FC Jazz

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.

FC Jazz
Full nameFootball Club Jazz
Nickname(s)Jazz
Founded22 September 1934 (22 September 1934)
StadiumPori Stadium, Pori
Capacity12,600
ManagerVille Ulanen
LeagueYkkönen
2023Kakkonen Group B, 2nd (promoted)

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

PPT 1934–1991

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

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

Rivalries

FC Jazz's main rival is considered to be the other Pori club Musan Salama. The games between MuSa and Jazz are known as the Pori Derby.[4][5][6] Other rival for Jazz is the Rauma club Pallo-Iirot.[7][8]

Honours

Domestic competition record

European competitions

UEFA Champions League:

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1997–19981st qualifying round FC Lantana2–01–03–0
2nd qualifying round Feyenoord1–22–63–8

UEFA Cup:

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1994–95Preliminary round FC Copenhagen0–41–01–4
1996–97Preliminary round GÍ Gøta3–11–04–1
Qualifying round Dynamo Moscow1–31–12–4
1997–981st round 1860 Munich0–11–61–7

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
20011st round Gloria Bistrița1–01–22–2
2nd round Paris Saint-Germain1–40–31–7

Current squad
    As of 10 April 2024[9]

    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

    Farm team

    Euran Pallo of the Finnish fifth division Kolmonen works as FC Jazz's farm team.[10]

    Former players

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

    References
    1. 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. "Jalkapallo | Katso tallenne: MuSa ja FC Jazz kohtasivat – Porin derby pelattiin ilman yleisöä". Satakunnan Kansa (in Finnish). 12 March 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
    5. "Jalkapallo | Kauden ensimmäisestä Porin derbystä muodostui todellinen trilleri, MuSa kukisti Jazzin lopulta rangaistuspotkuilla: "Derbyvoitto on aina iso juttu"". Satakunnan Kansa (in Finnish). 9 April 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
    6. "Jalkapallo | FC Jazz ja MuSa iskivät yhteen Suomen cupissa – tallenne katsottavissa". Satakunnan Kansa (in Finnish). 6 April 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
    7. Kansa, Satakunnan (2019-09-14). "Pallo-Iirot voitti Juuso Aallon maaleilla Satakunnan derbyn – Katso tallenne pelistä". Satakunnan Kansa (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-06-18.
    8. Kansa, Satakunnan (2020-07-31). "FC Jazz ja Pallo-Iirot taistelivat tärkeistä pisteistä – Katso tästä tallenne pelistä". Satakunnan Kansa (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-06-18.
    9. "FC Jazz : Pelaajat" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
    10. "FC Jazz on solminut farmisopimuksen Euran Pallon kanssa". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 2024-02-09. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
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