Helsingin Palloseura

Helsingin Palloseura ( German: Helsinki ball club ), also known by the acronym HPS or in German-speaking than HPS Helsinki known, is a Finnish sports club from the capital Helsinki. The club has departments for bandy, basketball, ice hockey and football. Especially the latter has been particularly successful with nine Finnish championships.

History

HPS was founded on 29 November 1917. A short time later, the football team was one of the strongest in the country and in 1921 the team won the first Finnish championship. By 1935, followed by seven more league title before a long dry spell began. 1957 could be achieved up to now the final title. In the following season the club made ​​her first appearance on the international stage, but against Stade Reims, the Finnish master failed scoreless after two defeats in the first round of the European Champions' Cup. 1962 HPS won the Finnish Cup last time a title. Here, too, was in the European Cup winner after the first round deadline. Against Slovan Bratislava conceded the team even a 1:8 away defeat. Since the home game was lost with 1:4, HPS remained internationally without their own success. Since the 1970s, it went with the team downhill partly they only appeared to siebtklassig.

The ice hockey team of HPS made ​​the late 1920s and early 1930s, regionally talk of himself as the club in a total of five seasons took part in the final round of the SM- sarja and 1929, 1932 and 1934 Finnish runner-up was.

In the Bandy Association 1931-1950 was total represented eight seasons in the first division.

Achievements

Football:

  • Finnish Champion: 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1957 ( 9)
  • Finnish Cup Winners: 1962

Hockey:

  • Finnish runner-up: 1929, 1932, 1934

Known player

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