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SJK Akatemia

Short name	SJK Akatemia
Founded	2012
Ground	OmaSP Stadion, Seinäjoki, Finland
Capacity	5,900
Head Coach	Toni Lehtinen
League	Ykkösliiga
2024	Ykkösliiga, 7th of 10
Home colours Away colours

SJK Akatemia (also referred to as SJK II, formerly Kerho 07 in 2013–2015) is a football club from Seinäjoki in Finland. The club was formed in 2012 and their home ground is at the OmaSP Stadion. SJK Akatemia is the reserve team of Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (SJK) and currently plays in the Ykkösliiga, the new second level of football in Finland.

SJK Akatemia also contains SJK U17. In 2018, SJK started a football high school with Kuortane sports school, producing young players to SJK and SJK Akatemia.

Current squad

As of 2 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 4 FW  BEN Olatoundji Tessilimi 6 DF  GHA Sayibu Yakubu 8 MF  GHA Bob Nii Armah (on loan from Sporting Club Accra) 11 FW  BRA Vinícius Ribeiro 14 MF  NGA Shehu Sulaiman 15 FW  FIN Elias Hyytinen 16 DF  FIN Tuomas Koivisto 17 FW  FIN Onni Hänninen 19 FW  FIN Artur Atarah 23 DF  NGA Nathaniel Tahmbi 25 GK  NCA Miguel Rodriguez 26 FW  FIN Eemeli Honkola

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 FW  FIN Akseli Tervaniemi 30 MF  GHA Emmanuel Anokye 33 FW  GHA Emmanuel Akansase 34 GK  FIN Juho Kaunismäki 35 DF  FIN Gabriel Oksanen 36 MF  FIN Denis Cukici 38 FW  FIN Elari Hautamäki 60 GK  FIN Asseri Heinämäki 72 MF  FIN Jore Nikkilä — FW  GUI Saïdou Bah — FW  SLE Moses Turay

Out on loan

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 — FW  FIN Miro Turunen (at KäPa until 31 December 2024) — DF  FIN Joona Lahdenmäki (at JJK Jyväskylä until 31 December 2024)

Staff

• Head Coaches: Stevie Grieve and Arttu Aromaa
• Fitness Coaches: Tommi Pärmäkoski, Pekka Koskela, Jaakko Ojaniemi and Mika Hormalainen
• Goalkeeping Coaches: Luis Fernando and Jari Kujala
• Team Manager, Secretary: Jorma Tuohisaari

References

1. "Finland - Kerho 07 (SJK II) - Results and fixtures - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
2. "SJK Akatemia varmisti nousun Ykköseen". 19 September 2021.
3. "SJK Akatemia squad". Football Association of Finland. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
4. "Valmentajat" (in Finnish). SJK. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
5. "Kuortaneen Urheiluopisto luomaan linjaa SJK:n suorituskyvylle" (in Finnish). SJK. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
6. "Page, Lehtinen ja Aromaa akatemian valmentajina". sjk.fi/ (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

External links

• Official website

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