Oulun Työväen Palloilijat

Association football club in Finland

Football club

OTP

Full name	Oulun Työväen Palloilijat
Founded	1946
Ground	Heinäpää Sports Centre
Manager	Tero Suonperä
League	Kakkonen
Home colours Away colours

Oulun Työväen Palloilijat, (OTP for short), is a football club from Oulu, Finland.

OTP has played 16 seasons in the Finnish premier divisions Mestaruussarja and Veikkausliiga. After that there was a short lived merger with OLS called FC Oulu in the early 1990s. OTP was re-established in 1995 as FC Oulu defunct.^[1]

The club has also been playing bandy, winning the bandy championship of the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation in 1953, 1954, and 1955.

Current roster

The team's roster contains the following full internationals.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FIN Tommi Lindholm 10 FW  SLV Ronald Arévalo 4 DF  CAY Joshewa Frederick-Charlery 12 GK  FIN Valtteri Tikkanen 4 DF  CAY Joshewa Frederick-Charlery 9 DF  FIN Konstantin Belov 13 DF  FIN Paulo Ippolito 24 DF  NGA Alexander Jibrin 32 DF  FIN Santeri Ukkola 5 MF  FIN Niko Isola 8 MF  FIN Jere Aallikko 14 MF  FIN Rober David 15 MF  FIN Simon Thurling 17 MF  FIN Jeremias Loukusa

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  FIN Roni Savolainen 23 MF  PUR Alex Oikkonen 72 MF  POR Tomás Maldonado 7 FW  FIN Jyri Vääräniemi 10 FW  NGA Callistus Chukwu 11 FW  FIN Neil Livingstone 22 FW  NGA Kingsley Izekor 30 FW  ARG Juan Ignacio Falcon 35 FW  NIG Michael Ibiyomi 50 FW  CMR Titi Essomba

Honours

• Winners of TUL Cup: 1980, 1986, 1989, 1991

Season to season

Season to Season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements 1953 Tier 3 Suomensarjan karsinnat (Third Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd 1954 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) North Group II Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promotion West Group 2nd - Promoted 1955 Tier 2 'Suomensarja (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9th Relegated 1956 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) North Group I Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promotion Playoff - Promoted 1957 Tier 2 'Suomensarja (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th 1958 Tier 2 'Suomensarja (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th 1959 Tier 2 'Suomensarja (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th 1960 Tier 2 'Suomensarja (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th 1961 Tier 2 'Suomensarja (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th 1962 Tier 2 'Suomensarja (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd 1963 Tier 2 'Suomensarja (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9th 1964 Tier 2 'Suomensarja (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th 1965 Tier 2 'Suomensarja (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promoted 1966 Tier 1 Mestaruussarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 12th Relegated 1967 Tier 2 'Suomensarja (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promotion Group 3rd 1968 Tier 2 'Suomensarja (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promotion Group 3rd 1969 Tier 2 'Suomensarja (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd 1970 Tier 2 'II Divisioona (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd Promotion Group 1st - Promoted 1971 Tier 1 Mestaruussarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 12th Relegated 1972 Tier 2 'II Divisioona (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promoted 1973 Tier 1 Mestaruussarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th 1974 Tier 1 Mestaruussarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th 1975 Tier 1 Mestaruussarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 11th Relegation Playoff - Relegated 1976 Tier 2 'I Divisioona (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd Promoted 1977 Tier 1 Mestaruussarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 10th 1978 Tier 1 Mestaruussarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 12th Relegated 1979 Tier 2 'I Divisioona (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd Promotion Group 2nd - Promoted 1980 Tier 1 SM-Sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9th Relegation Group 7th - Relegated 1981 Tier 2 'I Divisioona (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 8th Relegation Group 1st 1982 Tier 2 'I Divisioona (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th Relegation Group 4th 1983 Tier 2 'I Divisioona (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th Relegation Group 1st 1984 Tier 2 'I Divisioona (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promoted 1985 Tier 1 SM-Sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 10th 1986 Tier 1 SM-Sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 12th Relegated 1987 Tier 2 'I Divisioona (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promoted 1988 Tier 1 SM-Sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 10th Relegation Group 4th 1989 Tier 1 SM-Sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 10th Relegation Group 3rd 1990 Tier 1 Futisliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 10th 1991 Tier 1 Futisliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 11th Relegation Playoff 1992-94 Merged with OLS to form FC Oulu 1996 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th 1997 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 12th Relegated 1998 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Group 8 Oulu-Kainuu Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 4th 1999 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Group 8 Oulu-Kainuu Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 5th Relegation Group 2nd 2000 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Oulu-Kainuu Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 3rd 2001 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Oulu-Kainuu Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 10th Relegated 2002 Merged with Tervarit, OLS and OPS to form AC Oulu 2002-08 Only youth teams 2010 Tier 6 Vitonen (Fifth Division) Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 2nd Promoted 2011 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Oulu Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 1st 2012 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Oulu Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 4th 2013 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 11th Relegated 2014 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Oulu Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 3rd 2015 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Oulu-Kainuu Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 2nd 2016 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 2nd Promoted 2017 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 12th Relegated 2018 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 5th 2019 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Northern Finland (SPL Pohjois-Suomi) 7th

• 14 seasons in Veikkausliiga
• 22 seasons in Ykkönen
• 6 seasons in Kakkonen
• 8 seasons in Kolmonen
• 4 seasons in Nelonen
• 1 seasons in Vitonen

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References

1. RSSSF – Finland, Divisional Movements Retrieved 8 June 2013.
2. "Home". finlandfootball.net.

External links

• OTP Official Homepage

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