Turun Palloseura
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Nickname(s) | Tepsi | |||
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Founded | 1922[1] | |||
Ground | Veritas Stadion | |||
Capacity | 8,072 | |||
Chairman | Jouko Peräaho | |||
Manager | Miika Nuutinen | |||
League | Ykkösliiga | |||
2023 | Ykkönen, 5th of 12 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Turun Palloseura, commonly known as TPS, is a professional football club based in Turku, Finland. During the 2024 season, the men's first team of the club competes in new Ykkösliiga, the second highest tier of men's football, and the women's representative team in the Kansallinen Liiga, the highest level of women's football in Finland. Nicknamed "Tepsi", the club was founded in 1922.[1]
TPS have won 8 League titles and 3 Finnish Cups.[1] They play their home league matches at Veritas Stadion, with a capacity of 9,372 seats for most matches.[2]
History
In the early stages of the
After season 2000, TPS lost its place in Finland's Premier League and played for two seasons in the Ykkönen (eng first) in the Finnish first division. They aimed to get back up to the Premier League with determination and it took them two seasons to complete the mission. Since season 2003 TPS has again played in the Finland's Premier League,
Before season 2007, TPS hired famous Finnish striker
In recent years, TPS has had the highest average attendance in Veikkausliiga but it has suffered from a poor rental agreement with
TPS returned to the Veikkausliiga for the 2018 season,[3] winning the Ykkönen title on 21 October 2017 with a 1–1 draw against Honka.[4] However, after the 2018 season, TPS was again relegated to Ykkönen, after finishing second-to-last in the league and losing the two-leg play-off against Kokkolan Pallo-Veikot (KPV), the Ykkönen runner-up.[5] Since the 2018 season, TPS plays all home games at Veritas Stadion.
Honours
Competition | Titles / medals |
Seasons |
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Finnish Championship | 8[1] | 1928,[a] 1939, 1941, 1949, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1975[1] |
12[1] | 1923, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1938, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1960, 1984, 1986, 1989[1] | |
11[1] | 1929, 1931, 1957, 1967, 1977, 1987, 1996, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012[1] | |
Finnish Cup | 3[1] | 1991, 1994, 2010[1] |
Finnish League Cup | 1 | 2012 |
Season to season
Season to Season
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Current squad
- As of 16 March 2024[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Management and boardroom
Management
As of 16 February 2024.
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Boardroom
As of 16 March 2021[8]
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Managers
- Juuso Lampila (1939–47)
- Imre Markos (1948–50)
- Raino Suominen (1951–54)
- Leo Aaltonen (1955–59)
- Knut Gustafsson (1960–61)
- Olli Virho (1962)
- Kalevi Lehtovirta (1962)
- Leo Aaltonen (1963)
- Tage Friedfeld (1964)
- Leo Aaltonen (1964)
- Rainer Forss (1965–70)
- Paavo Nenonen (1971)
- Lars Nyström (1972)
- Manuel Gerpe (1973)
- Paavo Nenonen (1973–74)
- Olavi Laaksonen (1975–77)
- Tommy Lindholm (1978)
- Tapio Harittu (1978–80)
- Raimo Toivanen (1980–83)
- Hans Martin (1981–84)
- Timo Sinkkonen (1984)
- Rainer Forss (1985)
- Timo Sinkkonen (1985)
- Tommy Lindholm (1986–88)
- Heikki Suhonen (1989–90)
- Veijo Wahlsten (1989–90)
- Heikki Suhonen (1991)
- Tommy Lindholm (1991)
- Raimo Toivanen (1992–93)
- Pauno Kymäläinen (1993)
- Tomi Jalo (1993)
- Juha Malinen (1993–97)
- Siegfried Melzig (1998)
- Seppo Miettinen (1998–00)
- Mika Laurikainen (2001 – December 2003)
- Kari Ukkonen (January 2004 – December 2006)
- Mixu Paatelainen (October 2006 – January 2008)
- Martti Kuusela (January 2008 – September 2008)
- John Allen(September 2008 – December 2008)
- Pasi Rautiainen (January 2009 – January 2010)
- Marko Rajamäki (January 2010 – February 2014)
- Mika Laurikainen (February 2014 – November 2018)
- Tommi Pikkarainen (November 2018 – July 2020)
- Jonatan Johansson (July 2020 – September 2022)
- Marko Rajamäki (October 2022)
- Mika Laurikainen (January 2023 – December 2023)
- Miika Nuutinen (January 2023 – present)
