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| Full name | Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Mariehamn | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Grönvitt (Green White) Saarelaiset (The Islanders). | ||
| Founded | 1919; 106 years ago (1919) | ||
| Ground | Wiklöf Holding Arena, Mariehamn. | ||
| Capacity | 1,650 | ||
| Chairman | Dan Mikkola | ||
| Manager | Gary Williams | ||
| League | Veikkausliiga | ||
| 2024 | Veikkausliiga, 10th of 12 | ||
| Website | www | ||
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IFK Mariehamn is aFinnishfootball club based inMariehamn, the capital of theÅland Islands. It plays in the Finnish Premier Division (Veikkausliiga), winning their first title in 2016.[1] The club ismanaged byGary Williams, and it plays its home matches atWiklöf Holding Arena.
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 onÅland, only sporadically playing otherFinnish orSwedish teams. The team has participated in the Finnish football leagues since 1945.
Until the 1970s, IFK Mariehamn played primarily in the Finnish football divisions3 and 4. The club reached a peak in 1975 and 1976, when the club first advanced todivision 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, theVeikkausliiga, for the 2005 season following qualifying the October 2004 games againstFC Jazz.[2] In its first season in theVeikkausliiga, 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 theVeikkausliiga, 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. In2015, the team won theFinnish Cup for the first time.
On 23 October 2016, IFK Mariehamn defeatedFC Ilves 2–1 to secure the first everVeikkausliiga Championship for the island club.[3] In the 2017–18 season, IFK played its first-ever two-matchUEFA Champions League qualification, where it was knocked out by Poland's championLegia Warsaw.[4]
IFK Mariehamn plays its home matches at theWiklöf Holding Arena.
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| 2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR |  Inter Baku | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR |  Odds BK | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Champions League | 2QR |  Legia Warsaw | 0–3 | 0–6 | 0–9 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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All following players who have represented IFK Mariehamn have been capped at least once by their respective national team's first squad.
As of 20 January 2021[8]
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Pekka Lyyski (2003–2015)Kari Virtanen (2016)
Peter Lundberg (2016–2019)
Lukas Syberyjski (2020–2021)Daniel Norrmén (2021–2023)Jimmy Wargh (2023)
Bruno Romão (2024)
Gary Williams (2024-)
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| IFK Mariehamn Ishockey | |
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| City | Mariehamn, Åland Islands, Finland |
| League | HockeyFyran |
| Founded | 1993; 32 years ago (1993) |
| Home arena | Islandia (capacity: 800) |
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| General manager | André Portin |
| Head coach | Kenneth Westerback |
| Asst. coaches | Kim Schauman Robert Andersson |
| Captain | Pontus Nylén |
| Website | https://mifk.ax/ |
MIFK Ishockey is the ice hockey section of IFK Mariehamn. MIFK men's team plays in the Swedish "HockeyFyran", the fifth division of Swedish hockey. MIFK Ishockey has also played in the FinnishIII-divisioona.
IFK Mariehamn plays its home games in theIslandia ice rink in Mariehamn. Islandia's capacity is 800. The hockey team was founded in 1993.
MIFK won their division in HockeyFyran with 33 points and advanced to theHockeyTrean qualifiers for the 2023/24 season. MIFK's head coach isKenneth Westerback, assistant coaches are Kim Schauman and Robert Andersson, the GM isAndré Portin and the team captain isPontus Nylén.
IFK Mariehamn U17 plays in the Finnish U17 II-divisioona.
MIFK Ishockey Dam is the women's ice hockey team founded in 2017. The team plays in the Swedish Division 2, but has played in the FinnishSuomi-sarja.
