JS Hercules
- Leagues Played
- Finland - Kakkonen avd C 192 Finland - Cup 8 Finland Kakkosen Cup 7
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- JS Hercules II
Wikipedia - JS Hercules
JS Hercules is an association football club based in Oulu, Finland. Founded 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.
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.
Klubben har vunnet det finske mesterskapet én gang, i 1960. Hercules har også vunnet den finske cupen tre ganger, i 1961, 1963 og 1995.
Hercules er kjent for sitt gode ungdomsarbeid, og har fostret opp mange spillere som har gått videre til å spille for det finske landslaget. Klubbens mest kjente spiller er Jari Litmanen, som spilte for Hercules fra 1987 til 1991.
Hercules er en av de mest suksessrike klubbene i finsk fotball, og har en stor og trofast fanskare. Klubben er også kjent for sin gode atmosfære på sine hjemmekamper.