OTP
Full nameOulun Työväen Palloilijat
Founded1946
GroundHeinäpää Sports Centre
ManagerTero Suonperä
LeagueKakkonen

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Finland FIN Tommi Lindholm
10 FW El Salvador SLV Ronald Arévalo
4 DF Cayman Islands CAY Joshewa Frederick-Charlery
12 GK Finland FIN Valtteri Tikkanen
4 DF Cayman Islands CAY Joshewa Frederick-Charlery
9 DF Finland FIN Konstantin Belov
13 DF Finland FIN Paulo Ippolito
24 DF Nigeria NGA Alexander Jibrin
32 DF Finland FIN Santeri Ukkola
5 MF Finland FIN Niko Isola
8 MF Finland FIN Jere Aallikko
14 MF Finland FIN Rober David
15 MF Finland FIN Simon Thurling
17 MF Finland FIN Jeremias Loukusa
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Finland FIN Roni Savolainen
23 MF Puerto Rico PUR Alex Oikkonen
72 MF Portugal POR Tomás Maldonado
7 FW Finland FIN Jyri Vääräniemi
10 FW Nigeria NGA Callistus Chukwu
11 FW Finland FIN Neil Livingstone
22 FW Nigeria NGA Kingsley Izekor
30 FW Argentina ARG Juan Ignacio Falcon
35 FW Niger NIG Michael Ibiyomi
50 FW Cameroon 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

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References

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