Ekenäs Idrottsförening (abbreviated EIF or Ekenäs IF) is a sports club from Ekenäs,

Raseborg Raseborg ( fi, Raasepori) is a town (administrative area) and municipality of Finland. It was created on January 1, 2009, when the municipalities of Ekenäs, Karis and Pohja were consolidated into a single town. Of these, Ekenäs now serves as ...

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. EIF was formed in 1905 and they are one of the oldest clubs in the south-west of Finland. The men's football first team currently plays in the

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(First Division). Their home ground is at the Ekenäs Centrumplan in Ekenäs. The Chairman of EIF is Peter Haglund. The club currently has sections covering football, handball, floorball and disc golf. EIF's

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section set up Karis IK and from 1 January 2009, simultaneously with a municipal merger, transferred its activities to the new IF Raseborg club.

History

Ekenäs Idrottsförening has a long football history which reached its pinnacle with one season in the highest division, the Mestaruussarja (Championship), back in 1933. They have also had 8 seasons in the Suomisarjaa (Finland League) which at that time was the second tier of

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in 1938–39 and 1946/47–51. EIF have had five periods covering 26 seasons in the

Kakkonen Kakkonen or II divisioona is the third level in the Finnish football league system, league system of Finnish football and comprises 36 Finland, Finnish football (soccer), football teams. The II divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mid-1 ...

(Second Division), the third tier of

from 1975 to 1976, 1981–88, 1991–92, 1994–98 and 2002 to the current day. EIF has a thriving junior section with a large number of teams. A new highest ever attendance for an EIF match was made in 2013 when 2,014 people attended the home game with

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. The old record was from 1975 when 1,625 people attended the home game with HAIK. EIF made history in March 2018 by qualifying for the Semi-final of the Finnish Cup for the first time, beating

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2-1 at home.

Season to season

Club structure

EIF currently has 2 men's team, 1 ladies teams, 12 boys teams and 4 girls team.

Other facts

EIF Akademi are participating in Section 1 (Lohko 1) of the

Kolmonen Kolmonen or III divisioona is the fourth level in the league system of Finnish football and comprises 104 Finnish football teams. The III divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mid-1990s became known as the Kolmonen (''Number Three'' in E ...

(Third Division) administered by the Uusimaa SPL. In 2009 the team finished in top position in their

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(Fourth Division) section and were promoted to the Kolmonen. EIF Ladies Team are competing in the Kolmonen (Third Division) administered by the Football Association of Finland '' (Suomen Palloliitto) ''. In 2017 the team finished in top position in their Nelonen (Fourth Division) section and were promoted to the Kolmonen.

First team

''As of 2 July 2021.''

References

External links

Official Website

EIF Football Website
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