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Football club based in Pori, Finland
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Porin Ässät (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈporin æsːæt]; Finnish for Pori Aces) was a football club from Pori, Finland. It was established in 1967 as two local sports clubs Karhut and RU-38 merged. The football section was dissolved in 1981 and today Ässät is known as an ice hockey club.
Ässät played two seasons in the Finnish premier division Mestaruussarja (1968, 1969) and two seasons in the second tier Suomensarja (1970, 1971).[1] In 1970 Ässät won the U-19 Finnish Championship title.[2][3]
History[edit]
Founding of Porin Ässät[edit]
Ässät was established in 1967 when two clubs from Pori, Porin Karhut and RU-38, merged. The ice hockey team of Ässät got Karhut’s place in the SM-sarja, while the Ässät’s football team inherited RU-38’s place in the Mestaruussarja. The Karhut football team continued its activities for one more season as Ässät’s secondary team in Suomensarja, the second-tier league of Finland at the time.
Ässät in the Premier League[edit]
Ässät played its first two seasons in the Mestaruussarja, the Premier League of Finland. Ässät got relegated to II Divisioona at the end of the 1969 season and never got promoted to the top-tier again.
Season to season[edit]
Season | Level | Division | Section | Administration | Position | Movements |
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1968 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 10th | Took RU-38´s place in mestaruussarja | |
1969 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 12th | Relegated | |
1970 | Tier 2 | II Divisioona (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 7th | |
1971 | Tier 2 | II Divisioona (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 10th | Relegated |
1972 | Tier 3 | III Divisioona (Third Division) | Group 3 | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Promoted |
1973 | Tier 3 | II Divisioona (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Promotion Playoff |
1974 | Tier 3 | II Divisioona (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 2nd | |
1975 | Tier 3 | II Divisioona (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 6th | |
1976 | Tier 3 | II Divisioona (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 5th | |
1977 | Tier 3 | II Divisioona (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | |
1978 | Tier 3 | II Divisioona (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 12th | Relegated |
1979 | Tier 4 | III Divisioona (Third Division) | Group 4 | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 2nd | Promotion Playoff – Promoted |
1980 | Tier 3 | II Divisioona (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | |
1981 | Tier 3 | II Divisioona (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 12th | Relegated – Disbanded |
- 2 seasons in Mestaruussarja
- 10 season in II Divisioona
- 2 season in III Divisioona
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II Divisioona[edit]
Western Group winner (1): 1973 (promotion playoff),
Western Group runner-up (1): 1974,
III Divisioona[edit]
Group 3 winner (1): 1972 (promoted),
Group 3 runner-up (1): 1979 (promoted),
A-junior[edit]
Finnish Championship (1): 1970
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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