SJK Akatemia

SJK Akatemia
Short name	SJK Akatemia
Founded	2012
Ground	OmaSP Stadion, ; Seinäjoki, ; Finland
Capacity	5,900
Head Coach	Toni Lehtinen
League	Ykkösliiga
2023	Ykkönen, 4th of 12
Home colours	Away colours

SJK Akatemia (or SJK II, formerly Kerho 07 in 2013–2015) is a football club from Seinäjoki in Finland. The club was formed in 2012 and their home ground is at the OmaSP Stadion. SJK Akatemia is the reserve team of Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (SJK) and currently plays in the Ykkösliiga, the new second level of football in Finland.^[1] ^[2]

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

As of 2 August 2024^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	FW	GHA	Emmanuel Essel
4	FW	BEN	Olatoundji Tessilimi
6	DF	GHA	Sayibu Yakubu
7	DF	FIN	Tobias Karkulowski
8	MF	GHA	Bob Nii Armah (on loan from Sporting Club Accra)
11	FW	BRA	Vinícius Ribeiro
15	FW	FIN	Elias Hyytinen
16	DF	FIN	Tuomas Koivisto
17	FW	FIN	Onni Hänninen
19	FW	FIN	Artur Atarah
23	DF	NGA	Nathaniel Tahmbi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	GK	NCA	Miguel Rodriguez
26	FW	FIN	Eemeli Honkola
28	FW	FIN	Akseli Tervaniemi
30	MF	GHA	Emmanuel Anokye
33	FW	GHA	Emmanuel Akansase
34	GK	FIN	Juho Kaunismäki
35	DF	FIN	Gabriel Oksanen
34	MF	FIN	Denis Cukici
38	FW	FIN	Elari Hautamäki
60	GK	FIN	Asseri Heinämäki
72	MF	FIN	Jore Nikkilä

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	GHA	Kwame Otu (at KTP until 31 December 2024)
—	FW	FIN	Miro Turunen (at KäPa until 31 December 2024)
—	DF	FIN	Joona Lahdenmäki (at JJK Jyväskylä until 31 December 2024)

Staff

^[4]^[5] ^[6]

Head Coaches: Stevie Grieve and Arttu Aromaa
Fitness Coaches: Tommi Pärmäkoski, Pekka Koskela, Jaakko Ojaniemi and Mika Hormalainen
Goalkeeping Coaches: Luis Fernando and Jari Kujala
Team Manager, Secretary: Jorma Tuohisaari

References

^ "Finland - Kerho 07 (SJK II) - Results and fixtures - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
^ "SJK Akatemia varmisti nousun Ykköseen". 19 September 2021.
^ "SJK Akatemia squad". Football Association of Finland. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^ "Valmentajat" (in Finnish). SJK. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ "Kuortaneen Urheiluopisto luomaan linjaa SJK:n suorituskyvylle" (in Finnish). SJK. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
^ "Page, Lehtinen ja Aromaa akatemian valmentajina". sjk.fi/ (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] "Finland - Kerho 07 (SJK II) - Results and fixtures - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

[2] "SJK Akatemia varmisti nousun Ykköseen". 19 September 2021.

[3] "SJK Akatemia squad". Football Association of Finland. Retrieved 2 April 2023.

[4] "Valmentajat" (in Finnish). SJK. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

[5] "Kuortaneen Urheiluopisto luomaan linjaa SJK:n suorituskyvylle" (in Finnish). SJK. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

[6] "Page, Lehtinen ja Aromaa akatemian valmentajina". sjk.fi/ (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

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