SJK Akatemia (also referred to as SJK II, formerly Kerho 07 in 2013–2015) is a football club from

Seinäjoki Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; , formerly ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Ostrobothnia. Seinäjoki is located in the western interior of the country and along the Seinäjoki (river), River Seinäjoki. The population of Sein ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. The club was formed in 2012 and their home ground is at the

OmaSP Stadion OmaSP Stadion (also known as Seinäjoki Football Stadium) is a football stadium in Seinäjoki, Finland. It is the home stadium of Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho, SJK Seinäjoki of the Veikkausliiga. It is an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 6 ...

. SJK Akatemia is the reserve team of

Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho, commonly referred to as SJK, also internationally SJK Seinäjoki, is a Finland, Finnish professional association football, football club from the city of Seinäjoki. The club plays in the Veikkausliiga, the highest ...

(SJK) and currently plays in the ''

Ykkösliiga ''Ykkösliiga'' (English language, English: ''"League One"''; ) 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 level of

football in Finland Football in Finland is not, or at least has traditionally not been, the most popular spectator sport, which is in contrast to most European countries; it falls behind ice hockey, which enjoys a huge amount of popularity in the country. Football ...

. SJK Akatemia also contains SJK U17. In 2018, SJK started a football high school with Kuortane sports school, producing young players to SJK and SJK Akatemia.

Current squad

Out on loan

League history

*4 season in

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' (Finnish language, Finnish for 'Number One'; , previously I divisioona) is the third highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga and Ykkösliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. Until ...

(Tier 2) *6 seasons in ''

Kakkonen Kakkonen or II divisioona is the fourth level in the league system of Finnish football and comprises 36 Finnish football teams. Until the end of 2023, ''Kakkonen'' was the third-highest level in Finland, but after the creation of new second-t ...

'' (Tier 3) *2 seasons in ''

Kolmonen Kolmonen or III divisioona is the fifth level in the Finnish football league system, league system of Finnish football and comprises 108 Finland, Finnish football (soccer), football teams. The III divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mi ...

'' (Tier 4)

Staff

Source: *''Head Coaches:'' Stevie Grieve and

Arttu Aromaa Arttu Aromaa (born 5 January 1995) is a Finnish football manager and a former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently working as a manager of Ykkösliiga ''Ykkösliiga'' (English language, English: ''"League One"''; ) is th ...

*''Fitness Coaches:'' Tommi Pärmäkoski, Pekka Koskela, Jaakko Ojaniemi, Mika Hormalainen and Mikko Kujala *''Goalkeeping Coaches:'' Luis Fernando and Jari Kujala *''Team Manager, Secretary:'' Jorma Tuohisaari

References

External links

* {{Seinäjoki Cityscape Football clubs in Finland Seinäjoki 2012 establishments in Finland Association football clubs established in 2012 Sport in South Ostrobothnia Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho