Jyväskylän Seudun Palloseura

Jyväskylän Seudun Palloseura (abbreviated JPS) is a sports club from Jyväskylä, Finland. The club was formed in 1962 and their home ground is at the Vehkalammen kenttä.

Jyväskylän Seudun Palloseura
Full nameJyväskylän Seudun Palloseura
Nickname(s)JPS
Founded1962; 62 years ago (1962)
GroundVehkalammen kenttä
Jyväskylä
Finland
ChairmanJaana Hokkanen
CoachMatti Kautto
Hannu Karjalainen
Aki Alanen
LeagueKolmonen
JPS in the 2014 final

The men's football team currently plays in the Kolmonen (Third Division). The other main sporting activity run by the club is bandy. Their home ice is Viitaniemen tekojäärata and they play in Bandyliiga, the top league for bandy in Finland.

Bandy

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JPS won the Finnish Cup in 2017.

The club has been playing in the national top-tier Bandyliiga for years and played the final for the Finnish Championship in 2014 but lost against Oulun Luistinseura. The club was awarded the bronze medal in 2017. In 2019 the national championship was won for the first time.[1][2] Their home arena is the Viitaniemen kenttä.

Football

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Season to season

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Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
2003 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi) 7th
2004 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi) 8th
2005 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi) 9th Relegation Play-offs
2006 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi) 8th
2007 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi) 7th
2008 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi) 6th
2009 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi) 10th
2010 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi)

Club Structure

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Jyväskylän Seudun Palloseura run 1 men's team and 3 boys teams.

2010 season

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JPS are competing in the Kolmonen administered by the Itä-Suomi SPL and Keski-Suomi SPL. This is the fourth highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2009 JPS finished in tenth place in the Kolmonen.

JPS II are not running a side in the Vitonen in 2010.

Current squad

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  •   1. Veli-Matti Tranberg
  •   2. Joonas Heino
  •   3. Kasper Mäkelä
  •   4. Anton Stützle
  •   5. Timo Eirola
  •   7. Sami Karjalainen
  •   8. Niko Nuttunen
  •   9. Eemeli Jokinen
  •   10. Jukka Hanhela
  •   11. Kimmo Väre
  •   12. Mikko Huhtiniemi
  •   13. Ville Kujanpää
  •   14. Esko Häyrynen
 
  •   15. Jaakko Ahokas
  •   16. Joel Nissinen
  •   17. Matti Kaappola
  •   18. Vesa – Matti Alhonen
  •   19. Juha Linjala
  •   20. Marcus Åberg
  •   21. Alejandro Ylönen
  •   22. Ville Ketola
  •   23. Gustavo Tedesco
  •   24. Viljo Väisänen
  •   31. Anssi Korkiakoski
  •   33. Riku Lamberg

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Google Translate". translate.google.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Team picture after the victory". fbcdn.net. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  3. ^ "SPL Keski-Suomen Piiri Kolmosen joukkueet". Retrieved July 2, 2010.

References and sources

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