SJK Akatemia

Founded	2012
Ground	OmaSP Stadion, Seinäjoki, Finland
Head Coach	Stevie Grieve Arttu Aromaa
League	Ykkösliiga
2023	Ykkönen, 4th of 12
Home colours Away colours

SJK Akatemia (or SJK II, formerly Kerho 07 in 2013–2015) is a football club from Seinäjoki in Finland. The club was formed in 2012 and their home ground is at the OmaSP Stadion. SJK Akatemia is the reserve team of SJK and currently plays in the Ykkösliiga, the new second level of football in Finland.^{[1] [2]}

SJK Akatemia also contains SJK U17. In 2018, SJK started a football high school with Kuortane sports school, producing young players to SJK and SJK Akatemia.

Current squad

As of 14 February 2024^[3]

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 Asseri Heinämäki 6 FW  GHA Emmanuel Essel (on loan from Vision F.C.) 9 FW  FIN Miro Turunen 14 MF  FIN Topias Helle 15 FW  FIN Elias Hyytinen 16 DF  FIN Tuomas Koivisto 21 DF  FIN Oskari Väistö 23 DF  FIN Joona Lahdenmäki 24 DF  FIN Eemeli Löytökorpi

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 GK  FIN Juho Kaunismäki 26 FW  FIN Eemeli Honkola 29 FW  FIN Akseli Tervaniemi 38 FW  FIN Elari Hautamäki — MF  GHA Bob Armah (on loan from Sporting Club Accra) — FW  FIN Artur Atarah — DF  FIN Gabriel Oksanen — DF  FIN Tobias Karkulowski — FW  BRA Vinícius Ribeiro

Staff

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• Head Coaches: Stevie Grieve and Arttu Aromaa
• Fitness Coaches: Tommi Pärmäkoski, Pekka Koskela, Jaakko Ojaniemi and Mika Hormalainen
• Goalkeeping Coaches: Luis Fernando and Jari Kujala
• Team Manager, Secretary: Jorma Tuohisaari