FF Jaro



FF Jaro (Jakobstads Rostfria), commonly referred to as Jaro, is a Finnish football club, based in the bilingual town of Jakobstad. The club currently plays in Ykkösliiga, the new second-highest level in Finland. Home matches are played at the Jakobstads Centralplan.

Current squad
Updated 20 January 2024

Management
As of 20 January 2024

Boardroom
As of 22 July 2021

Season to season

 * 23 seasons in Veikkausliiga
 * 26 seasons in Ykkönen
 * 9 seasons in Kakkonen

1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup
FF Jaro – 🇫🇷 Guingamp 0-0 Dinamo Bucharest – FF Jaro 0–2 FF Jaro – Kolkheti Poti 2–0 🇷🇸 Zemun – FF Jaro 3–2

Former managers

 * 🇫🇮 Börje Nygård (1966–67)
 * 🇫🇮 Rainer Aho (1968–70)
 * Matti Aarni (1971–74)
 * Bjarne Sjöholm (1975–77)
 * Esko Vikman (1978)
 * 🇸🇪 Ulf Larsson (1979)
 * Bjarne Sjöholm (1980)
 * Jan–Eric Holmberg (1981)
 * Kalle Jaskari (1982–84)
 * Matti Huotari (1985)
 * Kalle Jaskari (1986)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Richard Wilson (1987–89)
 * 🇫🇮 Kari Mars (1989)
 * 🇫🇮 Hannu Touru (1990–93)
 * 🇫🇮 Antti Muurinen (1994–96)
 * 🇫🇮 Veijo Wahlsten (1997)
 * 🇫🇮 Keijo Paananen (1997)
 * 🇸🇪 Janne Westerlund (1998)
 * 🇫🇮 Keijo Paananen (1999–01)
 * 🇫🇮 Sixten Boström (2002–04)
 * 🇫🇮 Hannu Touru (2004–05), (2006)
 * 🇫🇮 Mika Laurikainen (2007–09)
 * 🇷🇺 🇫🇮 Alexei Eremenko Sr. (Aug 19, 2009–Jun 10, 2016)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kristian Heames (Jul 28, 2016–Jul 10, 2017)
 * 🇫🇮 Calle Löf (Jul 11, 2017-Oct, 2017)
 * 🇫🇮 Tomi Kärkkäinen (Jan 1, 2018-Aug 13, 2018)
 * 🇫🇮 Niklas Käcko (Aug 14, 2018-Dec 31, 2020)
 * 🇫🇮 Jimmy Wargh (Jan 1, 2021–Oct, 2022)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stephen Ward (2023)
 * 🇫🇮 Niklas Vidjeskog (Jan 1, 2024 – present)