Jyväskylän Jalkapalloklubi
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Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club, based in Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä is the capital of Central Finland and the largest city on the Finnish Lakeland, north-east of Tampere and north of Helsinki, on northern coast of lake Päijänne. The city has been continuously one of the most rapidly growing cities in Finland since World War II. The city is surrounded...
. It currently plays in the Finnish top-flight Veikkausliiga
Veikkausliiga
Veikkausliiga is the premier division of Finnish football, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Veikkausliiga is currently ranked as the 28th best league in Europe. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, hence the league's name...
. The club's manager is Kari Martonen
Kari Martonen
Kari Martonen is a Finnish football manager and former player, currently managing JJK in Finnish Veikkausliiga. He also works as an assistant manager of the Finland U21 squad....
. JJK plays its home matches at Harjun Stadion
Harjun stadion
Harjun stadion is an athletics and football stadium in Jyväskylä, Finland. It is the home stadium of JJK of the Veikkausliiga. The stadium holds 3,000 spectators and was opened in 1926.-External links:*...
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Current squad
As of 17 May 2011Season to season
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| Season | Level | Division | Section | Administration | Position | Movements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | East Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 5th | |
| 1995 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | East Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 2nd | Promoted |
| 1996 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | North Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 6th | |
| 1997 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | North Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | Promotion Group - 6th |
| 1998 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | North Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | Relegation Group South - Relegated |
| 1999 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | South Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | |
| 2000 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | East Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | |
| 2001 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | East Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 8th | |
| 2002 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | East Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | |
| 2003 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | East Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 4th | |
| 2004 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | East Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Playoffs |
| 2005 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | East Group | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 7th | |
| 2006 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group A | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Promoted |
| 2007 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd | ||
| 2008 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 1st | Promoted | |
| 2009 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 13th | Relegation Playoff | |
| 2010 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 13th | Relegation Playoff | |
| 2011 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) | 3rd |
- 3 seasons in VeikkausliigaVeikkausliigaVeikkausliiga is the premier division of Finnish football, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Veikkausliiga is currently ranked as the 28th best league in Europe. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, hence the league's name...
- 5 seasons in YkkönenYkkönenYkkönen is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system , although it is the highest league managed by the Football Association of Finland.-Competition:...
- 10 seasons in KakkonenKakkonenKakkonen is the third tier of the Finnish football league system.-League structure:Kakkonen is divided to three groups of 14 clubs. A club plays each of the others in the same group twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents. Clubs gain three points for a win, one for a...
Notable players
Janne KorhonenJanne Korhonen (football)
Janne Korhonen is a Finnish professional football goalkeeper who currently plays for Veikkausliiga side JJK Jyväskylä. During years 1999-2008 he played for first division side MYPA. On 30 April 2010 he was selected as the Player of The Month in Veikkausliiga...
Ville Lehtinen
Ville Lehtinen
Ville Lehtinen is a former Finnish footballer.As a junior Lehtinen played for Jyväskylän Jalkapalloklubi. He made his first-team debut in Finland's top division Veikkausliiga for Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi in 1997. He played only two games before moving to Sheffield United...
Mikko Manninen
Mikko Manninen
Mikko Manninen is a Finnish professional football striker who currently plays for the Veikkausliiga side JJK in Finland.Manninen played well in pre-season for TPS but since the Veikkausliiga started, he's been struggling to find his old form, although he has been able to hold on his starting...
Markus Paija Juha Pasoja
Juha Pasoja
Juha Pasoja is a Finnish football defender who currently plays in Veikkausliiga for JJK in Jyväskylä. He joined the team from Hamarkameratene. Pasoja has also played for FC Haka, KPT-85 and FC Jazz, and has 151 matches and 19 goals in the Veikkausliiga. In addition he has been capped 15 times for...
Tomi Petrescu
Tomi Petrescu
Tomi Petrescu is a Finnish footballer of Romanian descent who plays as a forward for FC Honka.-Career:Petrescu plays for Finnish club Tampere United and has also played for another Finnish Veikkausliiga-side, F.C. International Turku. He has also played for Leicester City F.C. in the English...
Touko Tumanto Ǵorǵi Hristov Nam Ik-Kyung Adailton dos Santos
Adailton dos Santos
Adailton Pereira dos Santos is a Brazilian-born Tunisian footballer who currently plays for MyPa in Finnish Veikkausliiga.-References:* *...
Babatunde Wusu
Babatunde Wusu
Babatunde Enitan Wusu is a football striker from Nigeria who currently plays for JJK in the Finnish Veikkausliiga.He also has a Finnish citizenship.- Career :...