AC Oulu
- Leagues Played
- Finland Ykkosliiga 191 Finland Veikkausliiga 105 Finland Cup 41 Finland Liigacup 15 Finland Veikkausliiga Play-Offs 3
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- AC Oulu U20
| Finland Cup | 04/16 15:00 | 9 |
Virkia
v
AC Oulu
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W | 1-7 | |
| Finland Veikkausliiga | 04/12 17:00 | 1 |
[10] FC Inter
v
AC Oulu
[10]
|
D | 3-3 | |
| Finland Veikkausliiga | 04/06 14:00 | 1 |
[2] SJK
v
AC Oulu
[2]
|
L | 2-1 | |
| Europe Friendlies | 03/29 15:00 | - |
FC Ilves
v
AC Oulu
|
L | 1-0 | |
| Europe Friendlies | 03/23 14:00 | - |
AC Oulu
v
Jippo
|
D | 2-2 | |
| Finland Liigacup | 02/24 13:00 | - |
[2] KuPS Kuopio
v
AC Oulu
[4]
|
L | 3-1 | |
| Finland Liigacup | 02/17 16:00 | - |
[6] VPS Vaasa
v
AC Oulu
[4]
|
D | 1-1 | |
| Finland Liigacup | 02/08 16:00 | - |
[2] AC Oulu
v
FC Ilves
[1]
|
L | 0-1 | |
| Finland Liigacup | 02/03 12:45 | - |
[5] SJK
v
AC Oulu
[4]
|
W | 0-2 | |
| Finland Liigacup | 01/27 13:00 | - |
AC Oulu
v
FC Haka
|
D | 0-0 | |
| Europe Friendlies | 01/19 10:00 | - |
AC Oulu
v
KuPS Kuopio
|
L | 2-5 | |
| Europe Friendlies | 12/16 13:00 | - |
KuPS Kuopio
v
AC Oulu
|
L | 5-0 | |
| Finland Veikkausliiga | 10/28 14:00 | 8 |
[5] FC Honka
v
AC Oulu
[1]
|
L | 5-0 | |
| Finland Veikkausliiga | 10/25 15:00 | 7 |
[4] SJK
v
AC Oulu
[1]
|
W | 6-7 | |
| Finland Veikkausliiga | 10/21 12:00 | - |
[1] AC Oulu
v
FC Haka
[2]
|
D | 1-1 | |
| Finland Veikkausliiga | 10/06 15:00 | - |
[4] FC Ilves
v
AC Oulu
[1]
|
L | 3-2 | |
| Finland Veikkausliiga | 09/29 15:00 | - |
[1] AC Oulu
v
KTP
[5] 
|
W | 2-0 | |
| Finland Veikkausliiga | 09/22 15:00 | - |
[3] Lahti
v
AC Oulu
[1]
|
L | 2-1 | |
| Finland Veikkausliiga | 09/16 14:00 | - |
[7] AC Oulu
v
IFK Mariehamn
[12] 
|
W | 3-2 | |
| Finland Veikkausliiga | 09/03 13:00 | 22 |
[6] FC Inter
v
AC Oulu
[7]
|
L | 2-1 | |
| Finland Veikkausliiga | 08/27 15:00 | 21 |
[5] AC Oulu
v
HJK Helsinki
[2] 
|
L | 1-3 | |
| Finland Cup | 08/23 16:00 | 2 |
FC Ilves
v
AC Oulu
|
L | 1-0 | |
| Finland Veikkausliiga | 08/19 14:00 | 20 |
[4] AC Oulu
v
FC Ilves
[10]
|
L | 0-3 | |
| Finland Veikkausliiga | 08/12 14:00 | 19 |
[4] AC Oulu
v
Lahti
[8]
|
D | 1-1 | |
| Finland Veikkausliiga | 07/30 13:00 | 17 |
[6] FC Honka
v
AC Oulu
[4]
|
L | 4-1 | |
| Finland Veikkausliiga | 07/22 14:00 | 16 |
[4] AC Oulu
v
KTP
[9]
|
W | 3-1 | |
| Finland Veikkausliiga | 07/15 14:00 | 16 |
[9] VPS Vaasa
v
AC Oulu
[4]
|
L | 3-0 | |
| Finland Veikkausliiga | 07/09 15:30 | 15 |
[12] IFK Mariehamn
v
AC Oulu
[4]
|
W | 1-2 | |
| Finland Cup | 07/05 15:30 | 3 |
KTP
v
AC Oulu
|
W | 1-2 | |
| Finland Veikkausliiga | 07/01 14:00 | 14 |
[4] AC Oulu
v
FC Haka
[9]
|
W | 3-0 |
Wikipedia - AC Oulu
AC Oulu is a Finnish professional football club based in Oulu, currently playing in Finland's premier division, Veikkausliiga. Formed in 2002, the club have played five seasons in Finland's highest football league Veikkausliiga and 16 seasons in the second highest league Ykkönen. They currently play their home games at Raatti Stadium, and the club colours are navy blue, and white.
