Turun Palloseura (floorball)

Turun Palloseura
Founded1995
ArenaKupittaan palloiluhalli
Capacity2500
LeagueMen: F-liiga
Women: F-liiga
ChampionshipsMen: 2022–23
Women: 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
Home colors
Away colors
Active departments of
Turun Palloseura
Floorball Football
(Men's)		 Football
(Women's)
Ice hockey
(Men's)		 Ice hockey
(Women's)

Turun Palloseura (TPS) is a floorball department of the eponymous sports club. The club is based in and named after Finnish town Turku. The club includes also a football and ice hockey team. The floorball department was founded in 1995.

The men's team plays in the top Finnish competition, the F-liiga. The team was formed in 1995 by taking over the rights and players of I.K.A. SBS, which had just dropped out of the top competition.[1] It wasn't until the end of 2006–07 season when men won the I-division and rose again to then Salibandyliiga. In the 2018–19 season, they reached the finals for the first time,[2][3] and in the 2022–23 season they won their first championship title.[4]

The women's team also plays in the top competition, the F-liiga. The team was founded in 1996 and started in the lowest competition.[5] They have gradually worked their way up to the top competition, which they have played since the 2007–08 season, except for one-year relegation in 2011–12 season. They have won three championship titles in a row in the 2021–22 through 2023–24 seasons.[6][7][8][9] They went through the 2022–23 season to victory without a single loss.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Lajin ja seuran synty" (in Finnish). 25 September 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  2. ^ "TPS:lle historiallinen finaalipaikka salibandyliigassa – "Sitoutunut ja henkisesti vahva joukkue"". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 7 April 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Classic the Finnish Champion 2019". IFF Main Site. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Mikä salibandytrilleri! Uransa päättävä Mikko Hautaniemi ratkaisi TPS:lle mestaruuden jatkoerässä: "Urheiluromantikkona aika kiva lopetus"". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 28 April 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Kausi 1996-1997" (in Finnish). 25 September 202. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  6. ^ "TPS write Finnish floorball history – grab first F-liiga title". F-liiga. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Upea finaalijännäri! Voittamaton TPS Suomen mestariksi – katso, miten Laura Rantanen räväytti jatkoajalla turkulaisjuhlat käyntiin". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 8 April 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Laura Rantanen ratkaisi jatkoajalla – TPS mestariksi puhtaalla pelillä". F-liiga (in Finnish). 8 April 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  9. ^ "TPS on salibandyn Suomen mestari – Laura Rantanen päätti uransa kolmanteen peräkkäiseen mestaruuteen ja liikutuksen kyyneliin". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 14 April 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.