JS Hercules

JS Hercules

Full name	Jalkapalloseura Hercules ry.
Nickname(s)	Herkku
Founded	1998
Ground	Heinäpää
Chairman	Juho Syrjä
Manager	Daniel Amokachi
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

JS Hercules is an association football club established in Oulu, Finland, in 1998. The team started at the lowest level of the Finnish league system and was playing in the Third Division until promoted to Finnish Second Division for season 2016.^[1]

History

When Hercules played the first matches in 1998, some of the players had never played in a football club previously. Some had a little background in their local youth teams and nothing else. The team's core was a group of students mostly from the Faculty of Technology at the University of Oulu. This first generation is almost gone, but a couple are still playing for the reserve team, Herkku-Papat, or manage the team business in the background. Younger ranks are now taking care of the first team efforts on the field.^[2]

Current season

On season 2015 Hercules had three teams in different leagues. JS Hercules first team plays in the Third Division in northern Finland; the reserve team, Herkku-Papat, in the Fifth Division in the Oulu area; and the ladies team plays in the Ladies Third Division in northern Finland.^[3]

Current squad 2016

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Pyry Yrjänäinen 2 DF Roope Keskitalo 3 DF Teemu Kemppe 4 DF Nathan Ibeh Ifeanyi 5 DF Santeri Ukkola 6 DF Amr Mokhtar 7 MF Nikko Ruokangas 8 FW Jarno Tenkula 9 DF Matti Verronen 10 MF Teemu Pähtilä 12 DF Markku Huoponen 13 MF Juuso Haapala 14 MF Joonas Hakala

No. Position Player 15 DF Jeremiah Dabrowski 16 FW Aatu Asikainen 17 MF Simo Myllymäki 18 DF Ville Karhunen 19 FW Mikko Suomela 20 MF Juho Tapio 22 MF Arttu Haapala 23 FW Junior Obagbemiro 24 MF Jerome Ogbuefi 25 MF Karam Hadhoud 36 GK Lari Honkanen 37 FW Sami Karjalainen 91 GK Germano Mendes

Outside the pitch

JS Hercules has combined football and business in creating a yearly seminar, FootCoop, which brings together teams and businesses from Northern Fennoscandia with exceptional speakers. The 2012 seminar featured Brian Deane, Tom Saintfiet, Martti Kuusela, Tom Markham, Jarmo Kekäläinen, Aki Riihilahti and Miguel Huhta, and others. Advanced football tournaments included Alta IF, AC Oulu, RoPS, Bodens BK and JS Hercules.^[4]

References

1. "JS Hercules history". JS Hercules. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
2. "JS Hercules nousee Kakkoseen!". JS Hercules. Retrieved 5 November March 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
3. "ResultCode – sarjat/kesä 2012". Palloliitto. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
4. "FootCoop 2012 was a success!". Topspot. Retrieved 12 March 2012.