Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho

SJK Seinäjoki

Full name

Nickname(s)

SJK

Founded

2007

Ground

OmaSP Stadion,
Seinäjoki, Finland

Capacity

5,876

Chairman

Raimo Sarajärvi

Manager

Simo Valakari

League

Veikkausliiga

2015

1st

Home colours

Away colours

Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (or SJK Seinäjoki or SJK) is a Finnish football club from the city of Seinäjoki. The club is currently (2016) playing in the Veikkausliiga, the highest tier of the Finnish league system, of which they are the reigning champions, winning their first title in 2015.

History

SJK was formed in 2007 after the merger of TP-Seinäjoki and Sepsi-78. In 2015, SJK won their first ever Finnish Veikkausliiga title, ending HJK Helsinki's run of 6 titles in a row. SJK has one men's team and two boys' teams. In addition there is the successful Wall-Academy which is sponsored by Wallsport.

Domestic history

Season	Level	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Points	Finnish Cup	League Cup	Top goalscorer^[1]
2008	3rd	8	26	10	7	9	57	37	37		-	Tommi Haanpää – 12
2009		5	26	14	1	11	56	52	43	Third Round	-	Mikael Muurimäki – 14
2010		5	26	11	9	6	46	31	42	Fifth Round	-	Mikael Muurimäki – 9
2011		1	26	22	4	0	72	14	70	Seventh Round	-	Petter Meyer – 23
2012	2nd	2	27	14	5	8	42	29	47	Fifth Round	-	Toni Lehtinen – 12
2013	2nd	1	27	18	5	4	51	17	59	Third Round	-	Toni Lehtinen – 10
2014	1st	2	33	16	11	6	40	26	59	Quarterfinal	Winners	Akseli Pelvas – 11
2015		1	33	18	6	9	50	22	60	Fifth Round	Quarterfinal	Akseli Pelvas – 14
2016		3	33	17	6	10	49	36	57	Winners	Runners Up	Roope Riski – 16

European history

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	FH	0–1	0–1	0–2
2016–17	UEFA Champions League	2Q	BATE	2–2	0–2	2–4
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q

Notes

1Q: First qualifying round
2Q: Second qualifying round

Stadium

Main article: Seinäjoen keskuskenttä

Wallsport Areena is the training ground of SJK

SJK play their home matches at Seinäjoen keskuskenttä, until their new stadium is completed. In 2010, it was reported for the first time that SJK were planning a new football stadium. Eventually, in autumn 2014 it was announced that the construction of SJK's new stadium would start soon. The construction began in summer 2015 and the new stadium will be completed in summer 2016.^[2]

Honours

Veikkausliiga (1): 2015
Finnish League Cup (1): 2014
Ykkönen (1): 2013
Kakkonen (1): 2011
Finnish Cup (1): 2016

Current squad

As of 22 November 2016^[3]

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

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Juhani Ojala
4	DF	Richie Dorman
6	MF	Matej Hradecky
7	DF	Timo Tahvanainen
8	MF	Johannes Laaksonen
10	FW	Billy Ions
13	FW	Roope Riski
15	MF	Matti Klinga
18	DF	Jarkko Hurme
19	FW	Youness Rahimi
21	DF	Marc Vales

No.	Position	Player
25	FW	Elias Ahde
26	MF	Jesse Sarajärvi
27	FW	Aleksis Lehtonen
31	GK	Paavo Valakari
33	GK	Mihkel Aksalu (captain)
53	DF	Joona Ala-Hukkala
58	MF	Mehmet Hetemaj
63	MF	Arttu Aromaa
-	MF	Emil Lidman
-	FW	Aristote M'Boma

Available youth players

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

No.	Position	Player
56	FW	Joonas Lepistö
60	MF	Aatu Kujanpää
—	DF	Nicolas Kotamäki

No.		Position	Player
—		MF	Matti Lähde
—		FW	Aleksi Pöntinen

Management and boardroom

Management

As of 27 August 2016^[4]

Name	Role
Simo Valakari	Head Coach
Brian Page	Coach
Oriol Mohedano	Coach
Jori Särkkä	Goalkeeping Coach
Jaakko Nevanlinna	Fitness Coach
Juha-Jaakko Ulvila	Physiotherapist
Antti Peltonen	Mental Coach
Pekka Lehtinen	Kit Manager
Jarmo Tervasmäki	Team Manager

Boardroom

As of 20 April 2016^[5]

Name	Role
Raimo Sarajärvi	Chairman
Teemu Virtanen	Managing Director

Managers

Tommy Dunne (2008)
Jari Kujala (2008)
Esa Haanpää (2009)
Tomi Kärkkäinen (2010)
Christoffer Kloo (1 January 2011 – 13 August 2012)
Simo Valakari (1 September 2012–)

References

↑ "Tilastot ja ennätykset". www.sjk2007.fi (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
↑ http://stadiumdb.com/designs/fin/seinajoki_stadion
↑ "SJK 2016". sjk2007.fi. SJK. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
↑ "SJK 2016" (in Finnish). SJK. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
↑ "Yhteystiedot" (in Finnish). SJK. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

External links

Official Website

Veikkausliiga · 2016

FC Inter FC Lahti HIFK HJK IFK Mariehamn Ilves KuPS PK-35 Vantaa PS Kemi RoPS SJK VPS

Top division football seasons in Finland

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Football in Finland

Football in Finland

Football Association of Finland

National teams

League system

Men:	Veikkausliiga (tier 1) Ykkönen (tier 2) Kakkonen (tier 3) Kolmonen (tier 4) Nelonen (tier 5) Vitonen (tier 6) Kutonen (tier 7) Seiska (tier 8)

Women:	Naisten Liiga (tier 1) Naisten Ykkönen (tier 2) Naisten Kakkonen (tier 3) Naisten Kolmonen (tier 4) Naisten Nelonen (tier 5)

District Associations

Domestic cups

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