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Laajasalon Palloseura (abbreviated LPS) is a football club from Laajasalo, Helsinki in Finland. The club was formed in 1978 and their home ground is at the Laajasalon urheilupuisto. The men's first team currently plays in the Kolmonen (Third Division). The Chairman of LPS is Timo Viheriäranta.

Laajasalon Palloseura

Full name	Laajasalon Palloseura
Nickname(s)	LPS
Founded	1978; 44 years ago (1978)
Stadium	Reilusti parempi Saari areena
Chairman	Timo Viheriäranta
Head Coach	Niko Ruuth
Coach	Niko Ruuth
League	Kolmonen
2021	6th – Kolmonen (Group B)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Background

The club held their inaugural meeting on 11 September 1978 and 14 people attended who were interested in football. For the early part of their history LPS spent many seasons in the lower divisions of the Finnish football league. In 2003 LPS won their Kolmonen section and subsequently have played 7 consecutive seasons in the Kakkonen (Second Division), the third tier of Finnish football from 2004 to the present day. The most successful season was in 2007 when LPS finished fourth in their section.[1]

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements 1980 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 7th 1981 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 12th Relegated 1982 Tier 6 V Divisioona (Fifth Division) Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki) 4th 1983 Tier 6 V Divisioona (Fifth Division) Group 2 Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki) Promoted 1984 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 2 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 4th 1985 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 2 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 6th 1986 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 2nd 1987 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 9th 1988 1989 1990 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 2 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 9th 1991 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 7th 1992 Tier 5 IV Divisioona (Fourth Division) Group 2 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 8th 1993 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 4th 1994 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 7th 1995 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) 12th Relegated 1996 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Upper Group Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki) 5th 1997 1998 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Group 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa(SPL Helsinki) Promoted 1999 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Group 2 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) 8th 2000 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) 7th 2001 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) 2002 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) 2nd 2003 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) 1st Promoted 2004 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th 2005 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th 2006 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 8th 2007 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 4th 2008 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th 2009 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 10th 2010 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th 2011 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 10th 2012 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Eastern Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 8th 2013 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) South Froup Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 10th Relegated 2014 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) 5th 2015 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 2 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) 4th 2016 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) 5th 2017 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Group 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) 2nd Promoted 2018 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 12th Relegated 2019 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Group 2 Helsinki(SPL Helsinki) 3rd 10 seasons in Kakkonen 6 seasons in Kolmonen

Club Structure

LPS currently has 3 men's teams for competitive soccer and 2 men's teams for hobbysoccer. For women LPS has one competitive soccer team and one team for hobbysoccer. In addition there is a junior section with 8 boys teams and 3 girls teams providing football for approximately 300 youngsters. The club runs a partseason soccer school at summer and a school for juniors to improve their soccerskills.

The most successful junior team is the B93 -team that plays at the second highest level in Finland, in 1st Division (B-poikien ykkönen) starting autumn 2010.

Kuninkaat

The second ranked men's team is Kuninkaat who currently play under the flag of LPS. The team have excelled at futsal.

2010 season

LPS Men's Team are competing in Group A (Lohko A) of the Kakkonen administered by the Football Association of Finland (Suomen Palloliitto) . This is the third highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2009 Laajasalon Palloseura finished in tenth position in their Kakkonen section.

LPS / Kuninkaat are participating in Section 2 (Lohko 2) of the Nelonen (Fourth Division) administered by the Helsinki SPL.

LPS / 2 are participating in Section 4 (Lohko 4) of the Kutonen (Sixth Division) administered by the Helsinki SPL. In 2009 LPS/2 were relegated from their Vitonen (Fifth Division) section.

Current Squad for the 2012 season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FIN Niko Ruuth 2 DF  RWA Said Ndikumana 3 DF  FIN Juha Leukkunen 4 FW  COD Erick Dibwe Mupemedi 5 MF  FIN Teemu Kankkonen 6 DF  FIN Patrik Borg 7 FW  FIN Niko Haiko 8 FW  FIN Jamy-Tommy Viljamaa 9 MF  FIN Georgios Mainas 10 FW  FIN Tero Viheriäranta 11 FW  FIN Jonathan Hyvärinen 12 MF  FIN Topias Hänninen

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  TUN Mike Tajini 15 MF  FIN Jukka Markkanen 16 DF  FIN Nico Siekkinen 18 DF  FRA Didier Emmanuel 19 FW  FIN Niko Saukkonen 20 MF  FIN Juhani Koivuranta 21 FW  FIN Kim Tallberg 22 MF  FIN Jani Nuutinen 23 FW  FIN Jonathan Korhonen 24 DF  FIN Joni Ruuth — DF  MYA Kyaw San Chit 32 GK  FIN Jussi Hämäläinen

References and sources

• Official Website
• Kuninkaat Website
• Laajasalon Palloseura 2 Website
• Finnish Wikipedia
• Suomen Cup
• Laajasalon Palloseura (LPS) Facebook
• Kuninkaat Facebook
• Laajasalon Palloseura Fan Club Ultras Facebook

Footnotes

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