Sotkamon Jymy | |||||
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Information | |||||
League | Superpesis | ||||
Location | Sotkamo, Finland | ||||
Ballpark | Hiukka Stadium | ||||
Founded | 1909 | ||||
Colors | purple, orange | ||||
Ownership | SuperJymy Oy | ||||
Manager | Iiro Haimi | ||||
Website | www | ||||
Uniforms | |||||
Sotkamon Jymy (lit. "Huge of Sotkamo"; or simply Jymy) is a Finnish professional pesäpallo team from Sotkamo. It was founded in 1909. Sotkamon Jymy is playing in the top-tier Superpesis. Sotkamon Jymy has participated in many sports in Finland over the years, such as athletics and orienteering. Since 1990s, the club's main successes have been in pesäpallo.[1]
Sotkamon Jymy has won the men's Finnish Pesäpallo Championship (Superpesis) 20 times in years 1963, 1990, 1992–1993, 1995–1997, 2001–2003, 2005–2006, 2009, 2011–2015, 2020 and 2023-2024.[2] The home ground of Sotkamon Jymy is the Hiukka Stadium.[1] Its well-known competitor is Vimpelin Veto from Vimpeli, known as long-time rival of Sotkamon Jymy.[3]