Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi

Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi (transl. Pärnu Football Club), commonly known as PJK, or simply as Pärnu, is an Estonian football club based in Pärnu.

Pärnu JK

Full name	Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi
Founded	21 July 1989; 35 years ago (1989-07-21)[1]
Ground	Pärnu Rannastaadion
Capacity	1,501
Chairman	Raio Piiroja
Manager	Gert Olesk
League	II liiga
2024	Esiliiga B, 10th of 10 (relegated)
Website	https://parnujk.ee/
Home colours Away colours

Founded in 1989, Pärnu JK is mostly known for its women's team (Pärnu JK women), who until 2019 competed in the Estonian top division Naiste Meistriliiga. Domestically, Pärnu won a record 13 Naiste Meistriliiga, 6 Estonian Women's Cup and 7 Estonian Women's Supercup trophies.

The club's men's team last played in the second division Esiliiga.

Players

Current squad

As of 7 March 2022.^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  EST Veiko Vespere 5 MF  EST Karmo Valk 6 MF  EST Joonas Sild 7 MF  EST Eke Tormis Pikk 8 FW  EST Risto Kauniste 9 MF  EST Tanel Melts 10 DF  EST Hevar Aas 11 MF  EST Risto Pärnat

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 FW  EST Silver Õismets 14 DF  EST Jako Kanter 16 MF  EST Igor Mohhov 20 DF  EST Mirko Mardiste 21 MF  EST Reimo Madissoo 35 GK  EST Kaupo Koort 44 DF  UKR Nazar Vyzdryk 69 MF  EST Oliver Vaabel

Personnel

Current technical staff Position Name Manager Igor Prins Assistant manager Gert Olesk

Managerial history Dates Name 2014–2017 Jüri Ivanov 2017–2022 Igor Prins 2022– Gert Olesk[3]

Statistics

League and Cup

Season	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Top goalscorer	Cup	Notes
1992	Meistriliiga	4	6	2	2	2	10	12	-2	6	Jaan Saal (6)		as Pärnu JK
	Championship	8	7	1	1	5	10	22	-12	3
1992/93	II Liiga	1	6	4	2	0	24	7	+17	10			as Pärnu JK/Kalev
1993/94	Esiliiga	1	20	14	2	4	70	28	+42	30	Vadim Dolinin (21)
1994/94	Meistriliiga	7	14	2	1	11	12	35	-23	7	Sergei Terehhov (3)
	Meistriliiga Transition	2	10	6	0	4	35	24	+11	18
1995/96	Meistriliiga	8	14	0	2	12	8	61	-53	2	Teet Allas (2)		as Pärnu JK
	Meistriliiga Transition	2	10	6	0	4	35	24	+11	18
1996/97	Esiliiga	3	14	7	2	5	27	20	+7	23
	Meistriliiga Transition	3	10	4	1	5	9	27	-18	13
1997/98	Esiliiga	7	14	3	3	8	21	33	-12	12	Aleksandr Žurbi and Kauri Link (3)
	Esiliiga Transition	3	14	8	4	2	30	17	+13	28
1998	Esiliiga	8	14	1	2	11	14	40	-26	5	Marek Markson and Oleg Mjassojedov (3)
1999–2001	did not participate
2002	V Liiga S/W	1	14	13	0	1	77	15	+62	39	Denis Baranov (18)		as Pärnu JK
2003–2013	did not participate
2014	IV Liiga S	1	16	14	2	0	43	6	+37	44	Jako Kanter (9)		as Pärnu JK
2015	III Liiga W	1	22	17	4	1	79	21	+58	55	Albert Anissimov (20)
2016	II Liiga S/W	4	26	19	0	7	98	45	+53	57	Veiko Vespere (27)
2017		2	26	19	3	4	102	28	+74	60	Risto Kauniste (18)
2018	Esiliiga B	4	36	18	7	11	80	51	+29	61	Kein Makovei (27)
2019		3	36	19	5	12	82	53	+29	62	Kein Makovei (24)
2020	Esiliiga	8	30	11	7	12	61	56	+5	40	Kein Makovei (12)
2021		8	30	8	5	17	38	61	-23	29	Silard Simanis (12)
2022		10	36	4	8	24	30	77	-47	20	Silver Õismets (7)

References

1. "History section on website". parnujk.ee. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
2. "Pärnu JK". jalgpall.ee. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
3. "Gert Oleskist sai Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi esindusmeeskonna peatreener". Soccernet.ee. 17 November 2022.

External links

• Team info at Estonian Football Association