NiceFutis

Last updated
NiceFutis
Founded1989
Dissolved2020
Ground Pori Stadium, Pori
Capacity12,300
Chairman Antero Kivelä
Coach Kari Latvanen
20139th
Website Club website
NiceFutis vs. HJK at Pori Stadium in 2010. NiceFutis 3.jpg
NiceFutis vs. HJK at Pori Stadium in 2010.

NiceFutis was a women's association football club from Pori, Finland. It was established in 1989 as the women's section of PPT Pori was disbanded. NiceFutis played in the Finnish women's premier division Kansallainen Liiga from 2008 to 2016.

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The club's name includes a wordplay. The pronunciation of the English word "nice" sounds in Finnish like "nais", the root of the Finnish word for woman ("nainen") when used in compound words. So the name of the club can be understood as "ladies' football" or "nice football".

League record 2008-2015

SeasonManagerGPWDLGFGAPtsPosTop scorer
2008 Flag of Finland.svg Jouni Joensuu 2273122947249. Flag of Finland.svg Anna Auvinen, 15
2009 Flag of Finland.svg Jouni Joensuu 229673430335. Flag of Finland.svg Kiia Laine, 10
2010 Flag of Finland.svg Jouni Joensuu 2293104438306. Flag of Finland.svg Anna Auvinen, 18
2011 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Mannila 2777132742285. Flag of Nigeria.svg Biodun Obende, 8
2012 Flag of Finland.svg Sami Rintanen 2753192264249. Flag of Nigeria.svg Hadijat Aliyu, 5
2013 Flag of Finland.svg Sami Rintanen
Flag of Poland.svg Boguslaw Plich (since 3 June)
2464142352229. Flag of Finland.svg Hanna Ruohomaa, 8
2014 Flag of Finland.svg Kari Latvanen 2494115368317. Flag of the United States.svg Brooke Barbuto, 17
2015 Flag of Finland.svg Heimo Piira
Flag of Finland.svg Juha Suojanen (since 8 August)
2453163374188. Flag of the United States.svg Brooke Barbuto, 8
2016 Flag of Finland.svg Kari Latvanen

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