VPS

Full name	Vaasan Palloseura
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
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.

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]

Achievements

• Mestaruussarja/Veikkausliiga
  • Winners (2): 1945, 1948
  • Runners-up (5): 1932, 1940–41, 1949, 1997, 1998
  • Third place (2): 1938, 2013, 2023^[2]
• Ykkönen:
  • Winners (1): 2021
• Finnish Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1972
• Finnish League Cup:
  • Winners (2): 1999, 2000
  • Runners-up (2): 1997, 2014

European campaigns

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st Leg	2nd Leg	Aggregate
1998–99	UEFA Cup	1Q	HB Tórshavn	0–2	4–0	4–2
		2Q	Grazer AK	0–0	0–3	0–3
1999–00	UEFA Cup	QR	St Johnstone	1–1	0–2	1–3
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	IF Brommapojkarna	2–1	0–2	2–3
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	AIK Fotboll	2–2	0–4	2–6
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–0	1–0	2–0
		2Q	Brøndby IF	0–2	2–1	2–3
2024–25	UEFA Conference League	1Q

Season to season