Unitas Sports Club
| Full name | Sportklubben Unitas | ||
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| Founded | 1905 | ||
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Sports Club Unitas (Swedish Sportklubben Unitas) was a sports club in Helsinki, Finland. It was founded in 1905 by sportsmen who had left . Unitas was the first club to win the Finnish football championship title in 1908.[1]
Football was the most important sport for Unitas. They played in the first-ever public football match in Finland, against from Saint Petersburg, Russia in September 1906.[1] In October of the same year, Unitas arranged a nationwide cup format competition in Kaisaniemi, Helsinki. This was the forerunner of the Finnish championship competition, which was played in a cup format in the early years.[1]
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