Finnish football club in Helsinki
Football club
Pallo-Pojat |
Full name | Pallo-Pojat Juniorit |
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Nickname(s) | PPJ, Pallo-Pojat, Pallo-Pojat-Juniorit |
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Founded | 1935; 90 years ago (1935), as Pallo-Pojat 1995; 30 years ago (1995), as Pallo-Pojat Juniorit |
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Chairman | Sami Aurejärvi |
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Manager | Mikko Hyppönen |
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League | Kakkonen |
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Pallo-Pojat Juniorit (abbreviated PPJ) is a football club in Helsinki. Pallo-Pojat operates in southern Helsinki. Club mainly focuses on youth football but also has adults teams for men and women. Pallo-Pojat won Finnish cup in 1956. They played in Mestaruussarja in 1960 and 1961 seasons but weren't able to compete with bigger traditional Helsinki based clubs HIFK, HJK, HPS and KIF and were relegated to lower levels.[1] In 1995 Clubs youth department were separated from rest of the club and named Pallo-Pojat Juniorit, as of 2020 this club continues the tradition of the original Pallo-Pojat. Today, PPJ operates in two top notch football halls in Helsinki and has nearly 3000 registered players.