Someron Voima

Someron Voima
Full nameSomeron Voima
Nickname(s)SoVo
Founded1932; 92 years ago (1932)
GroundSomeron urheilukenttä,
Somero
Finland
ChairmanTimo Rannikko
ManagerTommy Lundberg
LeagueKutonen

Someron Voima (abbreviated SoVo) is a sports club from Somero in Finland. The club was formed in 1932 and their home ground is at the Someron urheilukenttä. The men's football first team currently plays in the Kutonen. The Chairman of SoVo is Timo Rannikko and Henri Hakamäki heads the Football Section.

Background

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The club currently has sections covering football, volleyball, floorball, futsal, boxing, handball, athletics and keep-fit. There are also sections for Veterans, Youth and Women for whom various activities are organised.

SoVo has spent many seasons in the lower divisions of the Finnish football league but has been much more successful over the last decade. The club played 3 consecutive seasons in the Kakkonen (Second Division), the third tier of Finnish football from 2005 to 2007 and is now back at that level in 2010 following promotion from the Kolmonen at the end of the 2009 season.[1]

Season to season

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Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
2003 Tier 5 Nelonen (Fourth Division) Turku and Åland Islands (SPL Turku) 1st Promoted
2004 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Turku and Åland Islands (SPL Turku) 1st Promoted
2005 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th
2006 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 11th
2007 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 12th Relegated
2008 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Turku and Åland Islands (SPL Turku) 6th
2009 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Turku and Åland Islands (SPL Turku) 1st Promoted
2010 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)

Club Structure

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SoVo currently has 1 men's team, 1 woman's team, 4 boys teams and 2 girls teams.

2010 season

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SoVo Men's Team are competing in Group B (Lohko B) of the Kakkonen administered by the Football Association of Finland (Suomen Palloliitto) . This is the third highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2009 Someron Voima finished in first position in their Kolmonen (Third Division) section and were promoted to the Kakkonen..

SoVo/2 are participating in Section 2 (Lohko 2) of the Kutonen[broken anchor] administered by the Turku SPL.

References and sources

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Finland – Divisional Movements 1930–2009". RSSSF. 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2010.