Pallo-Pojat Juniorit

Pallo-Pojat
Full namePallo-Pojat Juniorit
Nickname(s)PPJ, Pallo-Pojat, Pallo-Pojat-Juniorit
Founded1935; 89 years ago (1935), as Pallo-Pojat
1995; 29 years ago (1995), as Pallo-Pojat Juniorit
ChairmanSami Aurejärvi
ManagerMikko Hyppönen
LeagueKakkonen

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.

  1. ^ Tähtien Tarina, s. 52. Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, 2007. ISBN 978-952-92-2062-5.