IFK Mariehamn is an

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club based in Mariehamn, the capital of the

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. It plays in the Finnish Premier Division (''

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''). The club is managed by Daniel Norrmén, and it plays its home matches at

Wiklöf Holding Arena Wiklöf Holding Arena (located in ''Idrottsparken'') is a multi-purpose stadium in Mariehamn, Finland. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of IFK Mariehamn IFK Mariehamn is an Ålandic football club based in Ma ...

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

, only sporadically playing other

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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 (''

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'') 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

, for the 2005 season following qualifying the October 2004 games against

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. 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

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, the team won the

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for the first time. On 23 October 2016, IFK Mariehamn defeated

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2-1 to secure the first ever

Championship for the island club.

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) *16 seasons in ''

'' *4 season in ''

'' *41 seasons in ''

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'' *13 seasons in ''

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 En ...

European history

;Notes * 1QR: First qualifying round * 2QR: Second qualifying round

Current squad

Out on loan

Youth players

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. ; Estonia * 2017 Andreas Vaikla ; Finland * 2010

Petteri Forsell Jani Petteri Forsell (born 16 October 1990) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Inter Turku. He made ten appearances scoring one goal for the Finland national team between 2013 and 2019. Career After ...

* 2011 Kristian Kojola * 2013

Albin Granlund Albin Granlund (born 1 September 1989) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for IFK Mariehamn. Club career On 20 August 2022, Granlund returned to IFK Mariehamn until the end of the season. International career In Augu ...

* 2023

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; Jamaica * 2013

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; Kenya * 2007 Willis Ochieng * 2007 Amos Ekhalie ; New Zealand * 2013 Kris Bright ; Philippines * 2018 Amin Nazari ; Sierra Leone * 2006 Samuel Barlay ; Zambia * 2007

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Management and boardroom

Management

''As of 20 January 2021''

Boardroom

''As of 11 April 2017''

Honours

**Champions: 2016 *

**Winners:

References

External links

Official website

GMM – The fan club
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