ViPS Viipuri

Viipurin Palloseura (short ViPS ) was a Finnish sports club from Viipuri. The club was founded in 1928 and broke up with the fall of the city of Viipuri to the Soviet Union as a result of the Winter War 1939/40 on.

The greatest success of the club in Bandy. 1931 and 1936 was ViPS Finnish Champion, 1934 runner-up. In ice hockey, the club reached the 1928/29 season, the final round of the Finnish championship, but failed in the semifinals with 3:4 at Helsingin Palloseura. The football department was one of the founding members of the 1930 Mestaruussarja, the highest nationally played out in the Finnish league football. After a fourth place finish in 1930 ViPS in 1931 rose from out of the league.

Achievements

Bandy

  • Finnish Champion in 1931 and 1936
  • Finnish runner-up in 1934

Hockey

  • Finnish Championship semi-finals 1929

Known members

  • Finland Yrjö Asikainen (1928-2008), football player
  • Finnish football club
  • Former football club
  • Finnish Bandyverein
  • Finnish Hockey Club
  • Vyborg
1930 Mestaruussarja – Finnish League Championship
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