2024 Vaasan Palloseura season

Vaasan Palloseura
2024 season
Manager	Jussi Nuorela
Stadium	Hietalahti Stadium
Veikkausliiga	5th
Finnish Cup	Sixth round
UEFA Conference League	First qualifying round

The 2024 season is the 101st season in the history of Vaasan Palloseura and the club's third consecutive season in the Finnish top flight. VPS was eliminated from the Finnish Cup in the sixth round with a 5–1 loss to Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho.

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FIN	Teppo Marttinen
2	DF	FIN	Josep Nuorela
4	DF	FIN	Jesper Engström
5	DF	FIN	Mikko Pitkänen
9	FW	FIN	Riku Jääskä
10	FW	SUR	Gleofilo Vlijter
11	FW	DEN	Mads Borchers
14	MF	NGA	Peter Eletu
16	FW	FIN	Teemu Hytönen
17	FW	FIN	Kalle Multanen
19	DF	FIN	Martti Haukioja
20	DF	FIN	Juho Hyvärinen
21	MF	GHA	Prosper Ahiabu
23	DF	FIN	Miika Niemi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	GK	FIN	Rasmus Leislahti
25	MF	FIN	Samuel Lindeman
26	MF	FIN	Antonio Almen
27	DF	FIN	Gabriel Sillanpää
28	FW	FIN	Roni Hudd
29	DF	GNB	Pedro Justiniano
30	MF	FIN	Joonas Vahtera
33	MF	FIN	Akon Kuek
34	MF	FIN	Antti-Ville Räisänen
36	DF	FIN	Felix Friberg
44	MF	RUS	Yevgeni Bashkirov
77	FW	FIN	Samu Alanko
—	DF	ENG	Alfie Cicale
—	FW	NGA	Franklin Matib

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	FIN	Lauri Vetri (at VIFK until 31 December 2024)

Pre-season

20 January 2024 Friendly

SJK Akatemia

1–0

VPS

9 March 2024 Friendly

SJK

2–2

VPS

15 March 2024 Friendly

Umeå FC

1–4

VPS

23 March 2024 Friendly

Ilves

1–2

VPS

29 March 2024 Friendly

VPS

5–1

FF Jaro

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Veikkausliiga	6 April 2024	1 September 2024	Matchday 1		15	7	4	4	25	21	+4	046.67
Finnish Cup	15 June 2024	25 June 2024	Fifth round	Sixth round	2	1	0	1	6	6	+0	050.00
Finnish League Cup	27 January 2024	24 February 2024	Group stage	Group stage	5	1	1	3	4	11	−7	020.00
UEFA Conference League	11 July 2024		First qualifying round		1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total					23	9	5	9	36	40	−4	039.13

Last updated: 11 July 2024
Source: Soccerway

Veikkausliiga

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	SJK	17	9	5	3	35	25	+10	32	Qualification for the Championship Round
4	Ilves	17	8	5	4	36	23	+13	29
5	VPS	17	8	4	5	29	25	+4	28
6	Haka	17	8	3	6	27	25	+2	27
7	Inter Turku	17	6	4	7	30	26	+4	22	Qualification for the Relegation Round

Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 2024. Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	7	4	4	25	21	+4	25	3	3	2	15	12	+3	4	1	2	10	9	+1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	L
Position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 18 January.^[1]^[2]

6 April 2024 1	FC Haka	1–2	VPS	Valkeakoski
				Stadium: Tehtaan kenttä

12 April 2024 2

VPS

1–1

SJK

20 April 2024 3

VPS

3–2

IF Gnistan

27 April 2024 4	AC Oulu	1–2	VPS	Oulu
				Stadium: Raatti Stadion

3 May 2024 5

VPS

3–0

FC Lahti

10 May 2024 6	KuPS	2–1	VPS	Kuopio
				Stadium: Väre Areena

17 May 2024 7	HJK	1–2	VPS	Helsinki
				Stadium: Bolt Arena

22 May 2024 15

VPS

1–3

KuPS Kuopio

27 May 2024 8

VPS

3–1

Inter Turku

2 June 2024 9	Ekenäs IF	1–2	VPS	Raseborg
				Stadium: Ekenäs Centrumplan

7 June 2024 10

VPS

1–1

Ilves

12 June 2024 11	IFK Mariehamn	0–0	VPS	Mariehamn
				Stadium: Wiklöf Holding Arena

19 June 2024 12

VPS

1–1

AC Oulu

28 June 2024 13	Inter Turku	3–1	VPS	Turku
				Stadium: Veritas Stadion

6 July 2024 14

VPS

2–3

Ekenäs IF

21 July 2024 16	Ilves	v	VPS	Tampere
				Stadium: Tammelan Stadion

28 July 2024 17

VPS

v

IFK Mariehamn

Finnish Cup

15 June 2024 Fifth round	FC Inter 2	1–5	VPS	Turku
19:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Veritas Stadion Referee: Jesse Salo

25 June 2024 Sixth round	SJK	5–1	VPS	Seinäjoki
19:00 UTC+3				Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Referee: Matti Roth

Finnish League Cup

Group stage

27 January 2024 1	VPS	2–1	SJK	Vaasa
18:00 UTC+2	Nuorela 45+3' Alanko 58'		Gasc 59'	Stadium: VEO Areena Referee: Mikko Juusola

3 February 2024 2	Ilves	3–1	VPS	Tampere
14:45 UTC+2				Stadium: Pirkkahalli C

8 February 2024 3	KuPS	5–0	VPS	Kuopio
15:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Lippumäen kuplahalli

17 February 2024 4	VPS	1–1	AC Oulu	Vaasa
18:00 UTC+2				Stadium: VEO Areena

24 February 2024 5	VPS	0–1	Haka	Vaasa
18:00 UTC+2				Stadium: VEO Areena

UEFA Conference League

References

^ "Veikkausliigan otteluohjelma kaudelle 2024 julkaistaan torstaina 18.1". www.veikkausliiga.com.
^ Juurtela, Martti (January 18, 2024). "Klassikko-ottelu KuPS - HJK avaa Veikkausliigakauden 2024".

[1] "Veikkausliigan otteluohjelma kaudelle 2024 julkaistaan torstaina 18.1". www.veikkausliiga.com.

[2] Juurtela, Martti (January 18, 2024). "Klassikko-ottelu KuPS - HJK avaa Veikkausliigakauden 2024".

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