JS Hercules

JS Hercules is an association football club established in Oulu, Finland, 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]

Full nameJalkapalloseura Hercules ry.
Nickname(s)Herkku
Founded1998
GroundCastrén
ChairmanMikko Perälä
ManagerMikko Isokangas
WebsiteClub website

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]

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.[3]

Current squad 2018

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 Ville Seppä
2 DF  FIN Joni Leskelä
5 DF  FIN Santeri Ukkola
7 MF  FIN Aleksi Nousiainen
9 FW  NGA Kalim Amokachi
10 FW  NGA Paul Obi
11 FW  NGA Nazim Amokachi
12 DF  FIN Markku Huoponen (C)
19 MF  FIN Miika Vihavainen
21 MF  FIN Miika Lammela
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF  FIN Valtteri Kovalainen
23 FW  NGA Junior Obagbemiro
24 MF  NGA Jerome Ogbuefi
25 MF  EGY Karam Hadhoud
27 MF  MKD Calvin N'Sombo
37 FW  FIN Sami Karjalainen
41 GK  FIN Aleksanteri Patronen
45 GK  FIN Darius Kangnissoukpe
80 MF  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.[4]

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. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  3. "ResultCode – sarjat/kesä 2012". Palloliitto. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  4. "FootCoop 2012 was a success!". Topspot. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
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