FF Jaro

Full name

Fotbollsföreningen Jaro Jalkapalloseura

Founded

1965

Ground

Centralplan, Jakobstad

Capacity

3,000

Chairman

Harald Finne

Manager

Carl-August Löf

League

Ykkönen

2016

Ykkönen, 3rd

Home colours

Away colours

Jakobstads Centralplan

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.

Current squad

Updated 4 July 2017.

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Johannes Ström
2	DF	Hassoma Bino Bamba
3	DF	Brock Messenger
4	DF	Pavle Milosavljević
5	DF	Kevin Peth
6	MF	Markus Kronholm
7	MF	Thomas Kula
8	MF	Papa Niang
9	FW	Christian Eissele
10	MF	Jonas Emet
11	FW	Joakim Häggblom
12	MF	Giorgos Katidis
15	DF	Walter Moore

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Adam Vidjeskog
17	FW	Kevin Larsson
19	MF	Axel Vidjeskog
20	DF	Oskar Sandström
21	DF	Charalampos Chantzopoulos
23	MF	Antonio Hotta
24	MF	Joni Remesaho
25	GK	Emil Öhberg
26	MF	Viktor Strömbäck
29	MF	Alfred Söderman
30	FW	Seth Paintsil
—	MF	Nikos Kousidis

Season to season

Season	Level	Division	Section	Administration	Position	Movements
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

19 seasons in Veikkausliiga
4 seasons in Ykkönen

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)

External links

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

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