JS Hercules

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JS Hercules
Full nameJalkapalloseura Hercules ry.
Nickname(s)Herkku
Founded1998;27 years ago (1998)
Ground Castrén
Chairman Mikko Perälä
Manager Peter Ebbe Tønder
Website http://www.jshercules.com/

JS Hercules is an association football club based in Oulu, Finland. Founded 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, Kakkonen, for the first time for season 2016. [1]

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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]

Season to season

Season to season of Hercules
SeasonLevelDivisionSectionAdministrationPosition
1998Tier 5Nelonen(Fourth Division)Group 1Northern District (SPL Pohjois-Suomi)5th
1999Tier 5Nelonen(Fourth Division)Premilinary GroupNorthern District (SPL Pohjois-Suomi)2ndPromotion Group 3rd
2000Tier 5Nelonen(Fourth Division)Premilinary GroupNorthern District (SPL Pohjois-Suomi)Promotion Group 2nd - Promoted
2001Tier 4Kolmonen(Third Division)Oulu/KainuuNorthern District (SPL Pohjois-Suomi)7th
2002Tier 4Kolmonen(Third Division)OuluNorthern District (SPL Pohjois-Suomi)7th
2003Tier 4Kolmonen(Third Division)Group ANorthern District (SPL Pohjois-Suomi)8thRelegated
2004Tier 5Nelonen(Fourth Division)OuluNorthern District (SPL Pohjois-Suomi)2nd
2005Tier 5Nelonen(Fourth Division)OuluNorthern District (SPL Pohjois-Suomi)6th
2006Tier 5Nelonen(Fourth Division)Group ANorthern District (SPL Pohjois-Suomi)9th
2007Tier 5Nelonen(Fourth Division)OuluNorthern District (SPL Pohjois-Suomi)7th
2008Tier 5Nelonen(Fourth Division)OuluNorthern District (SPL Pohjois-Suomi)10th
2009Tier 5Nelonen(Fourth Division)OuluNorthern District (SPL Pohjois-Suomi)9th
2010Tier 5Nelonen(Fourth Division)OuluNorthern District (SPL Pohjois-Suomi)2ndPromoted
2011Tier 4Kolmonen(Third Division)Northern FinlandNorthern District (SPL Pohjois-Suomi)6th
2012Tier 4Kolmonen(Third Division)Northern FinlandNorthern District (SPL Pohjois-Suomi)7th
2013Tier 4Kolmonen(Third Division)Northern FinlandNorthern District (SPL Pohjois-Suomi)7th
2014Tier 4Kolmonen(Third Division)Northern FinlandNorthern District (SPL Pohjois-Suomi)7th
2015Tier 4Kolmonen(Third Division)Northern FinlandNorthern District (SPL Pohjois-Suomi)2ndPromoted
2016Tier 3Kakkonen(Second Division)Group CFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)8th
2017Tier 3Kakkonen(Second Division)Group CFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)5th
2018Tier 3Kakkonen(Second Division)Group CFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)4th
2019Tier 3Kakkonen(Second Division)Group CFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)9th
2020Tier 3Kakkonen(Second Division)Group CFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2nd
2021Tier 3Kakkonen(Second Division)Group CFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)3rd
2022Tier 3Kakkonen(Second Division)Group CFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)3rd
2023Tier 3Kakkonen(Second Division)Group CFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)11th
2024Tier 4Kakkonen(Second Division)Group CFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)7th
2025Tier 4Kakkonen(Second Division)Group CFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)

[3] [4]

  • 8 season in Third tier
  • 10 seasons in Fourth tier
  • 10 seasons in Fifth tier


Current season

On season 2018 Hercules had three teams in different leagues. The first team plays in Kakkonen, group C. The reserve team, JS Hercules/2, plays in the Third Division in northern Finland; the third team, Herkku-Papat, in the Fifth Division in the Oulu area. [5]

Current squad 2018

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Ville Seppä
2 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Joni Leskelä
5 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Santeri Ukkola
7 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Aleksi Nousiainen
9 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Kalim Amokachi
10 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Paul Obi
11 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Nazim Amokachi
12 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Markku Huoponen (C)
19 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Miika Vihavainen
21 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Miika Lammela
No.Pos.NationPlayer
22 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Valtteri Kovalainen
23 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Junior Obagbemiro
24 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Jerome Ogbuefi
25 MF Flag of Egypt.svg  EGY Karam Hadhoud
27 MF Flag of North Macedonia.svg  MKD Calvin N'Sombo
37 FW Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Sami Karjalainen
41 GK Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Aleksanteri Patronen
45 GK Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Darius Kangnissoukpe
80 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Samu Himanka

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. At the same time they organized "Sister City Football Tournament" which included teams from Oulu's sister cities and other neighboring places like Alta IF, AC Oulu, RoPS and Bodens BK. [6] In 2017, the club entered into a partnership with Indian I-League club Chennai City. [7] [8]

References

  1. "JS Hercules history". JS Hercules. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  2. "JS Hercules nousee Kakkoseen!". JS Hercules. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  3. https://tulospalvelu.palloliitto.fi/team/61004/info [ bare URL ]
  4. http://www.finlandfootball.net/ [ bare URL ]
  5. "ResultCode – sarjat/kesä 2012". Palloliitto. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  6. "FootCoop 2012 was a success!". Topspot. Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  7. Kundu, Abhishek (28 June 2019). "10 Partnerships between Indian and European football clubs which broke down". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  8. "JS HERCULES OPENS A BRANCH OFFICE IN INDIA AND TIES UP FOR LONG-TERM COOPERATION WITH I-LEAGUE CLUB CHENNAI CITY FC". jshercules.com. 6 April 2017. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2023.