PK-35 (originally Pallokerho-35) is a Finnish men's

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club, based in

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. It currently competes in the Ykkösliiga, the second-tier of men's football league in Finland. The club is based at the Algeco Areena in the

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district of Helsinki, and its colours are red, black and white. The club has played mostly in the lower divisions during its history, except for the lone season in top-tier Veikkausliiga in 1998.

History

PK-35 was founded in

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as ''Viipurin Pallokerho'' in 1935. After the Finnish Winter War and

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, the club was refounded in Helsinki as Pallokerho-35 in 1948. It played mostly in Finnish fourth, third and second divisions until 1990s. The mid-1990s were successful years for PK-35, when the club was coached by Pasi Rautiainen. They won promotions from fourth-tier

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in 1994 all the way to the Finland's top division, Veikkausliiga for the

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season. The club also acquired former Finnish national team players such as Petri Helin and Kimmo Tarkkio. PK finished 3rd in the league, and made it to the

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final, but at the end of the season after some economic troubles, the club's top representative team was acquired by

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and it was renamed

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. The PK-35 club, however, continued with the other teams in lower divisions using its original name. PK-35 was promoted to

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in 2001 and to Ykkönen in 2005.

PK-35 Vantaa: 2008–2016

In 2008, the club's men's and women's first teams detached from the organisation and relocated to

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and gained the club's league license and continued playing in the second-tier Ykkönen under the name PK-35 Vantaa. PK-35 stayed in Helsinki with their youth sector and reserve team playing in fourth-tier

. The reserve and academy team merged with Vantaan Jalkapalloseura (VJS) and were promoted to the third-tier

for the 2012 season.

Helsinki

For the 2015 Kolmonen season, PK-35 and VJS separated and PK continued playing in

, Helsinki. After the PK-35 Vantaa were declared for bankruptcy at the end of 2016, Helsinki-based PK-35 continued as the club's only representative team, competing in then fourth-tier

. In the 2018 season, the team was coached by Jarkko Siikava, Tuomo Berg and Kim Raimi. For the 2019 season, the club acquired

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. At the end of the season, PK-35 won a promotion to third-tier

for the 2020 season. Next season, the club went on to finish 1st in Kakkonen Group A, and were promoted to then second tier Ykkönen. Former player and current assistant coach Kim Raimi was named the club's new manager, starting in 2021. After two seasons in Ykkönen, PK-35 were relegated back to Kakkonen at the end of the 2022 season. In the 2023 Kakkonen season, PK-35 finished in the 2nd place of Group A. After the dissolvements of

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and

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, and the creation of the new second-tier Ykkösliiga, the club were granted a spot to 2024 Ykkösliiga, via promotion-playoffs. However, in the early June 2024, head coach Kim Raimi was dismissed after ten league matches due to relatively poor results. Prior to his departure, PK had a record of two wins, four draws and four losses. A former

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and Atlantis head coach Tiago Santos was appointed as his replacement.

Season to season

Players and personnel

''Updated 20 February 2024''

Current squad

Coaches and staff

Notable former players

Honours

(third tier) **Champions:

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**Runners-up:

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(fourth tier) **Champions: 2019 **Runners-up: 2018

References

External links

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