# 2024 Vaasan Palloseura season

The 2024 season is the 101st season in the history of Vaasan Palloseura and the club's third consecutive season in the Finnish top flight. VPS was eliminated from the Finnish Cup in the sixth round with a 5–1 loss to Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Teppo Marttinen |
| 2 | DF | FIN | Josep Nuorela |
| 4 | DF | FIN | Jesper Engström |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Mikko Pitkänen |
| 9 | FW | FIN | Riku Jääskä |
| 10 | FW | SUR | Gleofilo Vlijter |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Mads Borchers |
| 14 | MF | NGA | Peter Eletu |
| 16 | FW | FIN | Teemu Hytönen |
| 17 | FW | FIN | Kalle Multanen |
| 19 | DF | FIN | Martti Haukioja |
| 20 | DF | FIN | Juho Hyvärinen |
| 21 | MF | GHA | Prosper Ahiabu |
| 23 | DF | FIN | Miika Niemi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | GK | FIN | Rasmus Leislahti |
| 25 | MF | FIN | Samuel Lindeman |
| 26 | MF | FIN | Antonio Almen |
| 27 | DF | FIN | Gabriel Sillanpää |
| 28 | FW | FIN | Roni Hudd |
| 29 | DF | GNB | Pedro Justiniano |
| 30 | MF | FIN | Joonas Vahtera |
| 33 | MF | FIN | Akon Kuek |
| 34 | MF | FIN | Antti-Ville Räisänen |
| 36 | DF | FIN | Felix Friberg |
| 44 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Bashkirov |
| 77 | FW | FIN | Samu Alanko |
| — | DF | ENG | Alfie Cicale |
| — | FW | NGA | Franklin Matib |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | FIN | Lauri Vetri (at VIFK until 31 December 2024) |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Veikkausliiga | 6 April 2024 | 1 September 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 046.67 |
| Finnish Cup | 15 June 2024 | 25 June 2024 | Fifth round | Sixth round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Finnish League Cup | 27 January 2024 | 24 February 2024 | Group stage | Group stage | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 020.00 |
| UEFA Conference League | 11 July 2024 | | First qualifying round | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 039.13 |
Last updated: 11 July 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Veikkausliiga
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 4 | SJK | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 36 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 5 | Haka | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 35 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 6 | VPS | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 32 | Qualification for the Championship Round |
| 7 | Inter Turku | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 31 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| 8 | Gnistan | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 30 | Qualification for the Relegation Round |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Ilves | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 54 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | HJK | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 45 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | SJK (O) | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 40 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round play-off final |
| 5 | VPS | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 39 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round play-off quarter-finals |
| 6 | Haka | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 38 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round play-off quarter-finals |
* 1 2 The 2024 Finnish Cup winners qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round. Since the cup winners (KuPS) qualified based on league position, the Conference League second round spot was passed to the second-placed team, the Conference League first round spot was passed to the third-placed team, the Conference League play-off final spot was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the fourth Conference League play-off quarter-final spot was passed to the eighth-placed team.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Inter Turku | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 41 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round play-off quarter-finals |
| 2 | Gnistan | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 37 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round play-off quarter-finals |
| 3 | Oulu | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 28 | |
| 4 | Mariehamn | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 26 | |
| 5 | Lahti (R) | 27 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 47 | −16 | 24 | Qualification for the Veikkausliiga play-off |
| 6 | EIF (R) | 27 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 57 | −33 | 19 | Relegation to the Ykkösliiga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | |
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#### Matches

The match schedule was released on 18 January.