History
Early years; 2002–2010 and the first promotions
AC Oulu was founded in 2002 as a joint initiative of the OLS, OPS, OTP and Tervarit clubs with the aim of bringing top level football back to Oulu. FC Oulu played in the Veikkausliiga in the early '90s as the most recent team from Oulu to play top-tier Finnish football.
After four seasons in the Ykkönen, AC Oulu reached the Finlands premier division Veikkausliiga in 2007. However, they were relegated back to the Ykkönen at the end of their first season in the top division. After two seasons in the second tier AC Oulu won promotion again to the Veikkausliiga at the end of the 2009 season after finishing top of the Ykkönen.
Having finished 11th in 2010 season the club were initially going to continue in the Veikkausliiga for the 2011 season. However, they were denied a league licence for financial reasons and therefore dropped down to the Ykkönen.
"Eternal Ykkönen"; 2011–2020
Since the relegation for financial reasons in 2010, AC Oulu played in Ykkönen for ten years, where it was considered as a candidate to promote for a long time. During 2009–2014, the former Finland national team winger Mika Nurmela played for the club, and simultaneously worked as a sporting director in AC Oulu. During 2016–2018, the former national team defender Markus Heikkinen played for the club as a player-coach. Since 2017, he has also been working as a sporting director for the club. In 2018, Tomi Kaismo and his investment company OTC-Sijoitus Oy, became the biggest shareholder of the club. The club managed to create stability to their economy during those years, and finally won Ykkönen in the 2020 season, gaining a promotion back to Veikkausliiga for the 2021 season, previous time being in 2010.
Veikkausliiga; 2021–present
In the 2021 Veikkausliiga season, after the run of poor results, the head coach Jyrki Ahola was sacked in September and replaced by Portuguese Ricardo Duarte. AC Oulu finished 11th in the league, and successfully defended its place in the relegation play-offs against RoPS.
In the 2022 season, the club finished in the 7th place, after having narrowly missed the top-6 championship group in the league. AC Oulu established its place in the league, after having mostly played in the second-tier Ykkönen since its foundation in 2002.
In the early 2023, AC Oulu reached to the final of the pre-season Finnish League Cup tournament, after winning Inter Turku on penalties in the semi-final. They eventually fell short to HJK in the final, losing the game 2–1. Before the league season started, the club sold its own local protégé Miika Koskela to Norwegian club Tromsø IL, and in the summer transfer window Otso Liimatta was sold to Portuguese Primeira Liga club FC Famalicão.
In August 2023, the head coach Duarte announced that he will leave the club after the season, and his option will not be exercised. Only a couple of weeks later, the club announced that Duarte was sacked with an immediate effect, following the loss in the 2023 Finnish Cup semi-final against Ilves, and the miserable results in the league. However, in the end of the season, the club renewed its position in 7th place in the league, having narrowly missed the top-6 again.
The team's colors are blue and white, and they play their home matches at Raatti Stadium, a historic venue in Oulu. AC Oulu has a strong youth development program and has produced several talented players who have gone on to play for top clubs in Finland and abroad.
With a dedicated coaching staff and a roster of talented players, AC Oulu is always a contender in the Ykkönen and has aspirations of earning promotion to the top division, Veikkausliiga. Fans of Finnish football can always expect exciting matches and fierce competition when AC Oulu takes the field.