Finnairin Palloilijat, or FinnPa as the club is more commonly known as, was a Finnish

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club established in 1965. The club was based in Helsinki and it operated from 1965 to 1998. FinnPa was founded by staff of the Finnish national

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Aero as "Aeron Pallo". When the company changed its name to

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, the club was also renamed Finnairin Palloilijat (Ball players of Finnair). In 1976 the club's men's team was promoted to the Second Division, the third highest level of football in Finland. It remained at the three highest levels for the rest of the club's existence with the absolute peak being the club's promotion to the Premier Division in 1993. In 1997 the club finished at third place in the league table. 1998 became the club's last season of existence when FinnPa was relegated to the

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after losing to

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in the relegation playoffs.

wasn't willing to support the club financially anymore, so it folded. FinnPa played a total of six seasons at the highest level of football in Finland.

Season to season

*6 seasons in ''

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'' *11 seasons in ''

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'' *10 seasons in ''

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'' *3 season in ''

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'' *3 season in '' Nelonen''

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