Narukerä is a Finnish

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team based in the town of

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in the Satakunta region of

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. The 1965 established team has won two Finnish bandy championships, in 1999 and 2023, but has got 13 medals in total, most recently bronze in 2022. Narukerä plays in the top-tier league of Finland,

Bandyliiga The Bandyliiga (; 'Bandy League') is the top level of men's bandy in Finland. The league was founded in 1908 as the Jääpallon Suomen mestaruus, SM-sarja ('Bandy Finnish Championship Series') and the present name has been used since the 1991– ...

. Narukerä plays its home games on the ''Karhupaana'' (officially Porin tekojäärata) in the Isomäki district of Pori.

History

Narukerä was established in 1965. It got its first ever medal in the top-tier in 1998 when it won bronze. Narukerä got their first gold medal the following year when it won the championship in 1999. Narukerä won their second championship in 2023.

Home ice and clubhouse

Narukerä's home ice is the Porin tekojäärata, which is located in the Pori sports center in the Isomäki district. The artificial ice rink was constructed in 1985. Before the artificial ice was constructed, bandy was played on natural ice on the frozen field at the Pori sports center and before that on the Herralahti ice. The artificial ice rink's grandstand has a roof and is heated, the grandstand was completed in 1995. The Narukerä clubhouse was built next to the ice in 2005. The upper floor has club facilities and an office and announcement room, and the lower floor has a kiosk and a cafe.

Honors

SM-liiga/Bandyliiga

Winner ''(2):'' 1998–99, 2022–23 Runner-up ''(3):'' 2004–05, 2011–12, 2012–13 Bronze ''(8):'' 1997–98, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2020–21, 2021–22

Finnish Cup

Winner ''(1): 2022–''23

Players

Notable alumni

* Pertti Ratsula * Pertti Juhola * Kalevi Ruuttu * Erkki Väkiparta * Vladimir Plavunov * Aleksander Pershin * Juri Pershin * Kimmo Kivelä * Oleg Tchekoubach *

Jarno Väkiparta Jarno Väkiparta (born 13 March 1974 in Pori) is a Finnish bandy player who currently plays for Tillberga IK Bandy from Sweden. Jarno is a forward who has represented the Finnish national team. Jarno started his career in his homeland at Naruke ...

* Markku Huhtanen * Ville Aaltonen * Timo Oksanen * Lauri Arponen * Patrick Suves

Retired numbers

References

External links

* Bandy clubs in Finland Bandy clubs established in 1965 Sport in Pori Sports clubs and teams in Satakunta {{Bandy-team-stub