Pärnu JK

Pärnu
Full name	Pärnu Jalgpalliklubi
Founded	21 July 1989
Dissolved	12 January 2020
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, was a women's football team based in Pärnu, Estonia. Having won a record 13 Naiste Meistriliiga titles, 6 Estonian Women's Cups and 7 Estonian Women's Supercups, the team stepped down from women's football in 2019. The club's home ground was Pärnu Rannastaadion.

The club announced their dissolvement at the end of December 2019 and played their last game on 12 January 2020.^[3]

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

History edit

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]^[4]

Players edit

First-team squad edit

As of 13 August 2018.^[5]

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	Mari-Ann Ploompuu
2	DF	EST	Saskia Sonnberg
4	DF	EST	Ketlin Saar
5	FW	EST	Ulrika Tülp
6	DF	EST	Anete Paulus
7	DF	UKR	Alina Svergun
8	MF	EST	Kairi Himanen
10	DF	EST	Berle Brant (captain)
12	GK	EST	Jennifer Smirnov
13	MF	EST	Aljona Sasova


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	EST	Sandra Paulberg
15	MF	EST	Laada Tereštšenkova
17	FW	UKR	Olena Lymar
19	FW	EST	Ljubov Maksimova
20	FW	EST	Merily Toom
21	FW	BLR	Anastasiya Shcherbachenya
22	MF	EST	Kristina Bannikova
30	DF	EST	Alika Malešina
32	MF	EST	Evelyn Šilina

Honours edit

Naiste Meistriliiga
- Winners (13): 1994–95, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 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

Former logo

Record in UEFA competitions edit

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	–
		Codru Anenii Noi	–	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	–