RU-38 (sports club)

Rosenlewin Urheilijat-38, RU-38 for short, was a sports club based in Pori, Finland. It was founded in 1938 by the W. Rosenlew Company. The club was best known by its football and ice hockey sections. In 1967 RU-38 merged with another local club, Karhut, forming a new club named Ässät.

This article is about the Finnish former sports club. For other uses, see RU-38 (disambiguation).
1960's players of RU-38 in May 2012.

The athletes of RU-38 were usually semi-professionals. They had a job at the company's factories and could use their working hours in training.

Football

In the 1950s RU-38 recruited several Finnish national team players, such as Aimo Sommarberg and Stig-Göran Myntti and was promoted to the national top league in 1958. The next season club finished 2nd in Mestaruussarja.[1] 1960 RU-38 played in the Finnish Cup final by losing 1–3 for FC Haka.[2]


RU-38 home kit 1959

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Season to season
Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
1938-44 Did not participate
1945-46 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) Satakunta Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th
1946-47 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) Satakunta Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd
1947-48 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) Satakunta Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promotion Playoff - Promoted
1948 Tier 2 Suomensarja (First Division) North Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd
1949 Tier 2 Suomensarja (First Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th
1950 Tier 2 Suomensarja (First Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th
1951 Tier 2 Suomensarja (First Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd
1952 Tier 2 Suomensarja (First Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th
1953 Tier 2 Suomensarja (First Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 5th
1954 Tier 2 Suomensarja (First Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 10th Relegated
1955 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) North Group II Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promotion Playoff
1956 Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Third Division) West Group I Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promotion Playoff - Promoted
1957 Tier 2 Suomensarja (First Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th
1958 Tier 2 Suomensarja (First Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promoted
1959 Tier 1 Mestaruussarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd
1960 Tier 1 Mestaruussarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 10th Relegated
1961 Tier 2 Suomensarja (First Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd
1962 Tier 2 Suomensarja (First Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd
1963 Tier 2 Suomensarja (First Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th
1964 Tier 2 Suomensarja (First Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th
1965 Tier 2 Suomensarja (First Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 2nd Promotion Playoff
1966 Tier 2 Suomensarja (First Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd
1967 Tier 2 Suomensarja (First Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promotion Group 1st - Promoted, Merged with Karhut to form Ässät

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Ice hockey

RU-38 was promoted to the top hockey league SM-sarja in 1964. Club won the Finnish championship in 1967. RU-38 also made a short appearance in British espionage film Billion Dollar Brain that was partly shot in Finland. They performed a hockey fight with another Finnish team Karhu-Kissat.[5]

Other sports

The most notable other athletes representing RU-38 were 1500-metre world record holder Olavi Salonen and 1960 Olympics pole vault bronze medalist Eeles Landström.

The club also had bandy on its programme.

Honors
  • Football:
Finnish championship: runners-up 1959
Finnish Cup: runners-up 1960
Football Association of Finland Satakunta district champions: 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967
  • Ice hockey
Finnish champions: 1967
Finnish Cup winners: 1965

References
  1. "Finland - List of League First Level Tables". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. "Finland - List of Cup Finals". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  3. http://www.jukkajoutsi.com/porifutis.html
  4. http://www.finlandfootball.net/
  5. ""Karhu-Kissat as movie stars" (in Finnish)". sporttisaitti.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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