FC Jazz

Football Club Jazz, commonly known as just Jazz, is a Finnish football club based in Pori, which plays in the Finnish second 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 (22 September 1934)
StadiumPori Stadium, Pori
Capacity12,600
ManagerAndrea Sassarini
LeagueYkkönen
20232nd (Group B, 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
2013 promotion playoffs FC Jazz vs. Ekenäs IF at Pori Stadium.

PPT 1934–1991
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

In 1992 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]

Name changes
  • Porin Pallo-Toverit (PPT, 1934–1992)
  • FC Jazz (1992–2004)
  • FC Jazz-juniorit (FC Jazz-j, 2005–2009)
  • FC Jazz (2010–present)

Honours
PPT 1940 squad.

Domestic competition record

European competitions

UEFA Champions League:

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

UEFA Cup:

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

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

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

Current squad
    As of 24 September 2023[3]

    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 Finland FIN Rasmus Simula
    2 DF Finland FIN Jussi Lemio
    3 DF Finland FIN Rasmus Jokinen
    4 DF Finland FIN Alex Luhtanen
    5 DF Finland FIN Joose Mäkinen
    6 DF New Zealand NZL Ben Stroud
    7 FW Finland FIN Waltteri Riihimäki
    8 FW Finland FIN Mico Heinilä
    9 FW Brazil BRA Lyon Dantas Firmino
    10 FW Finland FIN Impton Söderlund
    11 DF Finland FIN Jegor Petrishin
    12 GK Finland FIN Vili-Verneri Virtanen
    14 MF South Korea KOR Yoon Jong-tae
    No. Pos. Nation Player
    15 DF Finland FIN Otto Schultz
    16 DF Finland FIN Samuli Virtanen
    17 MF Nigeria NGA Mmenie-Abasi Etok
    18 MF Finland FIN Eino-Iivari Pitkälä
    19 MF Finland FIN Joona Visavuori
    20 MF Finland FIN Eeli Tuominen
    21 MF Finland FIN Justus Rantanen
    22 MF Finland FIN Joonatan Lehto
    23 MF Ivory Coast CIV Fousseny Sanogo
    25 MF Finland FIN Aaro Holappa
    26 GK Finland FIN Jaakko Lakkamäki
    28 GK Finland FIN Lauri Leivo-Jokimäki
    30 MF Italy ITA Sedrick Kalombo

    Former players
    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
    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. "FC Jazz : Pelaajat" (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
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