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Section 2Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)5th
2017Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Section 1Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)5th
2018Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Group 2Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)8th
2019Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Group 1Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)3rd

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Junior Football

The club has a youth section running a large number of teams with around 700 players.

Current season Women

For the season 2018 the representative team of HPS, HPS women's I, competes in the Naisten Ykkönen, in the second highest national level.

Current women's Squad

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Current season men

For the 2014 season HPS men compete in Section 1 (Lohko 1) of the Kolmonen administered by the Helsinki SPL and Uusimaa SPL. This is the fourth highest tier in the Finnish football system.

HPS/2 men are participating in Section 1 (Lohko 1) of the Nelonen administered by the Helsinki SPL.

HPS/Jägers are participating in Section 3 (Lohko 3) of the Kutonen administered by the Helsinki SPL.

Current men's Squad

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Ice hockey

HPS played in SM-sarja for five seasons (1928, 1929, 1932, 1933 and 1934)

References and sources

Notes and References

  1. News: Finland – List of league First Level Tables . 2010 . . 2010-06-16.
  2. News: Finland – List of league First Level Tables . 2010 . . 2010-06-16.
  3. News: Finland – List of league First Level Tables . 2010 . . 2010-06-16.
  4. News: Finland – Divisional Movements 1930–2009 . 2010 . . 2010-06-16.
  5. Web site: Home . finlandfootball.net.
  6. Web site: Helsingin Palloseura Naiset . 2020-06-09.
  7. Web site: Helsingin Palloseura Miehet . 2014-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100819032602/http://www.hps.fi/miehet/ . 19 August 2010 . dead .