Oulun Luistinseura

Oulun Luistinseura (or OLS) is a Finnish multi-sports club, based in Oulu. The club has football, bandy, bowling and floorball sections. Since 2020, the club's football first team AC Oulu/OLS has been the reserve team of Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu and competes in Finnish third tier.

Football

OLS football team was founded in 1941 by clubs bandy players. Throughout the years the club has played mostly in lower divisions, never competing in the highest tier of Finnish football except as a part of short lived merger with OTP called FC Oulu in the early 1990s. The most successful part of OLS is the youth academy which has produced many national team level players. Men's football team earned promotion to Kakkonen (the third tier of Finnish football) for 2014 season.

Current squad

League history in Football

4 season in 2nd Tier 37 seasons in 3rd Tier 22 seasons in 4th Tier SeasonLevelDivisionSectionAdministrationPositionMovements1956Tier 4Aluesarja (Area Series)Group 11 - OuluFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th1957Tier 4Aluesarja (Area Series)Group 17 - OuluFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd1958Tier 4Aluesarja (Area Series)Group 16 - OuluFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1stPromoted1959Tier 3Maakuntasarja (Regional League)Group 9Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th1960Tier 3Maakuntasarja (Regional League)Group 9Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)6th1961Tier 3Maakuntasarja (Regional League)Group 9Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)8thRelegated1962Tier 4Aluesarja (Area Series)Group 17 - OuluFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1stPromoted1963Tier 3Maakuntasarja (Regional League)Group 9Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)8thRelegated1964Tier 4Aluesarja (Area Series)Group 17 - OuluFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd1965Tier 4Aluesarja (Area Series)Group 17 - OuluFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd1966Tier 4Aluesarja (Area Series)Group 17 - OuluFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th1967Tier 4Aluesarja (Area Series)Group 17 - OuluFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd1968Tier 4Aluesarja (Area Series)Group 16 - OuluFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th1969Tier 4Aluesarja (Area Series)Group 16 - OuluFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd1970Tier 44. divisioona (Fourth Division)Group 17 - OuluFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2ndMerger with Oulun Pallo-Veikot1971Tier 33. divisioona (Third Division)Group 7Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)4thas OLS-Veikot1972Tier 33. divisioona (Third Division)Group 9Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)1stOLS-Veikot - Promoted1973Tier 32. divisioona (Second Division)North GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)8thOLS-Veikot1974Tier 32. divisioona (Second Division)North GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)9thOLS-Veikot 1975Tier 32. divisioona (Second Division)North GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)8th1976Tier 32. divisioona (Second Division)North GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)3rd1977Tier 32. divisioona (Second Division)North GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)1stPromoted1978Tier 2 1. divisioona (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 12thRelegated1979Tier 32. divisioona (Second Division)North GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)6th1980Tier 32. divisioona (Second Division)North GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)10thRelegated1981Tier 43. divisioona (Third Division)Group 9Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th1982Tier 43. divisioona (Third Division)Group 9Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th1983Tier 43. divisioona (Third Division)Group 9Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2ndPromotion Playoff1984Tier 43. divisioona (Third Division)Group 9Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th1985Tier 43. divisioona (Third Division)Group 9Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd1986Tier 43. divisioona (Third Division)Group 9Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd1987Tier 43. divisioona (Third Division)Group 9Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1stPromoted1988Tier 32. divisioona (Second Division)North GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)2nd1989Tier 32. divisioona (Second Division)North GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)4th1990Tier 32. divisioona (Second Division)North GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)1stFC OLS - Promoted1991Tier 2 1. divisioona (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9thMerged with Oulun Työväen Palloilijat to FC Oulu1992-1995No first team football1996Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)North GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)10thAs OPP due to FA naming regulations - Relegated1997Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)North GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)8thTook place of OPS1998Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)North GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)6thAs OPS due to FA naming regulation1999Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)North GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)2ndPromotion Playoff2000Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)North GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th2001Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)North GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)9th2002Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)North GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)1stPromotion Playoff - Promoted2003Tier 2Ykkönen (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 13thRelegated2004Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Northern GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)2ndPromotion Playoff - Lost but Promoted due to bankruptcy of FC Jazz2005Tier 2Ykkönen (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 13thRelegated2006Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group CFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)4th2007Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group CFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)7th2008Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group CFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)9th2009Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group CFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)12thRelegated2010-2012No first team football2013Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Northern FinlandFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1stPromoted2014Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Northern GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)10thRelegated2015Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Northern FinlandFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th2016Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Northern FinlandFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd2017Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Northern FinlandFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1stPromoted2018Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group cFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)8th2019Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group cFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)7th2020Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group cFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)11thRemained due to bankruptcy of AC Kajaani2021Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group AFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)8th2022Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group CFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)4th2023Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group CFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)1st Promotion playoff to Ykkösliiga - Promoted to Ykkönen2024Tier 3Ykkönen (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)3rd2025Tier 3Ykkönen (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

Bandy

OLS is one of the most successful clubs in Finland and is the only non-Swedish or Russian-Soviet club to have won the Bandy World Cup, having won the title in 1976. In 1977 and 1990 they were European Cup runners-up.

OLS have won the Bandyliiga play-off to become Finnish champions 16 times the first was in 1970 and the most recent title was in 2014. OLS has won the Finnish championship in the following years: 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2009, and 2014.

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