SJK Akatemia

SJK Akatemia (also referred to as 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 Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (SJK) and currently plays in the Ykkösliiga, the new second level of football in Finland.^[1][2]

SJK Akatemia

Short name	SJK Akatemia
Founded	2012
Ground	OmaSP Stadion, Seinäjoki, Finland
Capacity	5,900
Head Coach	Toni Lehtinen
League	Ykkösliiga
2024	Ykkösliiga, 7th of 10
Home colours Away colours

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 2 August 2024^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 FW  BEN Olatoundji Tessilimi 6 DF  GHA Sayibu Yakubu 11 FW  BRA Vinícius Ribeiro 14 MF  NGA Shehu Sulaiman 15 FW  FIN Elias Hyytinen 16 DF  FIN Tuomas Koivisto 17 FW  FIN Onni Hänninen 23 DF  NGA Nathaniel Tahmbi 25 GK  NCA Miguel Rodriguez 26 FW  FIN Eemeli Honkola 28 FW  FIN Akseli Tervaniemi

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 MF  GHA Emmanuel Anokye 33 FW  GHA Emmanuel Akansase 34 GK  FIN Juho Kaunismäki 36 MF  FIN Denis Cukici 38 FW  FIN Elari Hautamäki 60 GK  FIN Asseri Heinämäki 72 MF  FIN Jore Nikkilä — FW  FIN Aapo Hyppönen — DF  FIN Arvi Liljaniemi — MF  FIN Noah Rantasalmi

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

League history

Season to season of SJK Akatemia

4 season in Ykkönen/Ykkösliiga (Tier 2) 6 seasons in Kakkonen (Tier 3) 2 seasons in Kolmonen (Tier 4) Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements 2013 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Northern Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th 2014 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Western Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 6th 2015 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Northern Group Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9th Relegated 2016 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Northern Ostrobothnia & Vaasa Finnish FA, Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 2nd 2017 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Northern Ostrobothnia & Vaasa Finnish FA, Vaasa District (SPL Vaasa) 1st Promoted 2018 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 3rd 2019 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promoted 2020 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 11th Relegated 2021 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group C Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 1st Promoted 2022 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 9th 2023 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 4th 2024 Tier 2 Ykkösliiga (League One) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto) 7th 2025 Tier 2 Ykkösliiga (League One) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)

Staff

Source: ^[4][5][6]

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