Pärnu JK

Pärnu
Full name	Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi
Founded	21 July 1989; 32 years ago
Ground	Pärnu Rannastaadion
Capacity	1,501
Manager	Anastassia Morkovkina; Kristina Bannikova
League	Naiste Meistriliiga
2017	1st
Website	Club website
	Home colours
	Home colours

Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi, commonly known as PJK, or simply as Pärnu, is a football club, based in Pärnu, Estonia. The club's home ground is Pärnu Rannastaadion.

Founded in 1989, Pärnu is mostly known for its women's team who compete in the Naiste Meistriliiga, the top level of women's football in Estonia. They are the most successful club in Estonian women's football, having won a record 13 Naiste Meistriliiga titles, a record 6 Estonian Women's Cup and a record 7 Estonian Women's Supercup.

The club's men's team currently play in the third division Esiliiga B.

History[]

Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi was founded in 1989. The team won their first league title in the 1994–95 season. Pärnu made their European debut in the 2004–05 UEFA Women's Cup, finishing fourth in their group in the first qualifying round. In the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League, Pärnu finished as runners-up in their group and advanced to the knockout-stage, where they were defeated by eventual champions VfL Wolfsburg 0–27 on aggregate.^[1]^[3]

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 10 May 2020.

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	EST
2	DF	EST
4	DF	EST	Ketlin Saar
5	FW	EST	Ulrika Tülp
6	DF	EST	Anete Paulus
7	DF	UKR
8	MF	EST	Kairi Himanen
10	DF	EST	Berle Brant (captain)
12	GK	EST
13	MF	EST	Aljona Sasova


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	EST
15	MF	EST
17	FW	UKR
19	FW	EST
20	FW	EST	Merily Toom
22	MF	EST	Kristina Bannikova
30	DF	EST
32	MF	EST	Evelyn Šilina

Honours[]

Naiste Meistriliiga
- Winners (13): , , , , , , , , 2013, 2014, 2015, , 2017

Estonian Women's Cup
- Winners (6): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017

Estonian Women's Supercup
- Winners (7): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Record in UEFA competitions[]

All results (home, away and aggregate) list Pärnu's goal tally first.

Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2004–05	First qualifying round	Viktória FC-Szombathely	–	0–4	–
		Bobruichanka Bobruisk (Host)	–	1–2	–
			–	1–5	–
2005–06	First qualifying round	FC United (Host)	–	0–2	–
		Røa	–	1–9	–
		Valur	–	1–8	–
2006–07	First qualifying round	Masinac Classic Niš	–	1–6	–
		Rapide Wezemaal	–	0–7	–
		Pomurje (Host)	–	1–7	–
2007–08	First qualifying round	NSA Sofia	–	1–3	–
		Universitet Vitebsk	–	0–6	–
		PAOK (Host)	–	2–3	–
2011–12	Qualifying round	Krka Novo Mesto (Host)	–	2–1	–
		Rayo Vallecano	–	1–4	–
		Peamount United	–	1–5	–
2012–13	Qualifying round	BIIK Kazygurt	–	0–3	–
		NSA Sofia	–	0–2	–
		Spartak Subotica (Host)	–	0–1	–
2013–14	Qualifying round	PAOK	–	3–1	–
		PK-35 Vantaa (Host)	–	0–0	–
		Biljanini Izvori	–	3–1	–
	Round of 32	VfL Wolfsburg	0–14	0–13	0–27
2014–15	Qualifying round	MTK	–	0–3	–
		Pomurje	–	0–4	–
		Ekonomist (Host)	–	2–1	–
2015–16	Qualifying round	Olimpia Cluj	–	0–4	–
		Pomurje (Host)	–	1–2	–
		Ekonomist	–	2–1	–
2016–17	Qualifying round	Olimpia Cluj	–	1–7	–
		Medyk Konin (Host)	–	0–1	–
		Breznica	–	2–2	–
2017–18	Qualifying round	Standard Liège	0–2	–	–
		Ajax	1–2	–	–
		Rīgas FS	2–0	–	–
2018–19	Qualifying round	ȘS Anenii Noi	–	2–0	–
		Vllaznia	–	1–3	–
		Sarajevo (Host)	–	1–2	–