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FF Jaro

Full name	Fotbollsföreningen Jaro Jalkapalloseura
Founded	1965
Ground	Centralplan, Jakobstad
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Dan Käldman
Manager	Niklas Vidjeskog
League	Veikkausliiga
2024	Ykkösliiga, 2nd of 10 (promoted via play-offs)
Home colours Away colours

FF Jaro (Jakobstads Rostfria), commonly referred to as Jaro, is a Finnish professional football club based in the bilingual town of Jakobstad. The club currently plays in Ykkösliiga, the second-highest level in Finland. Home matches are played at the Jakobstads Centralplan.

Jaro has played 23 seasons in the top-tier Veikkausliiga. The club won the promotion back at the end of the 2024 season, after spending nine seasons in the second-tier since the relegation in 2015.

Current squad

Updated 6 August 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  RUS Sergey Lazarev 2 DF  ARG Guillermo Sotelo 4 DF  NGA Michael Ogungbaro 5 DF  FIN Aron Bjonbäck 6 DF  FIN Johan Brunell (captain) 7 MF  FIN Benjamin Sandnäs 8 FW  FIN Alex Ramsay 9 FW  SWE Edvin Crona 10 MF  FIN Sergei Eremenko

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  FIN Adam Vidjeskog 17 MF  FIN Ludvig Nyman 18 FW  FIN Axel Sandstedt 21 MF  FIN Jim Myrevik 22 MF  FIN Roni Björkskog 24 FW  FIN Joni Remesaho (3rd captain) 25 GK  FIN Emil Öhberg 66 MF  FIN Severi Kähkönen 77 GK  SWE Pontus Zvar

Management and boardroom

Management

As of 20 January 2024

Name Role Niklas Vidjeskog Head coach Rasmus Wikström Assistant coach Anders Brunell Goalkeeping coach Ida Kronholm Fitness coach Johan Hult Naprapath Jesper Ahlvik Masseur Veppe Tervaskangas Team Manager Tobias Sundberg Doctor

Boardroom

As of 22 July 2021

Name Role Mikael Eklund Chairman Fredrik Haga CEO Mikael Byggmästar Chairman of the Youthsection Tapani Salo Director Joni Remesaho Head of Marketing

Season to season

International achievements

1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup

FF Jaro – Guingamp 0-0
Dinamo Bucharest – FF Jaro 0–2
FF Jaro – Kolkheti Poti 2–0
Zemun – FF Jaro 3–2

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)
• Kristian Heames (Jul 28, 2016–Jul 10, 2017)
• Calle Löf (Jul 11, 2017-Oct, 2017)
• Tomi Kärkkäinen (Jan 1, 2018-Aug 13, 2018)
• Niklas Käcko (Aug 14, 2018-Dec 31, 2020)
• Jimmy Wargh (Jan 1, 2021–Oct, 2022)
• Stephen Ward (2023)
• Niklas Vidjeskog (Jan 1, 2024 – present)

References

1. FF Jaro. "Joukkue". www.ffjaro.fi. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
2. FF Jaro. "Joukkue". www.ffjaro.fi. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
3. "Toimisto" (in Finnish). FF Jaro. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

External links

• Official website (in Finnish and Swedish)
• Official fansite (in Finnish and Swedish)

• FF Jaro
• Football clubs in Finland
• Association football clubs established in 1965
• Jakobstad
• 1965 establishments in Finland
• Sport in Ostrobothnia
• Swedish-speaking population of Finland