Ponnistus
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| Ponnistus | |||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Helsingin Ponnistus | ||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Ponnarit | ||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1887 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Pallokenttä, Helsinki (Capacity 4,000) |
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| Manager | Ari Pasanen | ||||||||||||||||
| League | Kolmonen | ||||||||||||||||
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Helsingin Ponnistus is a Finnish football club from the capital city, Helsinki. The club was founded in 1887 by Viktor Damm. In its starting years, the clubs athletes enjoyed success especially in gymnastics and athletics. Nowadays the club is focused on football. Ponnistus is the oldest still existing sport club in Finland.
