Pallokerho Keski-Uusimaa


Pallokerho Keski-Uusimaa is a football club serving the sub-region of Keski-Uusimaa in Finland and is centred on the towns of Järvenpää, Kerava and Tuusula. The club was formed in 2005 and the men's first team currently plays in the newly formed Ykkönen. The Chairman of PK Keski-Uusimaa is Mikko Bergman.

Background

The club was founded on 30 November 2005 as a flagship club for the Keski-Uusimaa area with Järvenpään Palloseura, Keravan Pallo-75 and Tuusulan Palloseura as the feeder clubs. Founder club members included Jussi Hautamäki, Mikko Honkanen, Miika Tiira, Lassi Kunttu, Markku Pyykkölä, Raine Nieminen, Tero Valtonen, Pekka Ekegren and Timo Helkamo.
The project had been considered as early as 1988 but the time was not right. However, in the early 2000 decade discussions were reopened by the leading local clubs and joint working initiatives came forward such as staff training, the Lionsliigaa for 12- to 15-year-olds and the Keski-Uusimaa Academy.
On 15 December 2005 the clubs gave their final approval to the project and the historic three-club umbrella organisation was established. The PK Keski-Uusimaa club does not compete with the feeder clubs with, but complements them enabling the more talented and motivated high-profile players to play locally rather than in Helsinki.
PK Keski-Uusimaa has been playing in the Kakkonen, the third tier of Finnish football since 2008.
In August 2022, the club sold its own protégé Hugo Toivonen to Italian Palermo.

Season to season

SeasonLevelDivisionSectionAdministrationPositionMovements
2006Tier 4Kolmonen Section 2Helsinki & Uusimaa '2nd
2007Tier 4Kolmonen 'Section 3Helsinki & Uusimaa '1stPromoted
2008Tier 3Kakkonen 'Group AFinnish FA '8th
2009Tier 3Kakkonen 'Group AFinnish FA '5th
2010Tier 3Kakkonen 'Group AFinnish FA '14thRelegated
2011Tier 4Kolmonen 'Section 3Helsinki & Uusimaa '1st
2012Tier 4Kolmonen 'Section 2Helsinki & Uusimaa '1stPromoted
2013Tier 3Kakkonen 'Eastern GroupFinnish FA '5th
2014Tier 3Kakkonen 'Eastern GroupFinnish FA '5th
2015Tier 3Kakkonen 'Southern GroupFinnish FA '8thRelegated
2016Tier 4Kolmonen 'Group 2Helsinki & Uusimaa '1stPromoted
2017Tier 3Kakkonen 'Group AFinnish FA '7th
2018Tier 3Kakkonen 'Group AFinnish FA '11thRelegated
2019Tier 4Kolmonen 'Group 3Southern District '1stPromoted
2020Tier 3Kakkonen 'Group AFinnish FA '10th
2021Tier 3Kakkonen 'Group AFinnish FA '10th
2022Tier 3Kakkonen 'Group AFinnish FA '6th
2023Tier 3Kakkonen 'Group AFinnish FA '5thQualifiers for Ykkönen - Qualified
2024Tier 3Ykkönen 'Finnish FA '8th
2025Tier 3Ykkönen 'Finnish FA '8th

Club structure

PK Keski-Uusimaa runs 2 men's team, 7 boys teams and 3 girls teams in an elite junior section. The club play their home games in Kerava and Tuusula at the following venues:

2010 season

PK Keski-Uusimaa Men's Team are competing in Group A of the Kakkonen administered by the Football Association of Finland . This is the third highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2009 Pallokerho Keski-Uusimaa finished in fifth position in their Kakkonen section.