Pallokerho-35 is a Finnish

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...

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club, based in Vantaa

Vantaa

Vantaa is a city and municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.Vantaa, with its population of , is the fourth most populated city of Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, is located there...

. It currently plays in the Finnish First Division (Ykkönen

Ykkönen

Ykkönen is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system , although it is the highest league managed by the Football Association of Finland.-Competition:...

). As of the 2009 season the club has been based at the ISS Stadion, Myyrmäki

Myyrmäki

Myyrmäki is a district of the city of Vantaa, Finland. The district has an area of 2.7 square kilometers and a population of about 14,500. It is home to Myyrmanni, a large shopping complex....

, Vantaa.

PK-35 was founded in Vyborg

Vyborg

Vyborg is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated on the Karelian Isthmus near the head of the Bay of Vyborg, to the northwest of St. Petersburg and south from Russia's border with Finland, where the Saimaa Canal enters the Gulf of Finland...

 in 1935. After the Finnish Winter War and Second World War, PK-35 was refounded in Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

 in 1948. When PK-35 was coached by Pasi Rautiainen

Pasi Rautiainen

Pasi Pentti Rautiainen is a Finnish football manager and former player. He has coached PK-35, FC Jokerit and FC KooTeePee in Finland and FC Levadia Tallinn and FC Flora Tallinn in Estonia. His last club was TPS....

 in the mid-1990s they were promoted to Finland's top division, 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...

. After some economical troubles the first team was acquired by Hjallis Harkimo and renamed FC Jokerit

FC Jokerit

FC Jokerit was a football club based in Helsinki, Finland. It was founded in 1999. The club was known for its wild supporters, 116% Boys, and for its owner, Hjallis Harkimo who is also the owner of Jokerit, an ice hockey club based in Helsinki....

. The PK-35 club, however, continued with the other teams in lower divisions using its original name. PK-35 was promoted to 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...

 in 2001 and to Ykkönen

Ykkönen

Ykkönen is the second highest level of the Finnish football league system , although it is the highest league managed by the Football Association of Finland.-Competition:...

 in 2005.

Move to Vantaa

After season 2008 Pallokerho-35 decided to move its men's and women's first teams to the commuter town

Commuter town

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 of Vantaa

Vantaa

Vantaa is a city and municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.Vantaa, with its population of , is the fourth most populated city of Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, is located there...

, where they will play at ISS Stadion in Myyrmäki. Those teams will be run by a new association and compete with the name PK-35 Vantaa. Pallokerho-35 and its other teams (juniors) will stay in Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

 under PK-35 ry (main club).

Current squad

Women's team

The women's football section was founded in 1982. The club's women's football team spectacular won the national league, the Naisten Liiga

Naisten Liiga

Naisten Liiga is the highest division of women's football in Finland. The competition was first held in 1971. Up to 2006 it was known as Naisten SM-sarja ....

, for the first time in 2010. Just one year after being promoted to the Naisten Liiga

Naisten Liiga

Naisten Liiga is the highest division of women's football in Finland. The competition was first held in 1971. Up to 2006 it was known as Naisten SM-sarja ....

 after winning the second level league Naisten Ykkönen in 2009. Thus they are qualyfied for the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League

2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League

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.
In 2011 the team won its first Finnish Women's Cup

Finnish Women's Cup

The Finnish Women's Cup is the national women's football cup competition in Finland and was first held in 1981.-List of finals:The list of finals:- External links:* at suomencup.fi* at women.soccerway.com...

 beating Ilves

Ilves

Ilves is a Finnish sports club nowadays mostly known for their youth work. The ice hockey team plays in the SM-liiga at the Tampereen jäähalli in Hakametsä...

 2–0.

A great amount of the players have represented Finland in the youth national teams. About half a dozen players are on the roster os the national team but the actual number of national team games amongst the players is fairly small. The Nigerian duo on the team has played international games representing their own country.

Players

Season 2011

Name	Number	Year of birth	National
Goalkeepers
Rachael Ayegba	1	1986	Nigeria
Lauren Johnston	35	1986	USA
Defenders
Elina Salmi	4	1994	Finland
Anna Vlasoff	19	1987	Finland
Jenna Korhonen	6	1988	Finland
Anna Eld	15	1992	Finland
Maiju Hirvonen	16	1990	Finland
Jenae Seppälä	18	1986	USA
Ninni Niiranen	23	1985	Finland
Midfielders
Jannica Tjeder	7	1985	Finland
Beverly Goebel	21	1988	USA
Elina Sormunen	14	1987	Finland
Nicolina Jåfs	24	1989	Finland
Tiia-Maria Jaakonsaari	26	1994	Finland
Jaana Lyytikäinen Jaana Lyytikäinen Jaana Lyytikäinen is a Finnish footballer, currently playing for Pallokerho-35 in Finland's Naisten Liiga.She is a member of the Finnish national team since 2007.-References:...	17	1982	Finland
Iina Salmi	27	1994	Finland
Forwards
Dali Meller	3	1991	Finland
Tiia Elonsalo	5	1994	Finland
Melinda Koivula	8	1996	Finland
Aino Lehtinen	9	1991	Finland
Cynthia Uwak Cynthia Uwak Cynthia Uwak is a Nigerian football striker who currently is playing for PK-35 Vantaa in the Women's League in Finland. Uwak previously played for 1. FC Saarbrücken in the Women's Bundesliga , FC United of Jakobstad and Olympique Lyonnais...	10	1986	Nigeria
Eveliina Parikka	11	1990	Finland
Emma Kete Emma Kete Emma Jillian Kete , is a member of the Football Ferns, the New Zealand women's association football team.-Club career:Kete joined Ottawa Fury Women in July 2009, playing alongside fellow Kiwis Amber Hearn, Hayley Moorwood and Ria Percival at the Canadian W-League club.She signed for FA WSL club...	2	1987	New Zealand
Tia Hälinen	25	1994	Finland

External links

• PK-35 entire Sportclub website (in Finnish
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• PK-35 Football website (in Finnish
  Finnish language
  Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
  
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• Official site