Turun Palloseura

In the early stages of the UEFA Cup of the season 1987–88, TPS beat Internazionale at the San Siro stadium in Milan, thanks to a goal by Mika Aaltonen, who was later signed by Inter. They lost the return leg with 0–2, but this is widely regarded as the highest point by the club in international football.

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, Veikkausliiga. TPS managed to get in the final of the Finnish Cup in 2005, but lost to Haka 4–1 at Finnair Stadium.

Before season 2007, TPS hired famous Finnish striker Mixu Paatelainen as their manager. In his guidance TPS won bronze, ending their ten year medalless run. After the end of season Paatelainen left for Scottish club Hibernian FC in early January 2008. Quickly TPS hired heralded Finnish manager Martti Kuusela. However Kuusela didn't get the best out of his squad and was fired mid September 2008. Overall TPS ended sixth in Veikkausliiga. So again, TPS had to get a new manager, their third in as many seasons. This time they picked Pasi Rautiainen.

In recent years, TPS has had the highest average attendance in Veikkausliiga but it has suffered from a poor rental agreement with Veritas Stadion. This has led TPS for planning to build their own stadium in Nummi. They also considered the possibility of using the Paavo Nurmi Stadion as their home ground, but these plans faced scheduling problems with Athletics competitions and were scrapped. Both Turku based teams however played few games at the Paavo Nurmi Stadion during 2014 season when the Veritas Stadion was under maintenance. After relegation TPS changed their home venue to the Urheilupuiston yläkenttä, which is close to the Paavo Nurmi Stadion in the Turku Sports Park, but is not eligible to be used in the Veikkausliiga. Future plans for home ground development have not been made public.

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.

As of 14 April 2023[7]

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  FIN Jere Koponen 2 DF  SEN Seynabou Benga 3 DF  FIN Joonas Sundman 4 DF  FIN Matias Kivikko 5 DF  FIN Roope Pakkanen 6 MF  FIN Jesper Karlsson 7 MF  FIN Daniel Rantanen 9 FW  NGA Alhaji Gero 10 FW  FIN Riku Riski 12 GK  FIN Olli Hakanpää 13 MF  NGA Umar Bala Mohammed 14 DF  FIN Joonas Lakkamäki 15 DF  MAR Yannis Lamgahez 17 MF  FIN Linus Rönnberg

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  FIN Severi Pöysä 19 FW  FIN Onnipekka Pajula 20 FW  GHA Torfiq Ali-Abubakar 21 MF  KOR Cho Han-jin 22 MF  FIN Kasper Hämäläinen 23 FW  FIN Tuomas Pippola 24 MF  FIN Otto Ohvo 25 MF  FIN Santeri Pohjolainen 26 DF  FIN Eero Uusitalo 27 FW  FIN Veeti Pohtio 28 MF  FIN Aapo Boström 29 FW  FIN Onni Helen 30 GK  FIN Lauri Järvinen

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]

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