FC Sinimustat

FC Sinimustat

Full name	FC Sinimustat
Nickname(s)	Sinimustat
Founded	2007
Ground	Yläkenttä, Kupittaa, Turku Finland
Capacity	1,500
Chairman	Stefan Håkans
Head Coach	Jussi Nuorela
Coach	Jouni Jalonen Petteri Joensuu
League	Kakkonen
2009	11th – Kakkonen (Group B)
Home colours

Turun Ylakentta

FC Sinimustat (abbreviated Sinimustat) is a football club from Turku in Finland. The club was formed in 2007 and their home ground is at the Yläkenttä, Kupittaa. Sinimustat is FC Inter Turku's 'B team' which currently plays in the Kakkonen, or the third level of football in Finland. The Chairman of Inter Turku is Stefan Håkans.

History

FC Sinimusta is a very new team having been established in 2007 as a reserve and development team for the Veikkausliiga club, FC Inter Turku. Sinimusta were fortunate to begin their competitive football life in 2008 in Group B of the Kakkonen (Second Division) by taking the place of VG-62 Naantali who previously operated as FC Inter’s second string. Founder members of the team included footballers Magnus Bahne and Ari Nyman as well as FC Inter's chairman Stefan Håkans. Sinimusta translates as Blue-Black, the colours of FC Inter.

Sinimusta are now in their third season in the Kakkonen (Second Division), the third tier of Finnish football from 2008 to the present day. Both the 2008 and 2009 seasons has seen the team finish in eleventh position just above the relegation places.

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements 2008 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 11th 2009 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 11th 2010 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3 seasons in Kakkonen

Club Structure

Sinimustat is part of the FC Inter Turku structure which has 3 men's teams and 10 boys teams. In addition there is the Inter Akatemia which provides gifted juniors with the optimum conditions for training before moving to a League team or overseas.

2010 season

Sinimustat are competing in Group B (Lohko B) 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 FC Sinimustat finished in eleventh position in their Kakkonen section.

Current Squad for the 2010 Season

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—		FIN	Muhaned Abdulrahim
—		FIN	Valon Gerxhalija
—	GK	FIN	Jere Koponen
—		FIN	Ville Nurminen
—		FIN	Ville Vastamäki
—		FIN	Kastriot Ademi
—		FIN	Niklas Ahlgren
—		FIN	Barham Ahmadi
—		FIN	Bujar Ahmeti
—		FIN	Mohammed Al-Emara
—		FIN	Ali Al-Take
—		FIN	Behar Cimili
—		FIN	Cedric Duah
—		FIN	Solomon Duah
—		FIN	Anton Hassel
—		FIN	Rasmus Holma
—		FRA	Marlon Kabi
—		FIN	Thomas Kaplas

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—		FIN	Kalle Kauppi
—		FIN	Janne Koivula
—		CIV	Bonaventure Kouassi
—		FIN	Jami Laaksonen
—		FIN	Aleksi Laiho
—		FIN	Joel Lehto
—		FIN	Joonas Manzo
—		FIN	Olli Monnonen
—		FIN	Niko Mäkinen
—		FIN	Ville Neulanen
—		FIN	Casey Odei
—		FIN	Patrik Pakkala
—		FIN	Joel Pirttisalo
—		FIN	Dardan Sadiku
—		FIN	Arlind Sahiti
—		FIN	Shailemo Shuuya
—		FIN	Jerry Valtanen
—		FIN	Tapani Välimäki

References and sources

• Official FC Inter Website
• Finnish Wikipedia
• Suomen Cup