Warkauden Jalkapalloklubi

Warkaus JK
Full name Warkauden Jalkapalloklubi
Nickname(s) valkosiivet (white wings)
Founded 2000
Ground Varkauden Keskuskenttä,
Varkaus
Finland
Chairman Jari Räisänen
Head Coach Veli-Matti Mensonen
Coach Marko Hirvonen
Teemu Kervinen
League Kakkonen
2009 4th - Kakkonen (Group A)
Home colours
Away colours

Warkauden Jalkapalloklubi (abbreviated Warkaus JK) is a football club from Varkaus in Finland. The club was formed in 2000 and their home ground is at the Varkauden Keskuskenttä. The men's first team currently plays in the Kakkonen (Second Division). The Chairman of Warkaus JK is Jari Räisänen.

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Background

The club was established in 2000 following the amalgamation of the Warkauden Pallo-35 and Varkauden Työväen Palloilijoiden clubs. The new club has now played 10 consecutive seasons in the Kakkonen (Second Division), the third tier of Finnish football from 2001 to the present day.[1] In 2002 the club finished in top position in the West Group but failed to progress in the Promotion Play-Offs.

The 2008 season has been the most successful to date for Warkaus JK with the club getting through to the quarter-finals of the Suomen Cup before going out 2-0 away to Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi. In Group A of the Kakkonen the team finished in second place, 5 points behind Klubi 04.[2]

In 2009, Warkaus JK won the final of Työväen Urheiluliiton Cup (Workers' Sports Federation Cup) for the first time in their history.

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
2001 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) East Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd
2002 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) East Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Play-Offs
2003 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) East Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd
2004 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) East Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th
2005 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) East Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th
2006 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th
2007 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th
2008 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd
2009 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 4th
2010 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)

Club structure

Warkaus JK currently has 2 men's teams. In addition there is a junior section known as WJK Juniorit which runs 8 boys teams and 4 girls teams.

2010 season

Warkaus JK Men's Team are competing in Group A (Lohko A) of the Kakkonen administered by the Football Association of Finland (Suomen Palloliitto) . This is the third highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2009 Warkauden Jalkapalloklubi finished in fourth position in their Kakkonen section.

Warkaus JK/2 are participating in Section B (Lohko B) of the Nelonen administered by the Itä-Suomi SPL.

Current Squad for the 2010 Season

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

No. Position Player
1 Roope Matsi
2 Juuso Kuronen
3 Markus Kröger
4 Esa Ikonen
5 Eetu Manninen
6 Miika Lehvonen
7 Teppo Kaukola
8 Pertti Häkkinen
9 Tommi Lankinen
10 Pekka Hyvärinen
11 Dimitri Klimov
12 Mikko Lehtinen
No. Position Player
13 Jaakko Kinnunen
14 Joni Kröger
15 Teemu Kervinen
16 Jyrki Juvonen
17 Anssi Laakkonen
18 Riku Mielonen
19 Olli Valto
20 Jukka Kytölä (captain)
22 Sami Karvonen
23 Olli Reinikainen
92 Eetu Häyrinen

References and sources

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Finland - Divisional Movements 1930-2009". RSSSF Archives. 2010. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/finall.html. Retrieved 07.05.2010. 
  2. ^ "Finland 2008". RSSSF Archives. 2008. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/fin08.html. Retrieved 07.05.2010.