AC Oulu

AC Oulu
Full name AC Oulu
Founded 2002
Ground Raatti Stadium, Oulu
Ground Capacity 5,000
Chairman Arto Oja
Manager Rauno Ojanen
League Ykkönen
2015 Ykkönen, 5th

AC Oulu (ACO) is a Finnish football club based in Oulu. Formed on 2002, the club have played two seasons in Finland's highest football league Veikkausliiga and seven seasons in the second highest league Ykkönen. The club are currently playing in Ykkönen. They play their home games at Raatti Stadium, and the club colours are navy blue and white.

History

AC Oulu was founded in 2002 as a joint initiative of the OLS, OPS, OTP and Tervarit clubs with the aim of bringing top level football back to Oulu. FC Oulu played in the Veikkausliiga in the early '90s as the most recent team from Oulu to play top-tier Finnish football. After four seasons in the Ykkönen, AC Oulu reached the Finlands highest football league Veikkausliiga in 2007. However, they were relegated back to the Ykkönen at the end of their first season in the top division. After two seasons in the second tier AC Oulu won promotion again to the Veikkausliiga at the end of the 2009 season after finishing top of the Ykkönen.

Having finished 11th in 2010 season the club were initially going to continue in the Veikkausliiga for the 2011 season. However, they were denied a league licence for financial reasons and therefore dropped down to the Ykkönen.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo FW Aristote Mboma
5 Finland DF Lassi Nurmos
6 Finland DF Markus Heikkinen
8 Finland FW Petteri Pietola
9 Finland FW Rasmus Karjalainen
10 Serbia MF Miroslav Paunović
11 Finland FW Pekka Welling
12 Finland GK Tommi Lindholm
13 Finland DF Niilo Hautala
14 Finland FW Niklas Jokelainen
15 Finland DF Aleksi Nauska
16 Finland DF Aleksi Lappalainen
No. Position Player
17 Finland MF Anselmi Nurmela
18 Brazil MF Gilberto (on loan from Ituano)
19 Finland DF Samuli Leppälä
20 Finland MF Henry Mäkäräinen
21 Finland FW Juuso Kemppainen
22 Finland DF Iiro Vandell
23 Finland DF Antti Peura
25 Brazil FW Gabriel Braga (on loan from Ituano)
29 Brazil MF Jair (on loan from Ituano)
30 Finland GK Johannes Wentin
32 Finland MF David Ramadingaye

Statistics

Season to season

G W D L GF - GA P
2003 Ykkönen 8. 26 9 8 9 37 - 37 35
2004 Ykkönen 5. 26 10 9 7 39 - 33 39
2005 Ykkönen 10. 26 8 7 11 32 - 33 31
2006 Ykkönen 2. 26 15 7 4 53 - 25 52
2007 Veikkausliiga 14. 26 5 7 14 28 - 49 22
2008 Ykkönen 4. 26 10 11 5 40 - 26 41
2009 Ykkönen 1. 26 16 5 5 57 - 24 53
2010 Veikkausliiga 11. 26 8 6 12 31 - 44 30
2011 Ykkönen 3. 24 14 6 4 51 - 22 48
2012 Ykkönen 6. 27 9 10 8 38 - 35 37

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