Savonlinnan Työväen Palloseura or STPS for short, is a football (soccer)

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 located in Savonlinna

Savonlinna

Savonlinna is a town and a municipality of inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region. The Finnish name of the town means "Castle of Savonia" and the Swedish name means "Newcastle".- History :...

, 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 founded in 1947. STPS has a strong labour movement

Labour movement

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 background, "työväen palloseura" meaning "workers ball club" in Finnish.

This traditional club has 650 active members which makes STPS largest sport group in the city of Savonlinna. The club hosts many youth and women's teams. The women's futsal

Futsal

Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...

 team won the Finnish championship in 2005.

STPS is currently playing in South-Eastern Finland's 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...

 (the 4th highest tier in the Finnish football system

Finnish football league system

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).

History

The men's team played under the name of Estura from 1979 to 1980 and under the name FC Savonlinna in the 1990s. The club has enjoyed 9 seasons in the Kakkonen (Second Division), the third tier of Finnish Football, in 1974-75, 1977–80, 1991 and 1994-1995.

Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Administration	Position	Movements
2002	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		South-East Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi)	2nd
2003	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		South-East Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi)	5th	Edustus STPS
2004	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		South-East Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi)	2nd
2005	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		South-East Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi)	4th
2006	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		South-East Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi)	7th
2007	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		South-East Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi)	9th
2008	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		South-East Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi)	7th
2009	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		South-East Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi)	5th
2010	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)		South-East Finland (SPL Kaakkois-Suomi)

• 8 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...
  
  

Club Structure

STPS run 2 men's teams, a men's veterans team and 9 boys teams. In addition the Mertalan Pallo, Karvilan Kivekkäät, FC Anttola and Rantasalmen Urheilijat clubs form part of the STPS structure. The club also run a Nappulaliiga for youngsters.

2010 season

STPS Men's Team are competing in the Kolmonen (Third Division) administered by the Kaakkois-Suomi 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 STPS finished in fifth place in the Kolmonen.

STPS/2 are participating in the Nelonen (Fourth Division) administered by the Kaakkois-Suomi SPL. In 2009 they were promoted from North Section of the Vitonen.

First Team Players in 2010

Notable former players

Juuso Kautonen Teemu Pulkkinen

Teemu Pulkkinen

Teemu Pulkkinen is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger who currently players for Jokerit of the Finnish SM-Liiga. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 2010 NHL Draft by the Detroit Red Wings.-Career:...

Heikki Pulkkinen Aapo Raninen Ville Saajanlehto Toni Loikkanen Emmanuel Kwame