# FC Jazz

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.
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.

### 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 since 2002, and was known as FC Jazz-juniorit (FC Jazz-j). In 2006, the club started competing with the league license of its youth organisation, and were placed in the sixth-tier Vitonen, administrated by the Finnish Football Association Satakunta. Two years later, FC Jazz-j was promoted to third tier Kakkonen, which is the lowest national level in Finnish football. In 2010, FC Jazz-juniorit were allowed to start using the name FC Jazz. In 2013, FC Jazz was promoted to second-tier Ykkönen after beating Ekenäs IF 4–2 on aggregate in the promotion playoffs. FC Jazz was relegated back to the Kakkonen for the 2017 season, but got promoted back to Ykkönen, the new nation-wide third-tier, for the 2024 season. In 2024, the new second tier Ykkösliiga was founded and Ykkönen had been demoted one level in the Finnish football league system. In the inaugural season of the competition, Jazz finished 5th in Ykkönen.

### Name changes

* Porin Pallo-Toverit (PPT, 1934–1991)
* FC Jazz (1991–present)

## 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. Other rival for Jazz is the Rauma club Pallo-Iirot.

## Honours

* Finnish Championship:
** Winners (2): 1993, 1996
* Finnish Cup:
** Runners-up (1): 1995
* Finnish League Cup:
** Runners-up (1): 1994

## Domestic competition record

| Competition record 1980–2018 |
| Season | Level | Division | Section | Position | Manager | Top scorer | Movements |
| 1980 | Tier 4 | III Divisioona (Third Division) | Satakunta/Tampere | 8th | Pertti Lundell | Jari Peltonen, 14 | |
| 1981 | Tier 4 | III Divisioona (Third Division) | Satakunta/Turku | 1st | Pertti Lundell | Risto Puustinen, 31 | Promoted |
| 1982 | Tier 3 | II Divisioona (Second Division) | Group West | 1st | Pertti Lundell | Risto Puustinen, 18 | Promoted |
| 1983 | Tier 2 | I Divisioona (First Division) | | 2nd | Pertti Lundell | Richard Wilson, 19 | Promoted |
| 1984 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier League) | | 9th | Pertti Lundell | Richard Wilson, 9 | |
| 1985 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier League) | | 9th | Pertti Lundell | Mika Sankala, 7 | |
| 1986 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier League) | | 8th | Pertti Lundell | Petri Järvinen, 8 | |
| 1987 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier League) | | 6th | Pauno Kymäläinen | Jarmo Alatensiö, 10 | |
| 1988 | Tier 1 | Mestaruussarja (Premier League) | | 12th | Pauno Kymäläinen | Seppo Sulonen, 7 | Relegated |
| 1989 | Tier 2 | I Divisioona (First Division) | | 4th | Pauno Kymäläinen | Yuri Gavrilov, 9 Saku Laaksonen | |
| 1990 | Tier 2 | I Divisioona (First Division) | | 1st | Pauno Kymäläinen, Seppo Sairanen (9 August) | Petri Toivonen, 12 | Promoted |
| 1991 | Tier 1 | Futisliiga (Premier League) | | 8th | Markku Wacklin | Rami Nieminen, 15 | |
| 1992 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | | 3rd | Seppo Sairanen | Luiz Antônio, 21 | |
| 1993 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | | 1st | Jussi Ristimäki | Antti Sumiala, 20 | |
| 1994 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | | 4th | Jussi Ristimäki | Jukka Ruhanen, 12 | |
| 1995 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | | 4th | Pertti Lundell | Luiz Antônio, 12 | |
| 1996 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | | 1st | Jari Pyykölä | Luiz Antônio, 17 | |
| 1997 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | | 8th | Jari Pyykölä, Jukka Vakkila (11 August) | Marco, 9 | |
| 1998 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | | 5th | Tapio Raatikainen, Pertti Lundell (7 June) | Marco, 6 Ricky Rodrigo | |
| 1999 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | | 6th | Pertti Lundell | Hasan Cetinkaya, 6 Marco | |
| 2000 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | | 5th | Pertti Lundell | Matti Santahuhta, 6 Hector Takayama | |
| 2001 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | | 10th | Jouni Joensuu, Jussi Ristimäki (13 July) | Rodrigo, 8 Antti Sumiala | |
| 2002 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | | 12th | Risto Virtanen, Jussi Ristimäki (2 September) | Rodrigo, 8 | |
| 2003 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | | 12th | Seppo Sairanen | Piracaia, 15 | |
| 2004 | Tier 1 | Veikkausliiga (Premier League) | | 13th | Seppo Sairanen, Sami Rintanen (11 October) | Mikael Muurimäki, 6 Matti Santahuhta | Relegated |
| 2005 | | | | | | | |
| 2006 | Tier 6 | Vitonen (Fifth Division) | Satakunta | 1st | Mikko Mannila | Juuso Ollonqvist, 6 Juho Wahlroos | Promoted |
| 2007 | Tier 5 | Nelonen (Fourth Division) | Satakunta | 1st | Mikko Mannila | Ville Kuusinen, 11 | Promoted |
| 2008 | Tier 4 | Kolmonen (Third Division) | Satakunta | 1st | Mikko Mannila | João Gaetti, 11 | Promoted |
| 2009 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group B | 10th | Mikko Mannila | Ari Qvist, 7 | |
| 2010 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group B | 10th | Mikko Mannila | Mamadou Konate, 9 | |
| 2011 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group B | 7th | Risto Virtanen, Jouni Joensuu (1 August) | Jesse Junnila, 15 | |
| 2012 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Western Group | 2nd | Matti Santahuhta | Sekou Konate, 14 | |
| 2013 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Western Group | 1st | Matti Santahuhta | Samu-Petteri Mäkelä, 14 | Promoted |
| 2014 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | | 8th | Jouni Joensuu, Jani Uotinen (5 August) | Alekos Alekou, 14 | |
| 2015 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | | 7th | John Allen | Samu-Petteri Mäkelä, 8 | |
| 2016 | Tier 2 | Ykkönen (First Division) | | 10th | John Allen Jani Uotinen (21 July) | Dani Sánchez, 9 | Relegated |
| 2017 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group B | 8th | Olli Oravisto | Juho Lehtonen, 16 | |
| 2018 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | Group B | 7th | Olli Oravisto | Iyam Friday, 5 Joonas Meura, 5 | |
| 2019 | Tier 3 | Kakkonen (Second Division) | | | Seth Ablade | | |

