FF Jaro

FF Jaro

Full name	Fotbollsföreningen Jaro Jalkapalloseura
Founded	1965
Ground	Centralplan, Jakobstad (Capacity: 5,000)
Chairman	Harald Finne
Manager	Alexei Eremenko Sr.
League	Veikkausliiga
2011	Veikkausliiga, 11th
Home colours Away colours

Jakobstads Centralplan

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

Current squad

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 GK Artur Kotenko 3 DF Heikki Aho 4 DF Maksim Vasilyev 5 DF Ilya Vaganov 6 MF Dickson Agyeman 8 DF Jari Sara 9 FW Tommi Haanpää 10 FW Jussi Aalto 11 FW Mattias Wargh 12 GK Jesse Öst

No. Position Player 15 MF Markus Kronholm 16 FW Papa Niang 17 MF Kevin Peth 18 MF Thomas Kula 19 MF Simon Skrabb 21 MF Timo Tahvanainen 22 DF Johan Brunell 25 FW Iidle Elmi TBA DF Mike Banner TBA FW Akil DeFreitas

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 – Playoffs 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 Playoffs – 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 15 seasons in Veikkausliiga 3 seasons in Ykkönen

Notable former players

• Piracaia (2005–07)
• Angel Ginev (2004–06)
• Andrei Borissov (1998–01)
• Toomas Kallaste (1997–98)
• Urmas Rooba (2008)
• Vitali Teleš (2009–11)
• Jonas Emet (2005–09)
• Alexei Eremenko Sr. (1990–97, 2003–05)
• Alexei Eremenko Jr. (2010)
• Roman Eremenko (2004–05)
• Jermu Gustafsson (2008)
• Mikko Hyyrynen (2008–09)
• Kristian Kojola (2008–09)
• Sebastian Mannström (2008–10)

• Teuvo Moilanen (1994–95)
• Henri Myntti (2003)
• Mikko Paatelainen (2005–06)
• Jens Portin (2004–09)
• Jonas Portin (2005–09)
• Fredrik Svanbäck (1997–04)
• Marko Tuomela (1997)
• Jari Vanhala (1991, 1995–96)
• Vesa Vasara (2004)
• Hans Gillhaus (1998)
• Sam Ayorinde (1997)
• Krzysztof Gawara (1991–92)
• Denis Tumasyan (2004–05)
• Mladen Milinković (1998, 1999, 2001)

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)
• Mika Laurikainen (2007–09)
• Alexei Eremenko Sr. (2009–)

External links

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