Åbo IFK

Åbo IFK

Full name	Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna i Åbo
Nickname(s)	Kanarialinnut
Founded	1908; 116 years ago (1908)
Ground	Urheilupuiston yläkenttä, Turku, Finland
Capacity	1,500
Chairman	Kari Bäcklund
Manager	Mikko Hyyrynen
League	Kakkonen (South Group)
2012	1st – Kakkonen (South)
Home colours

Åbo IFK (or ÅIFK for short) is a sports club from Turku, Finland. The club was founded in 1908, and originally represented the Swedish-speaking minority of Turku/Åbo.

The greatest successes of ÅIFK have come in football where it has won three Finnish championship titles, in 1910, 1920 and 1924. It has played a total of 9 seasons in the Finnish premier division Mestaruussarja, the last occasion in 1967. It also won the Finnish Cup in 1965 and participated in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in the 1966–67 season, going out in the first round. Currently the ÅIFK football team is playing in the third tier Kakkonen.

ÅIFK has also fared well in handball with both its men's and women's teams playing at the national top level at the moment.

Currently the club has activities in football, handball, athletics and bowling.

The highest ever attendance for a ÅIFK match was in 1967 when 5,861 people attended the home game with Turun Palloseura.^[1]

• Finnish Championship:
  • Winners (3): 1910, 1920, 1924
  • Runners-up (5): 1911, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917
• Finnish Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1965 (ÅIFK – TPS 1–0)

Top Level (9 seasons): 1930, 1932–35, 1963–65, 1967
Second Level (13 seasons): 1931, 1936, 1938–39, 1943/44-45, 1961–62, 1966, 1968–70, 2000
Third Level (34 seasons): 1937, 1940–1941, 1945–1949, 1952, 1954–1960, 1971, 1986, 1988–89, 1991, 1994–96, 1998–99, 2001, 2008–2015
Fourth Level (31 seasons) : 1950–1951, 1953, 1972–1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1992–1993, 1997, 2002–2007, 2016 to current
Fifth Level (2 seasons) : 1983–1984

ÅIFK runs 2 men's teams, 1 veteran's teams, 7 boys teams, 1 ladies team, 4 girls teams and a Footballschool for girls.

For the current season Åbo IFK are competing in Section B of the Kakkonen. This is the third tier of the Finnish football system. In 2009 the team finished in ninth position in their Kakkonen section.

Åbo IFK 2 are participating in the Nelonen^{[broken anchor]} administered by the Turku SPL. This team has taken over a club called Goose Park Rangers FC that competed at this level in 2009.

Åbo IFK 3 are competing in the Vitonen^{[broken anchor]} administered by the Turku SPL. Last season Åbo IFK 2 were promoted to this level from the Kutonen.

• Official website (in Finnish)
• Suomen Cup

This page was last edited on 17 June 2024, at 18:26