HPS Helsinki
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| Full name | Helsingin Palloseura |
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| Nickname(s) | HPS, Vihreät Jääkärit (Green Rangers) |
| Founded | 1917 |
| Ground |
Pirkkolan nurmi Helsinki Finland |
| Chairman |
 Hannu Ilvesniemi |
| Manager |
Jyrki Ylänkö |
| League | Kolmonen |
| 2012 | 7th – Kolmonen (Helsinki and Uusimaa) – Section 1 |
Helsingin Palloseura (HPS) (English: Helsinki Ball Game Club) is a sports club from Helsinki, Finland established in 1917. HPS has been active in several sports including bandy, ice hockey, football, handball and basketball.
Historically, HPS is one of the most successful football teams in Finland, winning nine national championships during the 1920s and 1930s. The team is currently playing in the fourth highest league, however. In bandy, the club was the runner-up for the Finnish championship in 1920,
Famous HPS footballers have included William Kanerva, Aulis Koponen, Max Viinioksa, Kai Pahlman, Jyrki Heliskoski and Pertti Alaja.
HPS Helsinki won the Finnish football championship (Mestaruussarja) 9 times and they also played in the European Cup, against Stade de Reims in 1958–59. Their one success in the Finnish Cup (Suomen Cup) was in 1962.
The first football match played by HPS in September 1918 against HIFK. The club won their first Finnish championship three years later in 1921. It also won the Mestaruussarja championship in 1922, 1926, 1927 and 1929. However, the club's golden age was in the 1930s, when the HPS won three championships over a four-year period (1932, 1934, 1935). Success at this time was also recognised by the large number of players receiving national recognition by representing the Finnish national side. In the 1940s success was in turn mixed with Finnish football having been disrupted by the war years. In 1940/41 HPS finished bottom of the Mestaruussarja and were relegated but were promoted back to the championship level in 1943/44.
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