Porin Ässät (men's football)

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.

Sections of Porin Ässät
Ice hockey
(Men's)		 Ice hockey
(Women's)		 Football
(Men's)
Esports
Porin Ässät
Founded1967
Dissolved1981
StadiumPorin Stadion, Pori
Capacity12,300
1981II-Divisioona, 12th place

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
Porin Ässät A-juniors in 1970, the year they won the Finnish Championship.
See also: Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) § History, and Rosenlewin Urheilijat-38

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.[4] 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.

Porin Ässät playing against Kuopion Elo on May 4 1969

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. After two seasons of playing in the 2nd division, Ässät was relegated to the 3rd division.

Ässät won the A-junior Finnish Championship in 1970.[5][6]

In 1972, Ässät was promoted back to the 2nd division, but realignment placed the division in the third-tier. Ässät came in 2nd in the 2nd division in 1973, but lost in the promotion qualifiers to Turun Toverit (TuTo).[7] Ässät got relegated to the 3rd division in 1978, but only played there for one season before getting promoted back. Ässät played two more seasons in the 2nd division before being relegated and disestablished in 1981 and had all it's players moved to the newly formed Porin Palloilijat.

Season to season
Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
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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Alumni

Honors

II Divisioona

1st place, gold medalist(s) Western Group winner (1): 1973 (promotion playoff),

2nd place, silver medalist(s) Western Group runner-up (1): 1974,

III Divisioona

1st place, gold medalist(s) Group 3 winner (1): 1972 (promoted),

2nd place, silver medalist(s) Group 3 runner-up (1): 1979 (promoted),

A-junior

1st place, gold medalist(s) Finnish Championship (1): 1970

See also

References
  1. Finland – Divisional Movements. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  2. Finland – List of Youth Champions. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  3. "Furuholm syötti, Granath viimeisteli – Ensimmäisen mestaruutensa Ässät voitti jalkapallossa". Satakunnan Kansa (in Finnish). 2018-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  4. "Porilaista jalkapallohistorikkia" [Football history in Pori] (in Finnish).
  5. "Furuholm syötti, Granath viimeisteli – Ensimmäisen mestaruutensa Ässät voitti jalkapallossa". Satakunnan Kansa (in Finnish). 2018-05-02. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  6. "Finland - List of Youth Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  7. "porifutis". www.jukkajoutsi.com. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  8. "Home". finlandfootball.net.
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