JS Hercules

JS Hercules
Full name Jalkapalloseura Hercules ry.
Nickname(s) Herkku
Founded 1998
Ground Castrén
Chairman Juho Syrjä
Manager Daniel Amokachi
Website Club home page

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 season 2016.[1]

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 2015 Hercules had three teams in different leagues. JS Hercules first team plays in the Third Division in northern Finland; the reserve team, Herkku-Papat, in the Fifth Division in the Oulu area; and the ladies team plays in the Ladies Third Division in northern Finland.[3]

Current squad 2016

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

No. Position Player
1 Finland GK Pyry Yrjänäinen
3 Nigeria DF Chiojoke Festus
4 Nigeria DF Nathan Ibeh Ifeanyi
5 Finland DF Santeri Ukkola
6 Egypt DF Amr Mokhtar
7 Finland MF Nikko Ruokangas
8 Finland FW Jarno Tenkula
9 Finland FW Aatu Asikainen
10 Finland FW Tommi Siekkinen
11 Finland FW Teemu Pähtilä
12 Finland DF Markku Huoponen
13 Finland MF Juuso Haapala
16 Finland DF Teemu Kemppe
No. Position Player
17 Finland MF Simo Myllymäki (A)
18 Finland DF Ville Karhunen (C)
20 Finland MF Juho Tapio
21 Finland DF Matti Verronen
23 Nigeria FW Junior Obagbemiro
24 Nigeria MF Jerome Ogbuefi
25 Egypt MF Karam Hadhoud
33 Nigeria MF Sani Kaita
36 Finland GK Lari Honkanen
37 Finland FW Sami Karjalainen
91 Guinea-Bissau GK Germano Mendes
94 Finland DF Roope Keskitalo
99 Finland FW Mikko Suomela

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. Advanced football tournaments included Alta IF, AC Oulu, RoPS, Bodens BK and JS Hercules.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "JS Hercules history". JS Hercules. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "JS Hercules nousee Kakkoseen!". JS Hercules. Retrieved 5 November March 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  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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