SJK is a Finnish

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 club from the city of Seinäjoki

Seinäjoki

Seinäjoki is a city located in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bruk iron and gunpowder factories founded in 1798. Seinäjoki became a municipality in 1868, market town in 1931 and town in 1960...

. SJK was formed in 2007 after the merger of TP-Seinäjoki and Sepsi-78

Sepsi-78

Sepsi-78 is a Finnish association football club from Seinäjoki. The club was founded in 1978 after bankruptcy of its predecessor, Seinäjoen Palloseura . The first teams of Sepsi-78 and TP-Seinäjoki merged into Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho in 2007...

. The club is currently playing in the Kakkonen

Kakkonen

Kakkonen 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...

, the third tier of the Finnish league system. SJK play their home matches at Seinäjoen keskuskenttä.

Club Structure

SJK currently has 1 men's team and 2 boys teams. In addition there is the successful Wall-Academy which is sponsored by Wallsport.

2010 season

SJK Men's Team are competing in Group C (Lohko C) of the Kakkonen (Second Division) administered by the Football Association of Finland

Football Association of Finland

The Football Association of Finland is the governing body of football in Finland. It was founded in 1907, and was also the governing body of bandy in Finland until the bandy association, Suomen Jääpalloliitto, was founded in 1972....

  (Suomen Palloliitto) . This is the third highest tier in the Finnish football system

Finnish football league system

The Finnish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Finland. The three highest levels are managed by the Finnish FA while the higher leagues are managed by the regional departments of the FA.-The system:...

. In 2009 FC SJK finished in fifth position in their Kakkonen section.

Current squad