PK-35 Vantaa

Full name	PK-35 Vantaa
Founded	as Viipurin Pallokerho, 1935 (1935) as Pallokerho-35, 1948 as PK-35 Vantaa, 2008
Dissolved	2016
Ground	Myyrmäen jalkapallostadion Vantaa
Capacity	4,700
Coordinates	60°15.726′N 24°50.291′E / 60.262100°N 24.838183°E / 60.262100; 24.838183
Chairman	Markku Hynninen
Manager	Kim Raimi
League	Ykkönen
2021	Ykkönen, 7th
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PK-35 Vantaa (previously Pallokerho-35 or PK-35) was a Finnish men's football team, based in Vantaa. It last played in the Veikkausliiga, the top-tier men's football league in Finland. The team was based at the Myyrmäen jalkapallostadion in the Myyrmäki district of Vantaa at the time of its dissolution, after the 2016 season.

History

PK-35 was founded in Vyborg in 1935. After the Finnish Winter War and Second World War, PK-35 was refounded in Helsinki in 1948. When PK-35 was coached by Pasi Rautiainen in the mid-1990s they were promoted to Finland's top division, the Veikkausliiga. After some economic troubles, the club's top representative team was acquired by Hjallis Harkimo and renamed FC Jokerit. The PK-35 club, however, continued with the other teams in lower divisions using its original name. PK-35 was promoted to Kakkonen in 2001 and to Ykkönen in 2005.

Move to Vantaa

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).^[1]

Bankruptcy

The club suffered serious financial problems in its final years. Sitting at the bottom of the 2016 Veikkausliiga, the club were docked six points and manager Shefki Kuqi left to join Inter Turku.^[2]

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 continued, however, as the club that split from the PK-35 organisation when it was renamed FC Jokerit began to play in the Helsinki area Kolmonen division (4th tier).

Season to season

Management

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