TPS in Europe
Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Score | Agg. | Notes |
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1969–70
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European Cup
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PR | KB Copenhagen
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0–1, 0–4 | 0–5 | ||
1972–73
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European Cup
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1R | 1. FC Magdeburg | 0–6, 1–3 | 1–9 | ||
1973–74
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European Cup
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1R | Celtic FC
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1–6, 0–3 | 1–9 | ||
1976–77
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European Cup
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1R | Sliema Wanderers
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1–2, 1–0 | 2–2 | ||
1/8 | FC Zürich | 0–2, 0–1 | 0–3 | ||||
1985–86
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UEFA Cup
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1R | Spartak Moscow | 0–1, 1–3 | 1–4 | ||
1987–88
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UEFA Cup | 1R | FC Admira/Wacker Wenen
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0–1, 2–0 | 2–1 | ||
2R | Internazionale
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1–0, 0–2 | 1–2 | ||||
1988–89
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UEFA Cup | 1R | Linfield FC Belfast
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0–0, 1–1 | 1–1 | ||
2R | First Vienna
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1–2, 1–0 | 2–2 | ||||
1/8 | Victoria București | 0–1, 3–2 | 3–3 | ||||
1990–91
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UEFA Cup | 1R | GKS Katowice | 0–3, 0–1 | 0–4 | ||
1992–93 | Cup Winners Cup
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1R | Trabzonspor | 0–2, 2–2 | 2–4 | ||
1995–96 | Cup Winners Cup
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Q | Teuta
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1–0, 0–3 | 1–3 | ||
1997 | Intertoto Cup | Group | Halmstads BK | 1–6 | |||
Group | SK Lommel
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1–1 | |||||
Group | Hajduk Kula
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1–2 | |||||
Group | Kongsvinger IL | 2–0 | |||||
1998 | Intertoto Cup | 1R | FC Sion | 0–1, 3–2 | 2–4 | ||
2R | Shinnik Yaroslavl
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0–2, 2–3 | 2–5 | ||||
2008 |
Intertoto Cup | 1R | Lisburn Distillery FC |
3–2, 3–1 | 6–3 | ||
2R | Odense BK |
1–2, 0–2 | 1–4 | ||||
2010–11 | Europa League | 1Q | Port Talbot Town |
3–1, 4–0 | 7–1 | ||
2Q | Cercle Brugge
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1–2, 1–0 | 2–2 | ||||
2011–12 | Europa League | 2Q | K.V.C. Westerlo | 0–1, 0–0 | 0–1 |
Women's football
The club also has a women's team which competes in the Kansallinen Liiga, the top division of women's football in Finland. TPS women took part in the national championship for the first time in 1972, and won the title in 1978. After withdrawing from the top league in 1992, they returned in 2008.[9]
Footnotes
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Seura | Historia". Official website of Turun Palloseura (in Finnish). Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "TPS News". fc.tps.fi. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ^ Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation(RSSSF). Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ Zavros, Christos (21 October 2017). "TPS:n nousu Veikkausliigaan varmistui dramaattisten vaiheiden jälkeen – FC Honka karsintaan". Ilta-Sanomat (IS.fi) (in Finnish). Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "Kokkolan KPV käynnisti nousujuhlat vierasmaalilla – TPS putosi Veikkausliigasta". Helsingin Sanomat (HS.fi) (in Finnish). 3 November 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ "Football Archive - Index of SPL Finnish League Suomen Cup Seasons".
- ^ "Miehet-edustus – FC TPS". fc.tps.fi. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Yhteystiedot – FC TPS" (in Finnish). TPS. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 July 2013.