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AC Oulu

AC Oulu
AC Oulu.svg
Full nameAC Oulu
Founded2002
GroundRaatti Stadium, Oulu
Capacity5,000
ChairmanVille Puukka
ManagerJyrki Ahola
LeagueVeikkausliiga
2020Ykkönen, 1st (promotion)
WebsiteClub website
Home colours
Away colours

AC Oulu (ACO) is a Finnish football club based in Oulu. Formed in 2002, the club have played two seasons in Finland's highest football league Veikkausliiga and seven seasons in the second highest league Ykkönen. The club are currently playing in Veikkausliiga. They currently play their home games at Raatti Stadium, and the club colours are navy blue, and white.

History

AC Oulu was founded in 2002 as a joint initiative of the OLS, OPS, OTP and Tervarit clubs with the aim of bringing top level football back to Oulu. FC Oulu played in the Veikkausliiga in the early '90s as the most recent team from Oulu to play top-tier Finnish football. After four seasons in the Ykkönen, AC Oulu reached the Finlands highest football league Veikkausliiga in 2007. However, they were relegated back to the Ykkönen at the end of their first season in the top division. After two seasons in the second tier AC Oulu won promotion again to the Veikkausliiga at the end of the 2009 season after finishing top of the Ykkönen.

Having finished 11th in 2010 season the club were initially going to continue in the Veikkausliiga for the 2011 season. However, they were denied a league licence for financial reasons and therefore dropped down to the Ykkönen.

Current squad

As of 20 January 2021[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Finland FIN Juhani Pennanen
3 DF Finland FIN Miika Koskela
5 DF Finland FIN Lassi Nurmos
6 MF Finland FIN Anselmi Nurmela
10 FW Afghanistan AFG Fareed Sadat
11 DF Brazil BRA Rafinha
12 GK Finland FIN Juuso Särkelä
14 FW Finland FIN Niklas Jokelainen
15 MF Finland FIN Jere Kallinen
16 DF Finland FIN Henrik Ölander
21 FW Finland FIN Aapo Heikkilä
26 MF Finland FIN Lasse Ikonen
— GK Canada CAN Yann Fillion
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Spain ESP Ruxi
— DF Finland FIN Jarkko Hurme
— DF Finland FIN Aapo Kuivila
— DF Finland FIN Joona Lohela
— MF Spain ESP Diego Diz
— MF Finland FIN Nestori Kekonen
— MF Finland FIN Otso Liimatta
— MF Finland FIN Obed Malolo
— FW Finland FIN Samu Alanko
— FW Finland FIN Severi Kähkönen
— FW Romania ROU David Popa
— FW Finland FIN Nikolas Saira

Out on loan

As of 17 January 2018

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Management and boardroom

Management

As of 15 September 2020[2]

Name Role
Finland Jyrki Ahola Head Coach
Finland Teemu Tavikainen Assistant Coach
Finland Jani Luukkonen Goalkeeping Coach
Finland Pasi Moilanen Team Manager
Finland Lasse Pohjola Kit Manager
Finland Arttu Siira Masseur
Finland Ari Korkala Physiotherapist
Finland Ville Puukka Doctor

Boardroom

As of 15 September 2020[3]

Name Role
Finland Ville Puukka Chairman
Finland Timo Kalermo Vice Chairman
Finland Juho Meriläinen CEO
Finland Markus Heikkinen Director of Football

Statistics

Season to season

G W D L GF - GA P
2003 Ykkönen 8. 26 9 8 9 37 - 37 35
2004 Ykkönen 5. 26 10 9 7 39 - 33 39
2005 Ykkönen 10. 26 8 7 11 32 - 33 31
2006 Ykkönen 2. 26 15 7 4 53 - 25 52
2007 Veikkausliiga 14. 26 5 7 14 28 - 49 22
2008 Ykkönen 4. 26 10 11 5 40 - 26 41
2009 Ykkönen 1. 26 16 5 5 57 - 24 53
2010 Veikkausliiga 11. 26 8 6 12 31 - 44 30
2011 Ykkönen 3. 24 14 6 4 51 - 22 48
2012 Ykkönen 6. 27 9 10 8 38 - 35 37
2013 Ykkönen 5. 27 11 7 9 36 - 38 40
2014 Ykkönen 4. 27 13 8 6 46 - 32 47
2015 Ykkönen 5. 27 12 8 7 31 - 28 44
2016 Ykkönen 4. 27 12 7 8 50 - 31 43

References

  1. ^ "Joukkue 2021" (in Finnish). AC Oulu. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Joukkue 2020" (in Finnish). AC Oulu. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Yhteystiedot" (in Finnish). AC Oulu. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

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