IFK Mariehamn
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| Full name | Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Mariehamn | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Grönvitt (Green White) Saarelaiset (The Islanders). | ||
| Founded | 1919 | ||
| Ground | Wiklöf Holding Arena, Mariehamn. | ||
| Capacity | 1,650 | ||
| Chairman | Dan Mikkola | ||
| Manager | Daniel Norrmén | ||
| League | Veikkausliiga | ||
| 2022 | 10th | ||
| Website | http://www.ifkfotboll.ax/ | ||
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IFK Mariehamn is an Ålandic football club based in Mariehamn, the capital of the Åland Islands. It plays in the Finnish Premier Division (Veikkausliiga). The club is managed by Lukas Syberjyski, and it plays its home matches at Wiklöf Holding Arena.
History
While IFK Mariehamn was formed in 1919, the sports club did not have a football department until the mid-1930s. Initially the team participated primarily in local tournaments on Åland, only sporadically playing other Finnish or Swedish teams. The team has participated in the Finnish football leagues since 1945.
Until the 1970s, IFK Mariehamn played primarily in the Finnish football divisions 3 and 4. The club reached a peak in 1975 and 1976, when the club first advanced to division 2 and then reached division 1 (Ykkönen) the following year. After two seasons in division 1, IFK Mariehamn was relegated to division 2, where it would remain up until the 2000s, except for a few seasons in division 3 during the early 1990s.
In 2003, IFK Mariehamn returned to division 1. After only one season in division 1, the club advanced, for the first time in its history to the premier division of Finnish football, the Veikkausliiga, for the 2005 season following qualifying the October 2004 games against FC Jazz.[1] In its first season in the Veikkausliiga, IFK Mariehamn finished 12th out of 14 teams. In 2006, the club finished in 5th place and the year after 6th after an impressive run of unbeaten matches during the autumn of 2007.
In addition to playing in the Veikkausliiga, IFK Mariehamn participates in local Åland tournaments, having won the Åland cup 40 times and the Åland football championships 42 times. In recent years, the club has been the most dominant football team on Åland, having in 2008 won its 11th and 15th straight titles in these two events, respectively.
In 2009, IFK Mariehamn started its first season as a fully professional football club. In 2015, the team won the Finnish Cup for the first time.
On 23 October 2016, IFK Mariehamn defeated FC Ilves 2-1 to secure the first ever Veikkausliiga Championship for the island club.[2]
Domestic history
- 1945–1971: Divisions 3 and 4 (two seasons)
- 1972: Division 2
- 1973–1975: Division 3
- 1976: Division 2
- 1977–1978: Division 1
- 1979–1990: Division 2
- 1991–1992: Division 3
- 1993–2003: Division 2
- 2004: Division 1
- 2005–present: Veikkausliiga (Premier Division)
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European history
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR |  Inter Baku
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0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR |  Odds BK
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1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Champions League | 2QR |  Legia Warsaw
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0–3 | 0–6 | 0–9 |
- Notes
- 1QR: First qualifying round
- 2QR: Second qualifying round
Current squad
- As of 20 August 2022[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Youth players
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International players
This is a list of former and current players who have played at full international level while with the club. They are ordered by nationality.
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Estonia
- 2017 Andreas Vaikla
Finland
- 2010 Petteri Forsell
- 2011 Kristian Kojola
- 2013 Albin Granlund
Jamaica
- 2013 Dever Orgill
Kenya
- 2007 Willis Ochieng
- 2007 Amos Ekhalie
New Zealand
- 2013 Kris Bright
Philippines
- 2018 Amin Nazari
Sierra Leone
- 2006 Samuel Barlay
Zambia
- 2007 Clive Hachilensa
Management and boardroom
Management
As of 20 January 2021[5]
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Boardroom
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Honours
- Veikkausliiga
- Champions: 2016
- Finnish Cup
- Winners: 2015
References
- ^ Ann-Lis Fredriksson (16 October 2004). "IFK Mariehamn avancerar till ligan". Svenska Yle. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "IFK vann årets ligaguld". ifkfotboll.ax (in Swedish). IFK Mariehamn. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ http://www.finlandfootball.net/
- ^ Truppen
- ^ "Truppen" (in Swedish). IFK Mariehamn. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "IFK Mariehamn Ab" (in Swedish). IFK Mariehamn. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "Kontakt" (in Swedish). IFK Mariehamn. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
External links
- (in Swedish) Official website
- (in Swedish) GMM – The fan club