FC Viikkarit

{{Short description|Football team}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = FC Viikkarit | image = FC Viikingit logo.svg | upright = 0.75 | alt = FC Viikingit logo | fullname = FC Viikkarit | founded = 2007 | ground = Heteniitty | capacity = | coordinates = | chairman = Mika Forsman | mgrtitle = Manager | manager = Alexei Zhukov | league = Kakkonen | season = 2013 | position = Kolmonen, 1st | website = http://www.fcviikingit.com | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=dc0000|body1=dc0000|rightarm1=dc0000|shorts1=dc0000|socks1=dc0000| pattern_la2= | pattern_b2= | pattern_ra2= | leftarm2=ffffff | body2=ffffff | rightarm2=ffffff | shorts2=000080 | socks2=000080 | }}

'''FC Viikkarit''' (previously '''FC Viikingit/2''') are a Finnish association football team based in Vuosaari, East Helsinki. They play in the ''Kakkonen'', the third tier of football in Finland, and are the reserve team of second-tier club FC Viikingit. The reserve team was established in 2007 and won promotion to the Kakkonen after the 2013 season. The team is managed by Alexei Zhukov, who had a long career as a player for the first team of the East Helsinki club.

== History ==

FC Viikingit/2 was founded as the reserve team of FC Viikingit for the 2007 season, when the first team was promoted to the ''Veikkausliiga''. The team started out in the third division (''Kolmonen'') and did moderately well, finishing between 5th and 9th in its first seasons up to 2011.<ref name="SPLHki"/><ref name="SPLUus"/> For the 2012 season, the club began to invest more in the success of the reserve team. Cooperation between the first team, the reserve team and youth teams was increased, and former first-team players Alexei Zhukov and Vitali Suetov were hired to coach the reserves.<ref name="Vuokki"/> As a result, the team did well in the 2012 Kolmonen, but the close-run season ended with FC Viikingit/2 in fourth place, just two points behind group winners FC POHU, who were promoted to the second division.<ref name="SPLHki"/>

In 2013, the reserve team led by Zhukov consisted mostly of FC Viikingit Under-19s with a few older players. The young side enjoyed success both in the Kolmonen and in the 2013 Finnish Cup. In the cup, they progressed to the fifth round, knocking out two-second-division clubs (JäPS and PK Keski-Uusimaa), before finally losing out to FC Jazz, who went on to achieve promotion to the ''Ykkönen'' at the end of the season. In the league, FC Viikingit/2 held on to first place for most of the season. They secured their first-place finish, and therefore promotion, on the penultimate match day by beating East Helsinki local rivals Herttoniemen Toverit.<ref name="viik1"/><ref name="viik3"/>

For the 2014 season, the team changed its name to ''FC Viikkarit''. They will play in the Eastern group of the 2014 Kakkonen, with the aim of succeeding in the competition and developing the club's players in cooperation with the first team and youth teams. Reserve team manager Alexei Zhukov signed a new contract in December 2013, and will therefore remain in charge for the upcoming season.<ref name="viik2"/> The home ground for 2014 has not yet been announced. In 2013, the team played their home matches at Kartanon kenttä in Nordsjön kartano.<ref name="SPLUus"/> However, the ground does not, at least in its current state, fulfil second-division requirements due to e.g. lack of sufficient seating,<ref name="SPLmäär"/> and therefore cannot host Kakkonen matches without major changes.

=== Season records ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width="50"|Season !width="150"|League !width="50"|Pos !width="30"|PM !width="30"|W !width="30"|D !width="30"|L !width="70"|GD !width="30"|P |- |'''2007''' |align="left"|Kolmonen (group 3) |'''7th''' |22 |8 |5 |9 |33–41 |29 |- |'''2008''' |align="left"|Kolmonen (group 2) |'''5th''' |22 |10 |4 |8 |37–34 |34 |- |'''2009''' |align="left"|Kolmonen (group 2) |'''6th''' |22 |8 |1 |13 |41–45 |25 |- |'''2010''' |align="left"|Kolmonen (group 2) |'''8th''' |22 |8 |4 |10 |36–46 |28 |- |'''2011''' |align="left"|Kolmonen (group 3) |'''9th''' |22 |9 |2 |11 |31–44 |29 |- |'''2012''' |align="left"|Kolmonen (group 3) |'''4th''' |22 |15 |2 |5 |58–19 |47 |- |'''2013''' |align="left"|Kolmonen (group 3) |'''1st''' |22 |14 |5 |3 |58–17 |47 |}<ref name="SPLHki"/><ref name="SPLUus"/>

== References == <references>

<ref name='SPLHki'>{{cite web|url=http://www.splhelsinki.fi/taso/arkisto.php |title=Kilpailuarkisto |publisher=Suomen Palloliitto, Helsingin piiri |language=Finnish |accessdate=18 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112170535/http://splhelsinki.fi/taso/arkisto.php |archivedate=12 January 2014 }}</ref> <ref name='SPLUus'>{{cite web|url=http://www.resultcode.fi/sarjat/piirin_sarjakaudet_nayta.php?piiri_id=100005 |title=Sarjat |publisher=Suomen Palloliitto, Uudenmaan piiri |language=Finnish |accessdate=18 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223133348/http://resultcode.fi/sarjat/piirin_sarjakaudet_nayta.php?piiri_id=100005 |archivedate=23 February 2014 }}</ref> <ref name='Vuokki'>{{cite web | url = http://vuokki1965.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/tapaa-herrat-suetov-ja-zhukov/#more-209 | title = Tapaa herrat Suetov ja Zhukov | date = 17 November 2011 | publisher = Vuokki | language = Finnish | accessdate = 18 January 2014 }}</ref> <ref name='viik1'>{{cite web | url = http://www.fcviikingit.com/?x103997=392333 | title = FC Viikingit/2 varmisti nousun II divisioonaan | publisher = FC Viikingit | language = Finnish | accessdate = 18 January 2014 }}</ref> <ref name='viik2'>{{cite web | url = http://www.fcviikingit.com/?x103997=412392 | title = Alexei "Losa" Zhukov jatkaa valmentajana | publisher = FC Viikingit | language = Finnish | accessdate = 18 January 2014 }}</ref> <ref name='viik3'>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcviikingit.com/joukkueet/fcviikkarit/kausi-2013/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131211093539/http://www.fcviikingit.com/joukkueet/fcviikkarit/kausi-2013/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 December 2013 |title=Kausi 2013 |publisher=FC Viikingit |language=Finnish |accessdate=18 January 2014 }}</ref> <ref name='SPLmäär'>{{cite web | url = http://www.palloliitto.fi/node/1875/kentta-ja-hallimaaraykset | title = Kenttä- ja hallimääräykset | publisher = Suomen Palloliitto | language = Finnish | accessdate = 18 January 2014 | archive-date = 9 February 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140209224707/http://www.palloliitto.fi/node/1875/kentta-ja-hallimaaraykset | url-status = dead }}</ref>

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