Achievements HPS Helsinki's men's team won the Finnish football championship (
Mestaruussarja) 9 times and they also played in the
European Cup, against
Stade de Reims in 1958–59. Their one success in the
Men's Finnish Cup (Miesten Suomen Cup) was in 1962. • Men's Finnish Champions (Mestaruussarja Winners): 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1929,
1932,
1934,
1935,
1957 • Men's Finnish Cup (Miesten Suomen Cup): 1962
Brief history of men's team The first football match played by HPS men's team in September 1918 against
HIFK. The club won their first Finnish championship three years later in 1921. It also won the Mestaruussarja championship in 1922, 1926, 1927 and 1929. However, the club's golden age was in the 1930s, when the HPS men won three championships over a four-year period (
1932,
1934,
1935). Success at this time was also recognised by the large number of players receiving national recognition by representing the Finnish national side. In the 1940s success was in turn mixed with Finnish football having been disrupted by the war years. In
1940/41 HPS finished bottom of the Mestaruussarja and were relegated but were promoted back to the championship level in 1943/44. They were relegated again in
1949 and did not compete in the Mestaruussarja again until
1956. They won the championship for the last time in
1957 and were most unfortunate a year later in
1958 when they finished equal on points with
KuPS Kuopio to whom they then lost 1–0 in a championship play-off final. They maintained their place in the championship until
1964 when they were relegated, which was the last time that the club competed at the highest level. There then followed a gradual downward spiral with HPS fluctuating between
Miesten Ykkönen (Men's First Division),
Miesten Kakkonen (Men's Second Division) and
Miesten Kolmonen (Men's Third Division). In 1997 HPS returned to the Kakkonen which culminated in them reaching the play-offs at the end of 1998 season when they drew 0–0 and 1–1 against
FC HIFK. However they missed out on promotion on away goals. Disaster was soon to follow as in 1999 HPS abandoned their place in the Kakkonen because of economic difficulties and had no option but to reform in 2000 at the lowest level in the
Seiska (Seventh Division). However, in the last 10 years the club have seen 5 promotions and 1 relegation and they are now competing again in the
Kolmonen.
European campaigns HPS men have played in Europe on two occasions, the first time being in the
European Cup in the 1958–59 season and the second time being in the
Cup Winners' Cup in the 1963–64 season.
Divisional movements since 1930 Top Level (28 seasons): 1930–42, 1945–49, 1956–64 Second Level (18 seasons): 1943/44, 1950–55, 1965–70, 1972, 1974–76, 1983 Third Level (13 seasons): 1971, 1973, 1977–82, 1984, 1988–89, 1997–98 Fourth level (19 seasons): 1985–87, 1990, 1992–93, 1995–96, 2009–23, 2025 Fifth Level (5 seasons): 1991, 1994, 2005, 2007–08, 2024 Sixth Level (2 seasons): 2004, 2006 Seventh Level (1 season): 2003 Eight Level (3 seasons): 2000–02
Season to season •
26 seasons in
Veikkausliiga •
18 seasons in
2nd tier •
13 seasons in
3rd tier •
24 seasons in
4th tier •
6 seasons in
5th tier •
2 seasons in
6th tier •
1 season in
7th tier •
3 seasons in
8th tier Junior Football The club has a youth section running a large number of teams with around 700 players.
Current season Women For the season 2018 the representative team of HPS, ''HPS women's I'', competes in the Naisten Ykkönen, in the second highest national level.
Current women's Squad Current season men For the 2014 season
HPS men compete in Section 1 (Lohko 1) of the
Kolmonen administered by the Helsinki SPL and Uusimaa SPL. This is the fourth highest tier in the Finnish football system.
HPS/2 men are participating in Section 1 (Lohko 1) of the
Nelonen administered by the Helsinki SPL.
HPS/Jägers are participating in Section 3 (Lohko 3) of the
Kutonen administered by the Helsinki SPL.
Current men's Squad ==Ice hockey==