FF Jaro

FF Jaro
Full name	Fotbollsföreningen Jaro Jalkapalloseura
Founded	1965
Ground	Centralplan, Jakobstad
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Mikael Eklund
Manager	Niklas Käcko
League	Ykkönen
2019	Ykkönen, 3rd
Home colours	Away colours

FF Jaro is a Finnish football club, based in the bilingual town of Jakobstad. It currently plays in Ykkönen. Home matches are played at the Jakobstads Centralplan.

Jakobstads Centralplan

Current squad

Updated 28 February 2020.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	FIN	Samuel Uusitalo
5	DF	FIN	Toni Takamäki
6	DF	FIN	Johan Brunell
8	FW	FIN	Alex Ramsay
9	FW	USA	William Inalien
10	FW	FIN	Severi Kähkönen
11	MF	FIN	Axel Vidjeskog
15	MF	FIN	Markus Kronholm
16	MF	FIN	Marek Söderman
21	FW	FIN	Jim Myrevik
22	DF	FIN	Oskar Sandström


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	FIN	Benjamin Östman
24	FW	FIN	Joni Remesaho
25	GK	FIN	Emil Öhberg
26	MF	FIN	Marcel Wargh
27	DF	FIN	Aron Bjonbäck
28	DF	FIN	Jusa Ihalainen
29	FW	FIN	Nico Jakobsson
30	DF	FIN	Johan Estlander
36	GK	FIN	Topi Valtonen
50	MF	BRA	Toró (on loan from HIFK)

Season to season

Season to Season

Season	Level	Division	Section	Administration	Position	Movements
1966	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja (Third Division)	Group 8 - Vaasa & Central Ostrobothnia	Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	1st	Promoted
1967	Tier 2	Suomensarja (Second Division)	North Group	Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	4th
1968	Tier 2	Suomensarja (Second Division)	North Group	Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	7th
1969	Tier 2	Suomensarja (Second Division)	North Group	Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	9th	Relegated
1970	Tier 3	III Divisioona (Third Division)	Group 7 - Vaasa & Central Ostrobothnia	Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	1st	Promoted
1971	Tier 2	II Divisioona (Second Division)	North Group	Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	7th
1972	Tier 2	II Divisioona (Second Division)	North Group	Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	2nd
1973	Tier 2	I Divisioona (First Division)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	12th	Relegated
1974	Tier 3	II Divisioona (Second Division)	North Group	Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	5th
1975	Tier 3	II Divisioona (Second Division)	North Group	Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	9th
1976	Tier 3	II Divisioona (Second Division)	North Group	Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	4th
1977	Tier 3	II Divisioona (Second Division)	North Group	Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	7th
1978	Tier 3	II Divisioona (Second Division)	North Group	Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	5th
1979	Tier 3	II Divisioona (Second Division)	North Group	Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	1st	Promotion Playoff - Promoted
1980	Tier 2	I Divisioona (First Division)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	8th	Relegation Group 5th
1981	Tier 2	I Divisioona (First Division)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	9th	Relegation Group 5th
1982	Tier 2	I Divisioona (First Division)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	8th	Relegation Group 2nd
1983	Tier 2	I Divisioona (First Division)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	4th	Promotion Group 5th
1984	Tier 2	I Divisioona (First Division)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	6th
1985	Tier 2	I Divisioona (First Division)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	4th
1986	Tier 2	I Divisioona (First Division)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	10th	Relegated
1987	Tier 3	II Divisioona (Second Division)	North Group	Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	1st	Promoted
1988	Tier 2	I Divisioona (First Division)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	1st	Promoted
1989	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	12th	Relegated
1990	Tier 2	I Divisioona (First Division)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	2nd	Promotion Playoff - Promoted
1991	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	4th
1992	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	5th
1993	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	11th	Relegation group 2nd
1994	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	7th
1995	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	5th
1996	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	1st	Upper Group – 5th
1997	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	8th	Third round – 8th
1998	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	9th	Third round – 10th – Relegated
1999	Tier 2	Ykkönen (First Division)	North Group	Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	2nd	Promotion Group – 3rd – Play-offs
2000	Tier 2	Ykkönen (First Division)	North Group	Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	2nd	Promotion Group – 5th
2001	Tier 2	Ykkönen (First Division)	North Group	Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	2nd	Play-offs – Promoted
2002	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	8th	Upper Group – 7th
2003	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	8th
2004	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	11th
2005	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	11th
2006	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	12th
2007	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	11th
2008	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	9th
2009	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	10th
2010	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	5th
2011	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	11th
2012	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	11th
2013	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	10th
2014	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	6th
2015	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga (Premier League)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	12th	Relegated
2016	Tier 2	Ykkönen (First Division)		Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)	3rd
2017	Tier 2	Ykkönen (First Division)		Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)	5th
2018	Tier 2	Ykkönen (First Division)		Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)	6th
2019	Tier 2	Ykkönen (First Division)		Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)	3rd

23 seasons in Veikkausliiga
22 seasons in Ykkönen
9 seasons in Kakkonen

International achievements

1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup

FF Jaro - Guingamp 0-0
Dinamo Bucharest - FF Jaro 0-2
FF Jaro - Kolkheti Poti 2-0
Zemun - FF Jaro 3-2

Former managers

Börje Nygård (1966–67)
Rainer Aho (1968–70)
Matti Aarni (1971–74)
Bjarne Sjöholm (1975–77)
Esko Vikman (1978)
Ulf Larsson (1979)
Bjarne Sjöholm (1980)
Jan–Eric Holmberg (1981)
Kalle Jaskari (1982–84)
Matti Huotari (1985)
Kalle Jaskari (1986)
Richard Wilson (1987–89)

Kari Mars (1989)
Hannu Touru (1990–93)
Antti Muurinen (1994–96)
Veijo Wahlsten (1997)
Keijo Paananen (1997)
Janne Westerlund (1998)
Keijo Paananen (1999–01)
Sixten Boström (2002–04)
Hannu Touru (2004–05), (2006)
Mika Laurikainen (2007–09)
Alexei Eremenko Sr. (Aug 19, 2009–Jun 10, 2016)
Kristian Heames (Jul 28, 2016–Jul 10, 2017)

gollark: We should have an apioform emoji too.

gollark: Tux1 is a member of the set ∀N∈ℝ TuxN.

gollark: Specifically; pseudoelements and the Link header. I don't think you could make the links work though.

gollark: You COULD do pure CSS though. Via various little known features it is possible to not use HTML.

gollark: Oh bee.

External links

Official website (in Finnish and Swedish)
Fansite (in Finnish and Swedish)

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