Sotkamon Jymy

Sotkamon Jymy
Information
LeagueSuperpesis
LocationSotkamo, Finland
BallparkHiukka Stadium
Founded1909
Colorspurple, orange
   
OwnershipSuperJymy Oy
ManagerIiro Haimi
Websitewww.superjymy.fi
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]

  1. ^ a b "Team". Superpesis. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  2. ^ "Sotkamon Jymy on toisena vuonna peräkkäin Suomen mestari!". Pesapalloliitto (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  3. ^ Viiden ottelun sunnuntai Superpesiksessä - Faneille.com (in Finnish)