PK-35 Vantaa

The club's founding can be traced to 19 September 1935, when a group of 36 footballers gathered in Vyborg, which was part of Finland at that time, to establish Vyborg Ball Club (ViPK). The club remained in operation until 1939, when the Winter War and World War II forced the club to disband. Many club members resettled in Helsinki in the period during and after the wars and, in 1948, the club was reinstated in Helsinki under the new name, Pallokerho-35 (PK-35).

PK-35 women's representative team was established in 1978 and it first appeared in a Football Association of Finland league in 1982.[2] In 1992, the team reached the qualifiers for the second-flight Naisten I-divisoona (renamed Naisten Ykkönen in 1996) but did not qualify for the league at that time. The team played in the Naisten Ykkönen during the 1999 season and in the third-tier Naisten Kakkonen during 2003–2007. At the end of the 2007 season, under head coach Mitri Pakkanen, the team gained promotion to the Ykkönen. PK-35 finished the 2008 season fourth in the Ykkönen.

Myyrmäen jalkapallostadion

At the end of the 2008 season, the PK-35 men’s and women’s representative teams were relocated to Vantaa, where they became the representative teams of the newly-created club, PK-35 Vantaa.[3][4][5] The transfer was done in the hope that the teams would have access to better resources in Vantaa. However, junior and representative team activities carried on in Helsinki and the Helsinki-based PK-35 women’s team continued in the fourth-tier Naisten Kolmonen.[6]

In the 2009 season, the primary goal for the women’s team was to gain promotion to the top-tier Naisten Liiga (renamed the Kansallinen Liiga (National League) in 2020). Newly appointed head coach Pauliina Miettinen took charge of a squad bolstered by strong international players, featuring Ifeanyi Chiejine and goalkeeper Rachael Ayegba of Nigeria, and Jenae Seppälä (née Gibbens) and Natalie Capuano of the United States, as weil as promising young Finnish talent, including Pirjo Leppikangas, Aino Lehtinen, and Sanna Saarinen. The club‘s efforts paid off and PK-35 Vantaa beat FC Sport Vaasa to claim first place in the 2009 Naisten Ykkönen, earning promotion for the upcoming Naisten Liiga season.

The team won the Naisten Liiga for the first time in 2010, in their debut season in the championship. They thus made their UEFA Champions League debut in the 2011–12 season, where they were knocked out by Rayo Vallecano Femenino in the Round of 32.

PK-35 subsequently consolidated itself as the new leading Finnish team, winning both the league championship and the Finnish Women's Cup in 2011, 2012, and 2016.[7][8]

• Finnish League champions (5): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018[9][10]
• Finnish Women's Cup (3): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FIN Velma Oikarinen 4 DF  FIN Fillipa Kilponen 5 MF  FIN Eerika Appleqvist 6 DF  FIN Emmi Mäensivu 7 FW  FIN Siiri Koivula 8 DF  FIN Vilma Väisänen 9 FW  FIN Netta Koso 10 FW  FIN Wilma Forsblom 11 FW  FIN Oona Sevenius 13 MF  FIN Sanna Saarinen 14 DF  FIN Elina Salmi 15 FW  FIN Karolina Autio

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  FIN Selina Mustajoki 18 MF  FIN Ella Hopponen 19 DF  FIN Anna Vlasoff 21 MF  FIN Tia-Maria Jaakonsaari 22 FW  FIN Aurora Troberg 24 MF  FIN Mikaela Frondelius 25 FW  FIN Vera Saastamoinen 26 DF  FIN Roosa Toivanen 28 MF  FIN Roosa Bröijer 29 FW  FIN Tytti Kemppainen 31 GK  FIN Sanni Solehmainen

• Colombia: Lady Andrade
• Finland: Jaana Lyytikäinen
• New Zealand: Emma Kete
• Nigeria: Cynthia Uwak

After the 2008 season Pallokerho-35 decided to move its men's and women's first teams to the commuter town of Vantaa, where they played at ISS Stadion in Myyrmäki. The teams were run by a newly created association and competed with the name PK-35 Vantaa. Pallokerho-35 and its other teams (juniors) stayed in Helsinki under the association PK-35 ry (main club).[11]

The club suffered serious financial problems in its final years. Sitting bottom of the 2016 Veikkausliiga, the club were docked 6 points and manager Shefki Kuqi left to join Inter Turku.[12]

The club was relegated at the end of the season but did not apply for a licence to play in the 2017 Ykkönen and ceased operations. The club's name continues however as the club which split from the PK-35 organisation when it was renamed FC Jokerit still play in the Helsinki area Kolmonen division (4th tier).

As of 2 August 2016.

Name Role Pasi Pihamaa Head Coach Juha Jussila Coach Ville Vepsäläinen Kit Manager, Physiotherapist Teemu Savukoski Kit Manager Boris Wistuba Team Manager