Hyvinkään Palloseura

Hyvinkään Palloseura
Full name Hyvinkään Palloseura
Nickname(s) HyPS
Founded 1947
Ground Hyvinkään Urheilupuisto, Hyvinkää, Finland
Chairman Sari Räikkä
Coach Ari Pasanen
League Kolmonen
Home colours

Hyvinkään Palloseura (abbreviated HyPS) is a football club from Hyvinkää, Finland. The club was formed in 1947 and its main home ground is at the Hyvinkään Urheilupuisto. Matches are also played at Villa Park.

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History

HyPS played four seasons in the Suomensarja (Finland League), the second tier of Finnish football in 1949, 1951, 1954 and 1965. They also have had three spells covering 19 seasons in the third tier, the Kakkonen (Second Division), in 1975-77, 1987 and 1995-2009.[1] It was a huge disappointment when they were relegated back to the Kolmonen (Third Division) at the end of the 2009 campaign after 15 consecutive years in the Kakkonen.

HyPS have had a number of outstanding players but none surpass Pertti Jantunen who played a record 327 games for the club scoring 174 goals.[2] One of the highlights of Hyvinkää football in the 1970s and 1980s were the derby matches with local rivals, Palloiluseura Apollo, who have sadly dropped to the Vitonen in recent years.

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
1994 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 2 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd Promoted
1995 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th
1996 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th
1997 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) East Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th
1998 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) East Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 4th
1999 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 10th Relegation Play-Offs
2000 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 8th
2001 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th
2002 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd
2003 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th
2004 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th
2005 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th
2006 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd
2007 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th
2008 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 10th
2009 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 13th Relegated
2010 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) 3rd

Club Structure

Hyvinkään Palloseura run a large number of teams including 2 men's teams, 2 ladies teams, 12 boys teams and 6 girls teams. The Club organises diverse activities for its young players including the popular Euroliiga (Euro League). The club is one of the largest in Finland with around 1,600 footballers

2010 season

HyPS Men's Team are competing in Section 3 (Lohko 3) of the Kolmonen administered by the Helsinki SPL and Uusimaa SPL. This is the fourth highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2009 HyPS finished in 13th place in Group A of the Kakkonen.

HyPS 02 are participating in Section 2 (Lohko 2) of the Nelonen administered by the Uusimaa SPL. In 2009 they were promoted from Section 4 of the Vitonen.

Current Squad for the 2010 Season

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

No. Position Player
2 DF Mika Jaakkola
3 DF Margus Korju
4 DF Niko Räikkä
6 DF Matti Heikkinen
10 MF Miikka Hurme
11 FW Mikko Lindström
12 GK Jani Turunen
14 FW Lauri Senjes
15 MF Sauli Jääskeläinen
16 DF Juho Pasma
17 MF Verneri Teppo
No. Position Player
18 MF Olli Eloranta
19 MF Peter Sampo
20 DF Miro Purosto
21 DF Risto Lätti
23 GK Heikki Surakka
24 FW Tomi Kohonen
25 DF Jesse Saari
26 FW Xhevdet Zeqiri
27 DF Kimmo Tiainen
28 MF Marko Saloranta
31 MF Teemu Eloranta

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Notable former players

References and sources

Footnotes