Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi, commonly known as PJK, or simply as Pärnu, was a women's football team based in

Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet ...

, Estonia. Having won a record 13

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titles, 6 Estonian Women's Cups and 7 Estonian Women's Supercups, the team stepped down from women's football in 2019. The club's home ground was Pärnu Rannastaadion. The club announced their dissolvement at the end of December 2019 and played their last game on 12 January 2020. The club's men's team currently plays in the third division Esiliiga B. Pärnu JK naiskond

History

Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi was founded in 1989. The team won their first league title in the 1994–95 season. Pärnu made their European debut in the

2004–05 UEFA Women's Cup The UEFA Women's Cup 2004–05 was the fourth edition of the UEFA Women's Cup football club tournament. It was won by Germany's FFC Turbine Potsdam against Djurgården/Älvsjö of Sweden in the final for their first title in the competition. I ...

, finishing fourth in their group in the first qualifying round. In the

2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League The 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 13th edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held at Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal. German team VfL Wolfsburg won the title over Swedish club Ty ...

, Pärnu finished as runners-up in their group and advanced to the knockout-stage, where they were defeated by eventual champions

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0–27 on aggregate.

Players

First-team squad

:''As of 13 August 2018.

Honours

** Winners (13): 1994–95, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011,

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Estonian Women's Cup The Estonian Women's Cup ( et, Eesti naiste karikavõistlused) is the national women's football cup competition in Estonia. It was first held in 2007. The record for the most wins is held by the current cup holders Flora with eight victories. ...

** Winners (6): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017 * Estonian Women's Supercup ** Winners (7): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Record in UEFA competitions

''All results (home, away and aggregate) list Pärnu's goal tally first.''

References

External links

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Pärnu
at Estonian Football Association

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