Disappointing season ends with two wins (19.03.06)

Without the exception of fine success in Futsal Cup, the season was a disappointment in both Third Division and Sunday league. Yet the season ended in a happy note when Jalat won the last two matches of the Third Division and avoided finishing last. In fact, the victories lifted Jalat to 9th place with total of 3 wins and 2 draws out of 11 matches. Otherwise mediocre season was ruined by horrible finishing. Jalat scored only 12 goals in division matches, which means an average of about 1 goal per match. And that is not enough to win to matches.

The success in Sunday league was not much better placement-wise and performance-wise it was even worse. The final position was 7th out of 12 teams with 4 wins and 2 draws. Just as in Division 3, the finishing was awful with only 16 goals scored - 2nd worst in whole group. To balance this fact, the whole team played well in defending with only 19 conceded goals, which was 3rd best in the group.

Best points:
Division: Jaakko Hänninen (6+1)
Sunday: Matti Saarinen (4+3)

Jalat out of the Futsal Cup (22.11.05)

FC Jalat Jalat already made some history by reaching the last 32 in the Finnish Futsal Cup. The opponents, Kuninkaat, plays futsal in the First Division so the very best performance of all of the team would be needed. Kuninkaat even had 3 players with Finnish Premier League experience in football!

Kuninkaat won the 4th round match as expected, but Jalat put up a good fight. Even though Kuninkaat didn't play with full effort, they did have their best players in line-up. Kuninkaat dominated throughout the match but Jalat defended well against the more skilled opponents. First half ended 0-4 to Kuninkaat. Second half was even better by FC Jalat Jalat. Saarinen managed to score a beautiful goal and Kuninkaat keeper had to demonstrate his skills several times. Kuninkaat scored three more goals so the historic match ended 1-7.

Jalat reaches 4th round in Futsal Cup! (09.10.05)

FC Jalat Jalat made history in the Futsal Cup by reaching 4th round, which has the best 32. Jalat started from 2nd round through draw.

In the 2nd round, Jalat's opponents were East 69. Match started evenly but Jalat began to dominate as the match went on. First half ended in 2-0 lead. Second half was as good as the first and Jalat score three more goals while the defence held. This meant a comfortable 5-0 win and first ever victory in the cup.

3rd round opponents KoiPS plays in the Second Division and thus were clear favourites to win the match. Although KoiPS dominated from the start, they were unable to crack Jalat's defence. A spectacular goal by Kabata was the only goal of the first half and meant surprise lead for Jalat. Second half was a great fight, but eventually KoiPS equalized and many expected them wrap up the match after that. But man-of-the-match Hänninen disagreed and took Jalat in the lead again. Defence held to the final whistle which meant historic place in the 4th round against First Division Kuninkaat.