FF Jaro (''Jakobstads Rostfria''), commonly referred to as Jaro, is a Finnish

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club, based in the

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town of Jakobstad. The club currently plays in ''

Ykkösliiga ''Ykkösliiga'' (English:''"League One"''; sv, "Liga Ettan") is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. The teams in Ykkösliiga also play a pre-s ...

'', the new second-highest level in Finland. Home matches are played at the

Jakobstads Centralplan Jakobstads Centralplan ( fi, Pietarsaaren keskuskenttä) is a multi-use stadium in Jakobstad, Finland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FF Jaro FF Jaro is a Finnish football club, based in the biling ...

Current squad

''Updated 6 August 2024''

Management and boardroom

Management

''As of 20 January 2024''

Boardroom

''As of 22 July 2021''

Season to season

*23 seasons in '' Veikkausliiga'' *26 seasons in '' Ykkönen'' *9 seasons in '' Kakkonen''

International achievements

1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup The 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by Silkeborg, En Avant Guingamp, and Karlsruher SC. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup. No English team took part in support of Tottenham Hotspur and Wimbledon initially getting banned by UEFA ...

FF Jaro – Guingamp 0-0

Dinamo Bucharest A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterinbu ...

– FF Jaro 0–2
FF Jaro – Kolkheti Poti 2–0
Zemun – FF Jaro 3–2

Former managers

Börje Nygård Börje is an old Swedish male name. It is a cognate of Birger;Elof Hellquist, ''Svensk etymologisk ordbok''. Lund 1922. Börje is the form that has developed naturally according to the sound change laws of Swedish, whilst Birger is a literary for ...

(1966–67) *

Rainer Aho Rainer may refer to: People * Rainer (surname) * Rainer (given name) Other * Rainer Island, an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia * 16802 Rainer, an asteroid * Rainer Foundation, British charitable organisation See also * Rainier (disambiguation ...

(1968–70) *

Matti Aarni Matti may refer to: * Matti (given name), people with the given name * Matti (surname), people with the surname * Matti, Karnataka, a village in India * '' Matti: Hell Is for Heroes'', a 2006 film about Matti Nykänen See also * Masa (disambigu ...

(1971–74) *

Bjarne Sjöholm Bjarne is a Nordic male name, a variant of Bjorn, and can refer to the following people: *Bjarne Andersson, a cross-country skier *Bjarne Berg-Sæther, a Norwegian politician *Bjarne Berntsen, a Norwegian football coach and former player *Bjarn ...

(1975–77) * Esko Vikman (1978) * Ulf Larsson (1979) *

(1980) * Jan–Eric Holmberg (1981) * Kalle Jaskari (1982–84) *

Matti Huotari Matti may refer to: * Matti (given name), people with the given name * Matti (surname), people with the surname * Matti, Karnataka, a village in India * ''Matti: Hell Is for Heroes'', a 2006 film about Matti Nykänen See also

* Masa (disamb ...

(1985) * Kalle Jaskari (1986) * Richard Wilson (1987–89) *

Kari Mars Kari or KARI may refer to: Places *Kari, Jhunjhunu, a village in Rajasthan, India * , a village in Mouhoun Province, Burkina Faso *Kari, Tikamgarh, a town in Madhya Pradesh, India * Kari, Iran, a village in Bushehr Province, Iran * Kari-ye Bozorg ( ...

(1989) * Hannu Touru (1990–93) *

Antti Muurinen Antti Muurinen (born March 4, 1954) is a Finnish football coach. Muurinen is probably best known as the head coach of the Finnish national team. He led Finland in qualifying campaigns for the 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup, fai ...

(1994–96) * Veijo Wahlsten (1997) * Keijo Paananen (1997) * Janne Westerlund (1998) * Keijo Paananen (1999–01) *

Sixten Boström Sixten Boström (born 15 September 1963) is a Finnish Association football, soccer Manager (association football), coach and former midfielder, who most recently served as the head coach of Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho, SJK. Previously, he worke ...

(2002–04) * Hannu Touru (2004–05), (2006) * Mika Laurikainen (2007–09) *

Alexei Eremenko Sr. Aleksei Borisovich Yeryomenko (russian: Алексей Борисович Ерёменко; born 17 January 1964), also known as Alexei Eremenko Sr. is a Russian professional football manager and a former player who also holds Finnish citizenshi ...

(Aug 19, 2009–Jun 10, 2016) *

Kristian Heames Kristian is a name in several languages, and is a form of Christian. Meaning in different languages The name is used in several languages, among them Albanian, Slovak, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Bosnian, Macedonian, Bulgarian and Cr ...

(Jul 28, 2016–Jul 10, 2017) * Calle Löf (Jul 11, 2017-Oct, 2017) *

Tomi Kärkkäinen Tomi may refer to: * Constanța, a city in Romania, also known as Tomis or Tomi * Tomi, Okayama, a village in Japan * Tōmi, Nagano, a city in Japan * Tomi (name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Tomi Village, a fictional ...

(Jan 1, 2018-Aug 13, 2018) * Niklas Käcko (Aug 14, 2018-Dec 31, 2020) *

Jimmy Wargh Jimmy may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Jimmy'' (2008 film), a 2008 Hindi thriller directed by Raj N. Sippy * ''Jimmy'' (1979 film), a 1979 Indian Malayalam film directed by Melattoor Ravi Varma * ''Jimmy'' (2013 f ...

(Jan 1, 2021–Oct, 2022) * Stephen Ward (2023) *

Niklas Vidjeskog Niklas Vidjeskog (born 24 February 1969) is a Finnish football manager and a former player, who played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of FF Jaro in Ykkösliiga. He has completed the UEFA A coaching license. Playing career As a pla ...

(Jan 1, 2024 – present)

References

External links

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Official fansite
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