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Vaasan Palloseura
Finnish football club / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vaasan Palloseura, commonly referred to as VPS, is a Finnish football club, based in Vaasa. It currently plays in the first tier of Finnish football (Veikkausliiga). The club's current manager is Jussi Nuorela. The club plays its home matches at Hietalahti. VPS played twice in the UEFA Cup in 1998–99 and in 1999–00, but were knocked out in the 2nd Qualifying Round by Grazer AK of Austria and in the 1st Qualifying Round by St Johnstone of Scotland.
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Full name | Vaasan Palloseura | |||
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Nickname(s) | Vepsu, Raita (the Stripe) | |||
Founded | 1924; 100 years ago (1924) | |||
Ground | Hietalahti, Vaasa, Finland | |||
Capacity | 6,005 | |||
Chairman | Timo Harri | |||
Manager | Jussi Nuorela | |||
League | Veikkausliiga | |||
2023 | Veikkausliiga, 3rd of 12 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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In spring of 2015 it was announced that the construction of VPS's new stadium would start soon. The construction of the new stadium began in the summer of 2015 and was completed in August 2016.[1]