Salpausselän Reipas is a football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club from Lahti

Lahti

Lahti is a city and municipality in Finland.Lahti is the capital of the Päijänne Tavastia region. It is situated on a bay at the southern end of lake Vesijärvi about north-east of the capital Helsinki...

 in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. The club was formed in 2004 and their home ground is at the Mukkulan kenttä. The first team currently plays in the Kolmonen

Kolmonen

Kolmonen is the fourth highest football league in Finland. The most famous club competing at this level is Helsingin Palloseura who won the Finnish Championship on 9 occasions, the last time being in 1957. They also won the Finnish Cup in 1962...

 (Third Division), the fourth tier of Finnish football

Finnish football league system

The Finnish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Finland. The three highest levels are managed by the Finnish FA while the higher leagues are managed by the regional departments of the FA.-The system:...

. The Chairman of SalReipas is Ville Rönkkö.

History

The club was founded in 2004 and has made rapid progress since they began competitive football with the SPL Uusimaa in 2005 in Section 7 of the Kutonen (Sixth Division) which they won at the first attempt. Further promotions followed in the next two seasons in 2006 and 2007 when the club won Section 3 of the Vitonen (Fifth Division) and Section 2 of the Nelonen (Fourth Division) respectively. In their first three seasons the club only lost 1 league match and won the other 55 matches, scoring 322 goals in the process. In the last two seasons SalReipas have competed in Section 3 of the Kolmonen finishing 4th in 2008 and 2nd in 2009. The latter season was a great disappointment with the club missing out on promotion by 2 points to local rivals City Stars.

In the 2010 Finnish Cup

2010 Finnish Cup

2010 Finnish Cup was the 56th season of the main annual football cup competition in Finland. It was organized as a single-elimination knock–out tournament....

 (Suomen Cup) SalReipas showed both their pedigree and future potential by reaching Round 6 before finally going out 1-2 at home to Ilves. Highlights of the competition were home wins against Kakkonen

Kakkonen

Kakkonen is the third tier of the Finnish football league system.-League structure:Kakkonen is divided to three groups of 14 clubs. A club plays each of the others in the same group twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents. Clubs gain three points for a win, one for a...

 opposition – 4-1 against Lohjan Pallo

Lohjan Pallo

Lohjan Pallo is a football club from Lohja, Finland. The club was formed in 1966 and their home ground is at the Harjun urheilukenttä. The men's first team currently plays in the Kakkonen...

  and 2-0 against Laajasalon Palloseura

Laajasalon Palloseura

Laajasalon Palloseura is a football club from Laajasalo, Helsinki in Finland. The club was formed in 1978 and their home ground is at the Laajasalon urheilupuisto. The men's first team currently plays in the Kakkonen...

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SalReipas Akatemia began operations in October 2009 as the club’s second team. The team was established to serve the needs of young hopefuls who are not yet ready for first team football. They created a club record on 24 May 2010 with a 25-0 win against Hyvinkään Urheiluseura 1. Their home ground is at the Kisapuiston tekonurmi.

Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Administration	Position	Movements
2005	Tier 7	Kutonen (Sixth Division)	Section 7	Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	1st	Promoted
2006	Tier 6	Vitonen (Fifth Division)	Section 3	Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	1st	Promoted
2007	Tier 5	Nelonen (Fourth Division)	Section 2	Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	1st	Promoted
2008	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 3	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki)	4th
2009	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 3	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	2nd
2010	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 3	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	2nd

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• 3 seasons in Kolmonen
  Kolmonen
  Kolmonen is the fourth highest football league in Finland. The most famous club competing at this level is Helsingin Palloseura who won the Finnish Championship on 9 occasions, the last time being in 1957. They also won the Finnish Cup in 1962...
  
  
• 1 season in Nelonen
  Nelonen (soccer league)
  Nelonen is the fifth highest league in the Finnish Soccer League system. The section winners are promoted to the Kolmonen and the bottom teams to the Vitonen.-Administration:...
  
  
• 1 season in Vitonen
  Vitonen
  Vitonen is the sixth highest league in the Finnish Soccer League system. The section winners are promoted to the Nelonen and the bottom teams to the Kutonen.-Administration:...
  
  
• 1 season in Kutonen
  Kutonen
  Kutonen is the seventh tier of the Finnish Soccer League system. The section winners are promoted to the Vitonen and the bottom teams to the Seiska.-Administration:...
  
  

Honours and Achievements

• Kutonen (Section 7) Winners – 2005
• Vitonen (Section 3) Winners - 2006
• Nelonen (Section 2) Winners - 2007
• Round 6 of Finnish Cup - 2010

2010 season

SalReipas Men's Team are competing in Section 3 (Lohko 3) of the Kolmonen administered by Uusimaa SPL. This is the fourth highest tier in the Finnish football system

Finnish football league system

The Finnish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Finland. The three highest levels are managed by the Finnish FA while the higher leagues are managed by the regional departments of the FA.-The system:...

. In 2009 Salpausselän Reipas finished in second position in Section 3 of the Kolmonen (Third Division).

SalReipas Akatemia are participating in Section 7 (Lohko 7) of the Kutonen administered by the Uusimaa SPL.

Current squad for the 2010 Season