Malmin Palloseura

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Malmin Palloseura
Full name Malmin Palloseura
Nickname(s) mapsi or ämpsi
Founded 1948
Ground Tapanila, Helsinki, Finland
Chairman Finland Jyrki Saulo
Manager Finland Sami Koskinen
League Kolmonen
Home colours
Away colours

Malmin Palloseura (abbreviated as MPS) is a Helsinki-based football club that was formed in 1948. The club's first team has been playing mostly in the Second and Third Divisions. Currently the team plays in the Kakkonen which is the third tier of the Finnish football system. MPS plays its home games at Siltamäki, Tapuli, Tapanila and Pukinmäki sports parks.

Background

MPS (often known as "mapsi" or "ämpsi") is widely appreciated for their good work in developing junior football. Currently, the best known youngsters that have come through the club's ranks are Vesa Vasara (FC Honka), John Kangas (FC Honka), Roope Heilala (FC Honka) and Mika Kottila (MPS).

MPS are one of Helsinki's biggest football clubs and the junior section has enjoyed great prestige. Each year new teams are formed and the membership is constantly growing. A key priority for MPS is the development of youth and junior football education . Youngsters are then able to progress to the adult male and female teams.

An interesting development has been the progress of Atletico Malmi who since 2007 have achieved 3 consecutive promotions moving from the Kutonen (Sixth Division) to the Kolmonen (Third Division) to now play at the same level as the club's first team.

MPS is affiliated to the Helsinki District Association of the Football Association of Finland. In 2003 it was the District Association's Club of the Year and in 1998 won the Fair Play Award.

Season to season

First team

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
2000 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) 1st Promoted
2001 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 11th Relegated
2002 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) 8th
2003 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) 5th
2004 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) 3rd
2005 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) 1st Play-Off Group A - Promoted
2006 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 10th
2007 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 13th Relegated
2008 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 2 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) 3rd
2009 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 2 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) 2nd
2010 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 2 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) 1st Promoted

Atletico Malmi

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
2003 Tier 8 Seiska (Seventh Division) Section 2 Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki) 11th
2004 Tier 8 Seiska (Seventh Division) Section 2 Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki) 2nd Promoted
2005 Tier 7 Kutonen (Sixth Division) Section 4 Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki) 9th
2006 Tier 7 Kutonen (Sixth Division) Section 1 Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki) 10th
2007 Tier 7 Kutonen (Sixth Division) Section 2 Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki) 1st Promoted
2008 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Section 3 Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki) 2nd Promoted
2009 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Section 2 Helsinki District (SPL Helsinki) 2nd Promoted
2010 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) 11th Relegated

Club Structure

MPS currently has 6 men's team, 2 ladies teams, 3 veteran's teams, 13 boys teams and 7 girls team.

2010 season

For the current season MPS are running 6 Men's teams;

MPS's First Team are competing in Section 2 (Lohko 2) of the Kolmonen administered by the Helsinki SPL.

MPS /Atletico Malmi are competing in Section 1 (Lohko 1) of the Kolmonen administered by the Uusimaa SPL.

MPS/2 and MPS/Old Stars are participating in the Nelonen, MPS 4 in the Kutonen and MPS / Atletico Akatemia in the Seiska - all administered by the Helsinki SPL.

Current Squads for the 2010 Season

First team

  • Finland Arima, Teemu
  • Finland Arima, Ville
  • Finland Borg, Mika
  • Finland Holmberg, Eppu
  • Finland Härkönen, Saku
  • Finland Juurikkamäki, Markku
  • Finland Kakkonen, Miro
  • Finland Katajanheimo, Timo
  • Finland Kyyrä, Sami
  • Finland Lappalainen, Heikki
  • Finland Linkoheimo, Jaakko
  • Finland Malm, Toni
  
  • Finland Mononen, Matias
  • Finland Mäkeläinen, Ossi
  • Finland Niskanen, Johan
  • Finland Panula, Jukka
  • Finland Paulman, Joni
  • Finland Reinikka, Jarkko
  • Finland Tapola, Jussi
  • Finland Telinkangas, Mika
  • Finland Tomperi, Eetu
  • Finland Vesterinen, Mikko
  • Finland Wasenius, Jonathan
[1]

Atletico Malmi

  • Finland 0 Janne Vottonen
  • Finland 1 Tommi Väätti
  • Finland 4 Teemu Lipponen
  • Finland 5 Ville Ruuska
  • Finland 6 Antti Säynätkari
  • Finland 7 Marko Ruokolainen
  • Finland 8 Niko Ruokolainen
  • Finland 9 Janne Hampaala (C)
  • Finland 10 Olli Harmainen
  • Finland 11 Mikko Tavi
  • Finland 12 Antti Nurkka
  • Finland 13 Pauli Saastamoinen
  • Finland 14 Jani Hannula
  • Finland 15 Jani Lehti
  • Finland 16 Joonas Peltonen
  
  • Finland 17 Timo Kinnunen
  • Finland 18 Jaakko Peltonen
  • Finland 19 Ilkka Tynkkynen
  • Finland 20 Ville-Pekka Liimatainen
  • Finland 21 Mikko Kouri
  • Finland 22 Niko Lempinen
  • Finland 24 Ilkka Taipale
  • Finland 26 Juha-Matti Leinonen
  • Finland 28 Mika Mäkelä
  • Finland 30 Erkki Hyttinen
  • Finland 66 Jani Putkonen
  • Finland 69 Riku Seppänen
  • Finland 77 Trong Tran
  • Finland 99 Santeri Kunttu
[2]

References and sources

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Miesten edustusjoukkue". http://www.malminpalloseura.fi/. Malmin Palloseura. Retrieved 2010-06-02. 
  2. ↑ "Atletico Malmi - atleticomalmi.com". http://www.atleticomalmi.com/. Malmin Palloseura. Retrieved 2010-06-02. 
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