Jyväskylän Seudun Palloseura

Jyväskylän Seudun Palloseura
Full name	Jyväskylän Seudun Palloseura
Nickname	JPS
Founded	1962
Ground	Vehkalammen kenttä; Jyväskylä ; Finland
Chairman	Jaana Hokkanen
Coach	Matti Kautto ; Hannu Karjalainen ; Aki Alanen
League	Kolmonen
	Home colours
	Home colours

Jyväskylän Seudun Palloseura (abbreviated JPS) is a sports club from Jyväskylä, Finland. The club was formed in 1962 and their home ground is at the Vehkalammen kenttä.

The men's football team currently plays in the Kolmonen (Third Division). The other main sporting activity run by the club is bandy. Their home ice is Viitaniemen tekojäärata and they play in Bandyliiga, the top league for bandy in Finland.

Bandy

JPS won the Finnish Cup in 2017.

The club has been playing in the national top-tier Bandyliiga for years and played the final for the Finnish Championship in 2014 but lost against Oulun Luistinseura. The club was awarded the bronze medal in 2017. In 2019 the national championship was won for the first time.^[1]^[2] Their home arena is the Viitaniemen kenttä.

Football

Season to season

Season to season of JPS

Season	Level	Division	Section	Administration	Position	Movements
1965	Tier 4	Aluesarja (Area Series)	Group 14 Central Finland	Finnish FA(Suomen Palloliitto)	6th	Relegated
1966						no information
1967	Tier 4	Aluesarja (Area Series)	Group 14 Central Finland	Finnish FA(Suomen Palloliitto)	6th	Relegated
1968						no information
1969						no information
1970	Tier 4	4. Divisioona (Fourth Division)	Group 14 Central Finland	Finnish FA(Suomen Palloliitto)	4th
1971	Tier 4	4. Divisioona (Fourth Division)	Group 9 Saimaa & Central Finland	Finnish FA(Suomen Palloliitto)	7th
1972	Tier 4	4. Divisioona (Fourth Division)	Group 14 Central Finland	Finnish FA(Suomen Palloliitto)	2nd	Promotion Playoff
1973	Tier 5	4. Divisioona (Fourth Division)	Group 14 Central Finland	Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	2nd
1974	Tier 5	4. Divisioona (Fourth Division)	Group 14 Central Finland	Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	3rd
1975	Tier 5	4. Divisioona (Fourth Division)	Group 14 Central Finland	Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	3rd
1976	Tier 5	4. Divisioona (Fourth Division)	Group 14 Central Finland	Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	8th
1977	Tier 5	4. Divisioona (Fourth Division)	Group 14 Central Finland	Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	6th
1978	Tier 5	4. Divisioona (Fourth Division)	Group 14 Central Finland	Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	7th
1979	Tier 5	4. Divisioona (Fourth Division)	Group 14 Central Finland	Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	8th
1980	Tier 5	4. Divisioona (Fourth Division)	Group 14 Central Finland	Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	3rd
1981	Tier 5	4. Divisioona (Fourth Division)	Group 14 Central Finland	Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	6th
1982	Tier 5	4. Divisioona (Fourth Division)	Group 14 Central Finland	Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	2nd	Promotion Playoff
1983	Tier 5	4. Divisioona (Fourth Division)	Group 14 Central Finland	Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	2nd	Promotion Playoff
1984	Tier 5	4. Divisioona (Fourth Division)	Group 14 Central Finland	Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	3rd
1985	Tier 5	4. Divisioona (Fourth Division)	Group 14 Central Finland	Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	1st	Promoted
1986	Tier 4	3. Divisioona (Third Division)	Group 5 Tampere & Central Finland	Finnish FA(Suomen Palloliitto)	7th
1987	Tier 4	3. Divisioona (Third Division)	Group 5 Tampere & Central Finland	Finnish FA(Suomen Palloliitto)	8th
1988	Tier 4	3. Divisioona (Third Division)	Group 5 Häme, Lahti & Central Finland	Finnish FA(Suomen Palloliitto)	11th	Relegated
1989-1997						no information
1998	Tier 5	Nelonen (Fourth Division)		Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	5th
1999	Tier 5	Nelonen (Fourth Division)		Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	10th
2000	Tier 5	Nelonen (Fourth Division)		Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	2nd	Promoted
2001	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	8th
2002	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	7th
2003	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	7th
2004	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	8th
2005	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	9th	Relegation Play-offs
2006	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	8th
2007	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	7th
2008	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Central Finland (SPL Keski-Suomi)	6th
2009	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi)	10th
2010	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi)	4th
2011	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi)	1st	Promotion Playoff
2012	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi)	3rd
2013	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi)	6th
2014	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi)	4th
2015	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi)	6th
2016	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi)	6th
2017	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi)	6th
2018	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi)	8th
2019	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi)	5th
2020	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Group AC	Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi)	11th
2021	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Group AC	Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi)	9th
2022	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Group AC	Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi)	8th
2023	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Group AC	Eastern and Central Finland (SPL Itä-Suomi)	1st	Promoted
2024	Tier 4	Kakkonen (Second Division)	Group C	Finnish FA(Suomen Palloliitto)	8th
2025	Tier 4	Kakkonen (Second Division)	Group A	Finnish FA(Suomen Palloliitto)

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33 seasons in Fourth tier
16 seasons in Fifth tier

Club Structure

Jyväskylän Seudun Palloseura run 1 men's team and 3 boys teams.

2010 season

JPS are competing in the Kolmonen administered by the Itä-Suomi SPL and Keski-Suomi SPL. This is the fourth highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2009 JPS finished in tenth place in the Kolmonen.

JPS II are not running a side in the Vitonen in 2010.

Current squad

1. Veli-Matti Tranberg
2. Joonas Heino
3. Kasper Mäkelä
4. Anton Stützle
5. Timo Eirola
7. Sami Karjalainen
8. Niko Nuttunen
9. Eemeli Jokinen
10. Jukka Hanhela
11. Kimmo Väre
12. Mikko Huhtiniemi
13. Ville Kujanpää
14. Esko Häyrynen

15. Jaakko Ahokas
16. Joel Nissinen
17. Matti Kaappola
18. Vesa – Matti Alhonen
19. Juha Linjala
20. Marcus Åberg
21. Alejandro Ylönen
22. Ville Ketola
23. Gustavo Tedesco
24. Viljo Väisänen
31. Anssi Korkiakoski
33. Riku Lamberg

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Footnotes

^ "Google Translate". translate.google.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ "Team picture after the victory". fbcdn.net. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ http://www.finlandfootball.net/
^ https://tulospalvelu.palloliitto.fi/team/106602/info
^ "SPL Keski-Suomen Piiri Kolmosen joukkueet". Retrieved July 2, 2010.

References and sources

[1] "Google Translate". translate.google.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[2] "Team picture after the victory". fbcdn.net. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

[3] ttp://www.finlandfootball.net/

[4] ttps://tulospalvelu.palloliitto.fi/team/106602/info

[5] "SPL Keski-Suomen Piiri Kolmosen joukkueet". Retrieved July 2, 2010.

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