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FC Jazz

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Football Club Jazz, commonly known as just Jazz, is a Finnish football club based in Pori, which plays in the Finnish third tier, Ykkönen. The club was founded in 1934 as Porin Pallo-Toverit. PPT changed its name to FC Jazz in November 1991.

Jazz Pori
Logo
Full nameFootball Club Jazz Pori
Founded22 September 1934; 89 years ago (22 September 1934)
StadiumPori Stadium, Pori
Capacity12,600
ManagerAndrea Sassarini
LeagueYkkönen
20232nd (Group B, promoted)
Current season

FC Jazz is tied with several other clubs as the 13th most successful Finnish club by Finnish Championship titles. FC Jazz won the Finnish Championship twice (1993, 1996). Other medals for the club include Finnish Championship bronze (1992), Finnish Cup silver (1994) and Finnish League Cup silver (1994).

History edit

PPT 1934–1991 edit

 
PPT's ice hockey player (left) and a Porin Karhut player (right)

FC Jazz was established in 1934 as Porin Pallo-Toverit (PPT for short) by 18 young men who had previously played football in the local sports club Pyrintö. The founders had strong labour movement background and PPT immediately joined the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation (TUL). PPT had also a section for bandy and ice hockey.[1]

PPT played its first years in TUL regional series and after the second world war in TUL national divisions. The club made its debut in Finnish Football Association's national divisions in 1948 Suomensarja which was the second tier of Finnish football. After six more seasons in TUL series PPT joined the FA's divisions permanently in 1955 playing third or fourth tiers up to the 1980s. In 1982 PPT was promoted to 1. division and year later to the premier division Mestaruussarja.[1]

FC Jazz 1991–present edit

 
2013 promotion playoffs FC Jazz vs. Ekenäs IF at Pori Stadium.

In 1991 PPT changed its name for FC Jazz. The name was inspired by Pori Jazz festival, which is one of the most popular jazz festivals in Europe. FC Jazz won two Finnish championship titles in 1993 and 1996. The club was relegated to second tier in 2004, but the first team was dissolved 2005 as a result of financial problems.

FC Jazz youth section had been separated from the league organisation in 2002 and was known as FC Jazz-juniorit (FC Jazz Juniors). In 2006 club started in FA Satakunta district 5. division. Two years later FC Jazz-juniorit was promoted to third tier Kakkonen, which is the lowest national level in Finnish football. Since 2010 FC Jazz-juniorit has been again known as FC Jazz. In 2013 FC Jazz was promoted to Ykkönen after beating Ekenäs IF 4–2 on aggregate in the promotion playoffs.[2] FC Jazz was relegated back to the Kakkonen for the 2017 season, but got promoted back to the Ykkönen for the 2024 season, even though Ykkönen, which had just become the 3rd tier after the formation of the new Ykkösliiga.[3]

Name changes edit

  • Porin Pallo-Toverit (PPT, 1934–1991)
  • FC Jazz (1991–2004)
  • FC Jazz-juniorit (FC Jazz-j, 2005–2009)
  • FC Jazz (2010–present)

Honours edit

 
PPT 1940 squad.

Domestic competition record edit

European competitions edit

UEFA Champions League:

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1997–1998 1st qualifying round   FC Lantana 2–0 1–0 3–0
2nd qualifying round   Feyenoord 1–2 2–6 3–8

UEFA Cup:

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1994–95 Preliminary round   FC Copenhagen 0–4 1–0 1–4
1996–97 Preliminary round   GÍ Gøta 3–1 1–0 4–1
Qualifying round   Dynamo Moscow 1–3 1–1 2–4
1997–98 1st round   1860 Munich 0–1 1–6 1–7

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2001 1st round   Gloria Bistrița 1–0 1–2 2–2
2nd round   Paris Saint-Germain 1–4 0–3 1–7

Current squad edit

As of 10 April 2024[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   FIN Rasmus Simula
2 DF   FIN Jussi Lemio
3 DF   FIN Rasmus Jokinen
4 DF   FIN Alex Luhtanen
5 DF   FIN Joose Mäkinen
6   CAN Cristian Campagna
7 FW   FIN Waltteri Riihimäki
9 FW   BRA Lyon Dantas Firmino
10 FW   FIN Justus Lehto
11 DF   FIN Justus Rantanen
12 GK   FIN Arttu Takala
13 DF   FIN Tomi Väkiparta
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW   FIN Felix Lamminen
15 DF   FIN Eero Pärkö
17 MF   NGA Mmenie-Abasi Etok
18 MF   FIN Eino-Iivari Pitkälä
18   JPN Taiyo Ushiyama
19 MF   FIN Joona Visavuori
20 MF   FIN Eeli Tuominen
21 FW   FIN Niilo-Olavi Puustinen
22 MF   FIN Joonatan Lehto
28 GK   FIN Lauri Leivo-Jokimäki
29 GK   FIN Mikael Ojanen
33 FW   FIN Elmeri Nieminen
41 MF   FIN Eeli Kiiskilä
63 DF   FIN Konsta Mervelä
67 DF    Nehir Aydin
77   JPN Hideyasu Tanaka
99   JPN takaya Sasaki

Former players edit

 
Two-time Veikkausliiga top scorer Luiz Antônio in 1996.

All following players who have represented FC Jazz have been capped at least once by their respective national team's first squad.

References edit

  1. ^ a b PPT 1934–1984 50th Anniversary book.
  2. ^ "Europa League football for Vaasa in 2014". Yle News. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Jalkapallo | FC Jazz nousee Ykköseen, vaikka sarjaporras pysyy jatkossakin samana: stadionilla raikasi lauantaina laulu: "Tämä oli hyvä tulos meille"". Satakunnan Kansa (in Finnish). 2023-10-07. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  4. ^ "FC Jazz : Pelaajat" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. Retrieved 10 April 2024.

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