Savonlinnan Työväen Palloseura
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Full name | Savonlinnan Työväen Palloseura r.y. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Founded | 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ground | Kyrönniemen kenttä Savonlinna, Finland (Capacity 1 000) |
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Chairman | Hannu Laamanen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Tuomas Loikkanen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Kolmonen of South-East Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Savonlinnan Työväen Palloseura or STPS for short, is a football (soccer) club located in Savonlinna, Finland. The club was founded in 1947. The club has strong labour movement background, "työväen palloseura" meaning "workers ball club" in Finnish.
STPS is playing in South-Eastern Finland's Kolmonen (4th highest tier). The club also hosts many youth and women's teams. The women's futsal team won the Finnish championship in 2005.
The men's team played under the name of Estura from 1979 to 1980 and under the name FC Savonlinna in the 1990s.
This traditional club has 650 active members which makes STPS largest sport group in the city of Savonlinna.
[edit] Notable players
- Juuso Kautonen
- Teemu Pulkkinen
- Heikki Pulkkinen
- Aapo Raninen
- Ville Saajanlehto