Football Club Jazz, commonly known as just Jazz, is a Finnish football club based in Pori, which plays in the Finnish third tier, Ykkönen. The club was founded in 1934 as Porin Pallo-Toverit. PPT changed its name to FC Jazz in November 1991.
FC Jazz is tied with several other clubs as the 13th most successful Finnish club by Finnish Championship titles. FC Jazz won the Finnish Championship twice (1993, 1996). Other medals for the club include Finnish Championship bronze (1992), Finnish Cup silver (1994) and Finnish League Cup silver (1994).
History PPT 1934–1991
FC Jazz was established in 1934 as Porin Pallo-Toverit (PPT for short) by 18 young men who had previously played football in the local sports club Pyrintö. The founders had strong labour movement background and PPT immediately joined the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation (TUL). PPT had also a section for bandy and ice hockey.PPT 1934–1984 50th Anniversary book.
PPT played its first years in TUL regional series and after the second world war in TUL national divisions. The club made its debut in Finnish Football Association's national divisions in 1948 Suomensarja which was the second tier of Finnish football. After six more seasons in TUL series PPT joined the FA's divisions permanently in 1955 playing third or fourth tiers up to the 1980s. In 1982 PPT was promoted to 1. division and year later to the premier division Mestaruussarja.
FC Jazz 1991–present
In 1991 PPT changed its name for FC Jazz. The name was inspired by Pori Jazz festival, which is one of the most popular jazz festivals in Europe. FC Jazz won two Finnish championship titles in 1993 and 1996. The club was relegated to second tier in 2004, but the first team was dissolved 2005 as a result of financial problems.
FC Jazz youth section had been separated from the league organisation since 2002, and was known as FC Jazz-juniorit (FC Jazz-j). In 2006, the club started competing with the league license of its youth organisation, and were placed in the sixth-tier Vitonen, administrated by the Finnish Football Association Satakunta. Two years later, FC Jazz-j was promoted to third tier Kakkonen, which is the lowest national level in Finnish football. In 2010, FC Jazz-juniorit were allowed to start using the name FC Jazz. In 2013, FC Jazz was promoted to second-tier Ykkönen after beating Ekenäs IF 4–2 on aggregate in the promotion playoffs. FC Jazz was relegated back to the Kakkonen for the 2017 season, but got promoted back to Ykkönen, the new nation-wide third-tier, for the 2024 season. In 2024, the new second tier Ykkösliiga was founded and Ykkönen had been demoted one level in the Finnish football league system. In the inaugural season of the competition, Jazz finished 5th in Ykkönen. In 2026, Risto Puustinen was appointed as the new manager and signed a one-year contract.
Name changes Porin Pallo-Toverit (PPT, 1934–1991) FC Jazz (1991–present)
Rivalries FC Jazz's main rival is considered to be the other Pori club Musan Salama. The games between MuSa and Jazz are known as the Pori Derby. Other rival for Jazz is the Rauma club Pallo-Iirot.
Honours
Finnish Championship: Winners (2): 1993, 1996 Finnish Cup: Runners-up (1): 1995 Finnish League Cup: Runners-up (1): 1994
Domestic competition record
Managers and Top ScorersSeasonLevelManagerTop scorer1980Tier 4 Pertti Lundell Jari Peltonen, 141981Tier 4 Pertti Lundell Risto Puustinen, 311982Tier 3 Pertti Lundell Risto Puustinen, 181983Tier 2 Pertti Lundell Richard Wilson, 191984Tier 1 Pertti Lundell Richard Wilson, 91985Tier 1 Pertti Lundell Mika Sankala, 71986Tier 1 Pertti Lundell Petri Järvinen, 81987Tier 1 Pauno Kymäläinen Jarmo Alatensiö, 101988Tier 1 Pauno Kymäläinen Seppo Sulonen, 71989Tier 2 Pauno Kymäläinen Yuri Gavrilov, 9 Saku Laaksonen1990Tier 2 Pauno Kymäläinen, Seppo Sairanen (9 August) Petri Toivonen, 121991Tier 1 Markku Wacklin Rami Nieminen, 151992Tier 1 Seppo Sairanen Luiz Antônio, 211993Tier 1 Jussi Ristimäki Antti Sumiala, 201994Tier 1 Jussi Ristimäki Jukka Ruhanen, 121995Tier 1 Pertti Lundell Luiz Antônio, 121996Tier 1 Jari Pyykölä Luiz Antônio, 171997Tier 1 Jari Pyykölä, Jukka Vakkila (11 August) Marco, 91998Tier 1 Tapio Raatikainen, Pertti Lundell (7 June) Marco, 6 Ricky Rodrigo1999Tier 1 Pertti Lundell Hasan Cetinkaya, 6 Marco2000Tier 1 Pertti Lundell Matti Santahuhta, 6 Hector Takayama2001Tier 1 Jouni Joensuu, Jussi Ristimäki (13 July) Rodrigo, 8 Antti Sumiala2002Tier 1 Risto Virtanen, Jussi Ristimäki (2 September) Rodrigo, 82003Tier 1 Seppo Sairanen Piracaia, 152004Tier 1 Seppo Sairanen, Sami Rintanen (11 October) Mikael Muurimäki, 6 Matti Santahuhta20052006Tier 6 Mikko Mannila Juuso Ollonqvist, 6 Juho Wahlroos2007Tier 5 Mikko Mannila Ville Kuusinen, 112008Tier 4 Mikko Mannila João Gaetti, 112009Tier 3 Mikko Mannila Ari Qvist, 72010Tier 3 Mikko Mannila Mamadou Konate, 92011Tier 3 Risto Virtanen, Jouni Joensuu (1 August) Jesse Junnila, 152012Tier 3 Matti Santahuhta Sekou Konate, 142013Tier 3 Matti Santahuhta Samu-Petteri Mäkelä, 142014Tier 2 Jouni Joensuu, Jani Uotinen (5 August) Alekos Alekou, 142015Tier 2 John Allen Samu-Petteri Mäkelä, 82016Tier 2 John Allen Jani Uotinen (21 July) Dani Sánchez, 92017Tier 3 Olli Oravisto Juho Lehtonen, 162018Tier 3 Olli Oravisto Iyam Friday, 5 Joonas Meura, 52019Tier 3 Seth Ablade
SeasonLevelDivisionSectionAdministrationPositionMovements1948Tier 2 Suomensarja (Finland Series)North GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)10thRelegated1949Tier 3 Suomensarjan karsinnat Cup formatFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1st roundQualifications for 2nd level as a TUL Club1950Unknown1951Unknown1952Unknown1953Tier 3 Suomensarjan karsinnat West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)7thQualifications for 2nd level as a TUL Club1954Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Regional League)West Group IFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)5thRelegated1955Tier 4Piirisarja (District League)Satakunta District (SPL Satakunta)Play-offs, Promoted1956Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Regional League)West Group IFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)5th1957Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Regional League)West Group IIFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)6th1958Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Regional League)Group 4Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)6th1959Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Regional League)Group 5Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)5th1960Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Regional League)Group 4Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)8thRelegated1961Tier 4Aluesarja (Area Series)Group 11Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd 1962Tier 4Aluesarja (Area Series)Group 11Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promoted1963Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Regional League)Group 3Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)4th1964Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Regional League)Group 4Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)4th1965Tier 3 Maakuntasarja (Regional League)Group 4Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromoted1966Tier 2 Suomensarja (Finland Series)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)7th1967Tier 2 Suomensarja (Finland Series)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)5th1968Tier 2 Suomensarja (Finland Series)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)8th1969Tier 2 Suomensarja (Finland Series)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)7th1970Tier 2 2. Divisioona (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)3rd1971Tier 2 2. Divisioona (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)4th1972Tier 2 2. Divisioona (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)10thRemained in Second Division which became third tier1973Tier 3 2. Divisioona (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)4th1974Tier 3 2. Divisioona (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)10thRelegated1975Tier 43. Divisioona (Third Division)Group 4 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promoted1976Tier 3 2. Divisioona (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)12thRelegated1977Tier 43. Divisioona (Third Division)Group 4 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th 1978Tier 43. Divisioona (Third Division)Group 4 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th 1979Tier 43. Divisioona (Third Division)Group 4 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd 1980Tier 43. Divisioona (Third Division)Group 4 Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 8th 1981Tier 43. Divisioona (Third Division)Group 4 SatakuntaFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promotion Playoffs, Promoted1982Tier 3 2. Divisioona (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromotion Playoff - Promoted1983Tier 2 1. Divisioona (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2ndPromotion/relegation League 4th - Promoted1984Tier 1Mestaruussarja Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 12thRelegated1985Tier 1 SM-sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 9th1986Tier 1 SM-sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 8th1987Tier 1 SM-sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 6th1988Tier 1 SM-sarja (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 12thRelegated1989Tier 2 1. Divisioona (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)4th1990Tier 2 1. Divisioona (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromoted1991Tier 1 Futisliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 8th1992Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 3rd First season as Jazz1993Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 1st Champions1994Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 4th1995Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 4th1996Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 1st Champions1997Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 7th1998Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 5th1999Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 6th2000Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 5th2001Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 10th2002Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 12thPromotion/Relegation League 5th2003Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 12th2004Tier 1 Veikkausliiga (Premier League) Finnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto 13thRelegation Playoff - Relegated2005Bankruptcy2006Tier 6Vitonen (Fifth Division)SatakuntaSatakunta District (SPL Satakunta)1stPromoted2007Tier 5Nelonen (Fourth Division)Group 2Satakunta District (SPL Satakunta)1stPromoted2008Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)SatakuntaSatakunta District (SPL Satakunta) 1st Promotion Playoffs, Promoted2009Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division)Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)10th2010Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division)Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)10th2011Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division)Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)7th2012Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division)Western GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2nd2013Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division)Western GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromotion Playoff - Promoted2014Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)8th2015Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)7th2016Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)12thRelegated2017Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division)Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)8th2018Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division)Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)7th2019Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division)Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)8th2020Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division)Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2nd2021Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division)Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)3rd2022Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division)Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)5th2023Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division)Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2ndPromoted2024Tier 3 Ykkönen (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th2025Tier 3 Ykkönen (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)
19 seasons in Veikkausliiga 14 seasons in Second Tier 29 seasons in Third Tier 10 seasons in Fourth Tier 1 season in 5th Tier 1 season in 6th Tier
European competitions UEFA Champions League: