Lapuan Virkiä
# Lapuan Virkiä

Lapuan Virkiä (abbreviated Virkiä) is a sports club from Lapua, Finland. The club was formed in 1907 and currently operates 11 divisions namely skiing, football, ice hockey, volleyball, wrestling, basketball, slalom, orienteering, swimming, fitness and athletics. Another sport that the club excels at is pesäpallo. The men's football first team currently plays in the Kolmonen (Third Division). Their home ground is at the Lapuan keskuskenttä.

## Background

Virkiä was established in 1907 and most of the time have played in the lower levels of Finnish football. Their key achievement has been one season in the Suomensarja (Finland League), the second tier of Finnish football in 1964. They also have had five spells covering 14 seasons in the third tier, the Kakkonen (Second Division), in 1981–88, 1997, 2000, 2004–06 and 2009. In this respect the club have enjoyed their greatest success over the last decade as they have spent 5 seasons in the Kakkonen (Second Division).

## Season to season

| Season | Level | Division | Section | Administration | Position | Movements |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2003 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen (Third Division) | Section 10 | Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) | 1st | Upper Section -1st – Promoted |
| 2004 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | East Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) | 8th | |
| 2005 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | West Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) | 10th | Relegation Play-offs |
| 2006 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group C | Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) | 14th | Relegated |
| 2007 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen (Third Division) | | Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) | 7th | |
| 2008 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen (Third Division) | | Central Ostrobothnia and Vaasa (SPL Vaasa) | Kesä 3rd | Syksy 1st – Play-offs – Promoted |
| 2009 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group C | Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) | 14th | Relegated |
| 2010 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen (Third Division) | | Central Ostrobothnia and Vaasa (SPL Vaasa) | | |

## Club structure

Lapuan Virkiä run a large number of teams including 2 men's teams, 1 ladies team, 7 boys teams and 6 girls teams.

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Finland – Divisional Movements 1930–2009". RSSSF. 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
