FC Sinimustat is a football club from Turku

Turku

Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...

 in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. The club was formed in 2007 and their home ground is at the Yläkenttä, Kupittaa

Kupittaa

Kupittaa is a district in Turku, Finland. It is located on the eastern side of the city's centre, around the Kupittaa Park, the first landscaped park in a Finnish city. The district serves as a centre for recreation and business...

. Sinimustat is FC Inter Turku's 'B team' which currently plays in the Kakkonen

Kakkonen

Kakkonen is the third tier of the Finnish football league system.-League structure:Kakkonen is divided to three groups of 14 clubs. A club plays each of the others in the same group twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents. Clubs gain three points for a win, one for a...

, or the third level of football in Finland

Finnish football league system

The Finnish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Finland. The three highest levels are managed by the Finnish FA while the higher leagues are managed by the regional departments of the FA.-The system:...

. The Chairman of Inter Turku is Stefan Håkans.

History

FC Sinimusta is a very new team having been established in 2007 as a reserve and development team for the Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga is the premier division of Finnish football, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Veikkausliiga is currently ranked as the 28th best league in Europe. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, hence the league's name...

 club, FC Inter Turku. Sinimusta were fortunate to begin their competitive football life in 2008 in Group B of the Kakkonen (Second Division) by taking the place of VG-62 Naantali who previously operated as FC Inter’s second string. Founder members of the team included footballers Magnus Bahne

Magnus Bahne

Magnus Bahne is a Finnish footballer goalkeeper, currently playing for FC Inter Turku.-Club career:Bahne started his career in FC Inter Turku and at the age 20 he became the number one goalkeeper of the team...

 and Ari Nyman as well as FC Inter's chairman Stefan Håkans. Sinimusta translates as Blue-Black, the colours of FC Inter.

Sinimusta are now in their third season in the Kakkonen

Kakkonen

Kakkonen is the third tier of the Finnish football league system.-League structure:Kakkonen is divided to three groups of 14 clubs. A club plays each of the others in the same group twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents. Clubs gain three points for a win, one for a...

 (Second Division), the third tier of Finnish football

Finnish football league system

The Finnish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Finland. The three highest levels are managed by the Finnish FA while the higher leagues are managed by the regional departments of the FA.-The system:...

 from 2008 to the present day. Both the 2008 and 2009 seasons has seen the team finish in eleventh position just above the relegation places.

Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Administration	Position	Movements
2008	Tier 3	Kakkonen (Second Division)	Group B	Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)	11th
2009	Tier 3	Kakkonen (Second Division)	Group B	Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)	11th
2010	Tier 3	Kakkonen (Second Division)	Group B	Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)

• 3 seasons in Kakkonen
  Kakkonen
  Kakkonen is the third tier of the Finnish football league system.-League structure:Kakkonen is divided to three groups of 14 clubs. A club plays each of the others in the same group twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents. Clubs gain three points for a win, one for a...
  
  

Club Structure

Sinimustat is part of the FC Inter Turku structure which has 3 men's teams and 10 boys teams. In addition there is the Inter Akatemia which provides gifted juniors with the optimum conditions for training before moving to a League team or overseas.

2010 season

Sinimustat are competing in Group B (Lohko B) of the Kakkonen administered by the Football Association of Finland

Football Association of Finland

The Football Association of Finland is the governing body of football in Finland. It was founded in 1907, and was also the governing body of bandy in Finland until the bandy association, Suomen Jääpalloliitto, was founded in 1972....

  (Suomen Palloliitto) . This is the third highest tier in the Finnish football system

Finnish football league system

The Finnish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Finland. The three highest levels are managed by the Finnish FA while the higher leagues are managed by the regional departments of the FA.-The system:...

. In 2009 FC Sinimustat finished in eleventh position in their Kakkonen section.

Current Squad for the 2010 Season