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
SeasonLevelDivisionSectionAdministrationPositionMovements2003Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Section 10 Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 1stUpper Section -1st – Promoted2004Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division) East GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)8th2005Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division) West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)10th Relegation Play-offs2006Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division) Group CFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)14th Relegated2007Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division) Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 7th2008Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia and Vaasa (SPL Vaasa) Kesä 3rd Syksy 1st – Play-offs – Promoted2009Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division) Group CFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)14th Relegated2010Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division) Central Ostrobothnia and Vaasa (SPL Vaasa)
4 seasons in Kakkonen 4 seasons in Kolmonen
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
External links Official Club Website Football Club Website Finnish Wikipedia Suomen Cup