Ground Capacity 900 Ground Seinäjoki Capacity 900 | League Kutonen Founded 1930 | |
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Full name Jalkapalloseura Sepsi-78 | ||
Sepsi-78 is a Finnish association football club from Seinäjoki. The club was founded in 1978 after bankruptcy of its predecessor, Seinäjoen Palloseura (SePS). The first teams of Sepsi-78 and TP-Seinäjoki merged into Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho in 2007. Currently Sepsi-78 focuses in youth football and its first team plays in the Kutonen, seventh tier of the Finnish football league system.
History
Seinäjoen Palloseura was founded in 1930. SePS had activity in football and bandy, which was the club's main sport in the beginning. SePS played seven seasons in the bandy top flight before 1966. The club also played football for 15 seasons in the second tier between 1945 and 1977.
In 1977 SePS went bankrupt, but Sepsi-78 was formed and the new club got its place in the Ykkönen. In 1979 Sepsi-78 finished third and was promoted to Mestaruussarja after finishing fourth in the promotion qualifiers. In the club's first top flight season, Sepsi-78 finished seventh. In 1981 season Sepsi-78 narrowly escaped relegation after a replay with RoPS. In 1982 Sepsi-78 was relegated to Division One. The club was relegated again next season and after that it remained in the third and fourth tier until 2007.
After 2007 season the first teams of Sepsi-78 and TP-Seinäjoki merged into Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho, which got Sepsi-78's place in the Kakkonen.