JS Hercules
Association football club in Finland
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JS Hercules is an association football club based in Oulu, Finland. Founded in 1998, the team started at the lowest level of the Finnish league system and was playing in the Third Division until promoted to Finnish Second Division, Kakkonen, for the first time for season 2016.[1]
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| Full name | Jalkapalloseura Hercules ry. | |||
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| Nickname | Herkku | |||
| Founded | 1998 | |||
| Ground | Castrén | |||
| Chairman | Marko Halmekangas | |||
| Manager | Conor Edwards | |||
| League | Kakkonen | |||
| 2025 | Kakkonen Group C, 7th of 10 | |||
| Website | http://www.jshercules.com/ | |||
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History
When Hercules played their first matches in 1998, some of the players had never previously played in a football club. Some had a little background in their local youth teams and nothing else. The team's core was a group of students mostly from the Faculty of Technology at the University of Oulu. This first generation is almost gone, but a couple are still playing for the reserve team, Herkku-Papat, or manage the team business in the background. Younger ranks are now taking care of the first team efforts on the field.[2]
Season to season
Season to season of Hercules
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Current season
Current squad
As of 21 April 2026[6][7] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Outside the pitch
JS Hercules has combined football and business in creating a yearly seminar, FootCoop, which brings together teams and businesses from Northern Fennoscandia with exceptional speakers. The 2012 seminar featured Brian Deane, Tom Saintfiet, Martti Kuusela, Tom Markham, Jarmo Kekäläinen, Aki Riihilahti and Miguel Huhta, and others. At the same time they organized "Sister City Football Tournament" which included teams from Oulu's sister cities and other neighboring places like Alta IF, AC Oulu, RoPS and Bodens BK.[8] In 2017, the club entered into a partnership with Indian I-League club Chennai City.[9][10]