## European competitions

UEFA Champions League:
| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1997–1998 | 1st qualifying round | FC Lantana | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 1997–1998 | 2nd qualifying round | Feyenoord | 1–2 | 2–6 | 3–8 |
UEFA Cup:
| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1994–95 | Preliminary round | FC Copenhagen | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–4 |
| 1996–97 | Preliminary round | GÍ Gøta | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| 1996–97 | Qualifying round | Dynamo Moscow | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–4 |
| 1997–98 | 1st round | 1860 Munich | 0–1 | 1–6 | 1–7 |
UEFA Intertoto Cup:
| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2001 | 1st round | Gloria Bistrița | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| 2001 | 2nd round | Paris Saint-Germain | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–7 |

## Current squad

    As of 12 January 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Rasmus Simula |
| 2 | DF | FIN | Jussi Lemio |
| 3 | DF | FIN | Rasmus Jokinen |
| 4 | DF | FIN | Alex Luhtanen |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Joose Mäkinen |
| 6 | DF | CAN | Cristian Campagna |
| 7 | FW | FIN | Waltteri Riihimäki |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Lyon Dantas Firmino |
| 10 | FW | FIN | Justus Lehto |
| 11 | DF | FIN | Justus Rantanen |
| 12 | GK | FIN | Arttu Takala |
| 13 | DF | FIN | Tomi Väkiparta |
| 14 | FW | FIN | Felix Lamminen |
| 15 | DF | FIN | Eero Pärkö |
| 18 | DF | JPN | Taiyo Ushiyama |
| 19 | MF | FIN | Joona Visavuori |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | FIN | Eeli Tuominen |
| 21 | FW | FIN | Niilo-Olavi Puustinen |
| 22 | MF | FIN | Joonatan Lehto |
| 28 | GK | FIN | Lauri Leivo-Jokimäki |
| 29 | GK | FIN | Mikael Ojanen |
| 33 | FW | FIN | Elmeri Nieminen |
| 41 | MF | FIN | Eeli Kiiskilä |
| 63 | DF | FIN | Konsta Mervelä |
| 67 | DF | FIN | Nehir Aydin |
| 77 | FW | JPN | Hideyasu Tanaka |
| 99 | FW | JPN | takaya Sasaki |
| — | DF | FIN | Leo Kyllönen |
| — | MF | FIN | Jere Riissanen (on loan from Ilves) |
| — | MF | GHA | Usman Suleman |
| — | FW | GHA | Baba Haruna |

### Farm team

Euran Pallo of the Finnish fifth division Kolmonen works as FC Jazz's farm team.

## Former players

All following players who have represented FC Jazz have been capped at least once by their respective national team's first squad.
| Jarmo Alatensiö Alekos Alekou Masahudu Alhassan Víctor Dubón Kourouma Fatoukouma Timo Furuholm Yuri Gavrilov Rami Hakanpää Jarno Heinikangas Petri Helin | Janne Hietanen Miika Juntunen Petri Järvinen Toni Kallio Lasse Karjalainen Aleksandr Kokko Peter Kopteff Saku Laaksonen Jarmo Manninen | Matthew Mendy Janne Mäkelä Rami Nieminen Juha Pasoja Jon Poulsen Risto Puustinen Juha Riippa Jukka Ruhanen Seppo Sairanen | Petri Sulonen Antti Sumiala Janne Suokonautio Kim Suominen Jani Viander Hermanni Vuorinen Ville Väisänen |