Narukerä

Narukerä
CityPori, Satakunta, Finland
LeagueBandyliiga
Founded1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Home arenaPorin tekojäärata
(capacity: 500)
Colors   
Head coachTuomas Erkkilä
Asst. coachesJuha-Matti Aaltola
Petteri Joukamaa
Websitehttps://www.porinnarukera.fi/
Championships
Finnish championship1999, 2023
Finnish cup2023
Porin tekojäärata, also known as Karhupaana, is the home ice of the Narukerä bandy team.
Entrance to the Porin tekojäärata
Narukerä clubhouse

Narukerä is a Finnish bandy team based in the town of Pori in the Satakunta region of Finland. The 1965 established team has won two Finnish bandy championships, in 1999 and 2023, but has got 13 medals in total, most recently bronze in 2022. Narukerä plays in the top-tier league of Finland, Bandyliiga. Narukerä plays its home games on the Karhupaana (officially Porin tekojäärata) in the Isomäki district of Pori.[1]

History

Narukerä was established in 1965. It got its first ever medal in the top-tier in 1998 when it won bronze. Narukerä got their first gold medal the following year when it won the championship in 1999.[2]

Narukerä won their second championship in 2023.

Home ice and clubhouse

Narukerä's home ice is the Porin tekojäärata, which is located in the Pori sports center in the Isomäki district. The artificial ice rink was constructed in 1985. Before the artificial ice was constructed, bandy was played on natural ice on the frozen field at the Pori sports center and before that on the Herralahti ice. The artificial ice rink's grandstand has a roof and is heated, the grandstand was completed in 1995. The Narukerä clubhouse was built next to the ice in 2005. The upper floor has club facilities and an office and announcement room, and the lower floor has a kiosk and a cafe.[3]

Honors

SM-liiga/Bandyliiga

1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner (2): 1998–99, 2022–23

2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up (3): 2004–05, 2011–12, 2012–13

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze (8): 1997–98, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2020–21, 2021–22

Finnish Cup

1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner (1): 2022–23

Players

Notable alumni


Retired numbers

Narukerä retired numbers
No. Player Position Tenure Date of retirement Other
10 Kimmo Kivelä C Kivelä passed away in a car crash in 1992.[4] Every year in Pori, there's a memorial game for Kivelä.[5]
14 Erkki Väkiparta 1981–91 Väkiparta played with Narukerä for 10 years (1981–91) and served in the Narukerä office 1999–2010[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "PORIN NARUKERÄ". www.bandyliiga.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  2. ^ "Jääpallo | Narukerä kaarteli mestaruuteen". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 1999-03-13. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  3. ^ "Narukerä-talo". Archived from the original on 14 October 2018.
  4. ^ STT (1992-12-20). "Jääpalloilija Kimmo Kivelä kuoli kolarissa Kokemäellä". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  5. ^ "Lauantaina pelataan Porin tekojääradalla Kimmo Kivelän muisto-ottelu". Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Erkki Väkiparta siirtyy reserviin,Pertti Jokisesta Narukerän kippari". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
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