FC Jazz explained

Clubname:FC Jazz
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Fullname:Football Club Jazz
Nickname:Jazz
Capacity:12,600
Manager:Ville Ulanen
League:Ykkönen
Position:Ykkönen, 6th of 12
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Stadium:Pori Stadium, Pori
Current:2023 Kakkonen season

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 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

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

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1997–19981st qualifying round FC Lantana2–01–03–0
2nd qualifying round Feyenoord1–22–63–8

UEFA Cup

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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

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20011st round Gloria Bistrița1–01–22–2
2nd round Paris Saint-Germain1–40–31–7

Current squad

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. Web site: Europa League football for Vaasa in 2014 . Yle News . 20 October 2013 . 20 October 2013.
  3. Web site: 2023-10-07 . Jalkapallo FC Jazz nousee Ykköseen, vaikka sarjaporras pysyy jatkossakin samana: stadionilla raikasi lauantaina laulu: ”Tämä oli hyvä tulos meille” . 2024-04-10 . Satakunnan Kansa . fi.
  4. Web site: 12 March 2021 . Jalkapallo Katso tallenne: MuSa ja FC Jazz kohtasivat – Porin derby pelattiin ilman yleisöä . 14 June 2024 . Satakunnan Kansa . fi.
  5. Web site: 9 April 2022 . Jalkapallo Kauden ensimmäisestä Porin derbystä muodostui todellinen trilleri, MuSa kukisti Jazzin lopulta rangaistuspotkuilla: “Derbyvoitto on aina iso juttu” . 14 June 2024 . Satakunnan Kansa . fi.
  6. Web site: 6 April 2022 . Jalkapallo FC Jazz ja MuSa iskivät yhteen Suomen cupissa – tallenne katsottavissa . 14 June 2024 . Satakunnan Kansa . fi.
  7. Web site: Kansa . Satakunnan . 2019-09-14 . Pallo-Iirot voitti Juuso Aallon maaleilla Satakunnan derbyn – Katso tallenne pelistä . 2024-06-18 . Satakunnan Kansa . fi.
  8. Web site: Kansa . Satakunnan . 2020-07-31 . FC Jazz ja Pallo-Iirot taistelivat tärkeistä pisteistä – Katso tästä tallenne pelistä . 2024-06-18 . Satakunnan Kansa . fi.
  9. Web site: FC Jazz : Pelaajat. Football Association of Finland. 10 April 2024. fi.
  10. Web site: 2024-02-09 . FC Jazz on solminut farmisopimuksen Euran Pallon kanssa . 2024-06-16 . Yle Uutiset . fi.

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