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Finnish District Football Associations
The District Football Associations were the local governing bodies of association football in Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, .... The 24 District FAs existed to govern all aspects of local football in their defined areas, providing grassroots support to the Finnish Football Association by promoting and administering football and futsal in their respective districts. The District FAs administered youth football and the lower tier leagues covering Kolmonen (Division 3) and the lower divisions. All of the District Associations were disestablished on 1 January 2020. Organisations The 24 district organisations were as follows: * Ålands Fotbollförbund * SPL Helsingin piiri * SPL Itä-Suomen piiri * SPL Kaakkois-Suomen piiri * SPL Keski-Pohjanmaan piiri * SPL ...
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Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ...
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SPL Vaasan Piiri
The SPL Vaasan piiri ''(Vaasa Football Association)'' was one of the 12 district organisations of the Football Association of Finland. It administered lower tier football in Vaasa. Background Suomen Palloliitto Vaasan piiri, commonly referred to as SPL Vaasan piiri or SPL Vaasa, is the governing body for football in Vaasa. The Association's Chairman is Stig Nygård. Member clubs League Competitions SPL Vaasan piiri run the following league competitions: Men's Football * Division 3 - Kolmonen Kolmonen or III divisioona is the fifth level in the Finnish football league system, league system of Finnish football and comprises 108 Finland, Finnish football (soccer), football teams. The III divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mi ... - one section * Division 4 - Nelonen - one section * Division 5 - Vitonen - one section * Division 6 - Kutonen - three sections Ladies Football * Division 3 - Kolmonen - one section Footnotes References * ...
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SPL Saimaan Piiri
The Suomen Palloliiton Saimaan piiri ''(SPL Saimaa district)'' was a district organisation of the Football Association of Finland operating from 1924 to 1994. Until the Second World War the district was known as the ''Suomen Palloliiton Viipurin piiri (SPL Viipuri district)''. It administered football and bandy initially in and around Viipuri, later expanding to cover the southern part of the historical Finnish Karelia, and ultimately in the Lake Saimaa area. Currently it's part of the '' Suomen Palloliiton Kaakkois-Suomen piiri.'' History The district was founded by Sudet, Reipas and IFK in early 1924 as ''Suomen Palloliiton Viipurin piiri''. It was based in Viipuri, a major city in the Karelian Isthmus, and covered the southern part of the historical Finnish Karelia. The exact foundation date is unknown, but the Football Association accepted the district's membership on April 19.Hakuli 1974, p. 23. It was the association's third district after Helsinki and Vaasa which h ...
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SPL Oulun Piiri
SPL may refer to: Association football * Football Association of Finland (''Suomen Palloliitto'') * Saudi Professional League * Scottish Premier League * Slovenian PrvaLiga * SportPesa Premier League, Kenya * Singapore Premier League * Swiss Promotion League * RoboCup Standard Platform League, matches between autonomous robots Cricket * Saurashtra Premier League, an Indian cricket league Computing Programming languages * System programming language, the general concept of language for programming operating systems * Systems Programming Language, a systems programming language for HP/3000 minicomputers * Shakespeare Programming Language, an esoteric language that looks like Shakespeare's plays * Space Programming Language, influenced by JOVIAL Other uses in computing * Spl (Unix) functions to set priority level * Secondary Program Loader * Software product line * Solana Program Library, a collection of programs on the Solana blockchain platform * Standard PHP Library, used ...
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SPL Karjalan Piiri
The SPL Karjalan piiri ''(Karelia Football Association)'' is a former district organisation of the Football Association of Finland. It administered football in the North Karelia area. Background Suomen Palloliitto Karjalan piiri, commonly referred to as SPL Karjalan piiri or SPL Karjala, was the governing body for football in the North Karelia area. The organisation was founded in May 1930 and was based in Sortavala. It is not clear when the association ceased operating but it is known that 4 clubs broke away from their own area to form the SPL Joensuun piiri on 18 December 1938. Member clubs Member clubs affiliated to the association included: *Joensuun Kalevaiset *Joensuun Palloseura Joensuun Palloseura (abbreviated JoPS) is a football club from Joensuu, Finland. JoPS is Joensuu's oldest football club having been formed in 1929. The club has competed in the second tier of Finnish football over 6 seasons, the last time being i ... *Sortavalan Palloilijat (SP) *Sortava ...
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SPL Joensuun Piiri
SPL may refer to: Association football * Football Association of Finland (''Suomen Palloliitto'') * Saudi Professional League * Scottish Premier League * Slovenian PrvaLiga * SportPesa Premier League, Kenya * Singapore Premier League * Swiss Promotion League * RoboCup Standard Platform League, matches between autonomous robots Cricket * Saurashtra Premier League, an Indian cricket league Computing Programming languages * System programming language, the general concept of language for programming operating systems * Systems Programming Language, a systems programming language for HP/3000 minicomputers * Shakespeare Programming Language, an esoteric language that looks like Shakespeare's plays * Space Programming Language, influenced by JOVIAL Other uses in computing * Spl (Unix) functions to set priority level * Secondary Program Loader * Software product line * Solana Program Library, a collection of programs on the Solana blockchain platform * Standard PHP Library, used ...
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