FF Jaro

FF Jaro

Full name	Fotbollsföreningen Jaro Jalkapalloseura
Founded	1965
Ground	Centralplan, Jakobstad
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Harald Finne
Manager	Kristian Heames
League	Ykkönen
2015	Veikkausliiga, 12th (relegated)
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 5 November 2016.

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Hassoma Bino Bamba 3 MF Markus Kronholm 8 MF Papa Niang 10 MF Jonas Emet 15 DF Walter Moore

No. Position Player 17 FW Kevin Larsson 20 DF Oskar Sandström 24 MF Joni Remesaho 30 FW Seth Paintsil

On loan

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

No. Position Player — MF Simon Skrabb (at Gefle)

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)

External links

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