Åland Football Association

	Åland Football Association The Åland Football Association () is the governing body of Association football, football in Åland. ÅFF is not a member of UEFA or FIFA, but is a member of the Football Association of Finland and has the status of a Finnish District Football Associations, District Football Association. ÅFF also runs the Åland official football team and Åland women's football team. Background Åland Football Association was founded in 1943 and was originally called the Ålands Bolldistrikt. The Association currently has 12 member associations of which 11 are football clubs and one is the local referee association. They together have about 60 teams covering various ages groups. The number of registered players is currently approaching the 1000 mark. Affiliated Members The following clubs are affiliated to the ÅFF: Åland United (women's football club) FC Aland Hammarlands IK IFK Mariehamn Jomala IK Lemlands IF Ålands Fotbolldomare (referee association) Presidents Åland Footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Mariehamn Mariehamn ( , ; ; ) is the capital of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. Mariehamn is the seat of the Government and Parliament of Åland, and 40% of the population of Åland live in the city. It is mostly surrounded by Jomala, the second-largest municipality in Åland in terms of population; to the east, it is bordered by Lemland. Like the rest of Åland, Mariehamn is unilingually Swedish-speaking and around of the inhabitants speak it as their native language. The theme of the coat of arms of Mariehamn refers to the city's main livelihood, maritime transport, and the city's parks, which are typically lined with linden trees. The coat of arms was designed by Nils Byman and confirmed in 1951. Due to its central location in the Baltic Sea, Mariehamn has become a major summer resort town for global tourism; as many as 1.5 million tourists visit annually. History The town was named after the Russian empress Maria Alexandrovna (1824–1880), l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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	Football In Åland Football in Åland is governed by the Åland Football Association (ÅFF), which was founded in 1943 in association football, 1943. ÅFF is a member of Football Association of Finland. Åland has 11 football clubs across different levels, ages, and genders. Åland even has its own national teams, Åland official football team and Åland women's official football team, despite not being a fully sovereign state or having membership to UEFA or FIFA. Åland women's official football team, Åland women's team won the Women's football at the 2011 Island Games, 2011 Island Games women's football tournament on the Isle of Wight. Football clubs of Åland play in leagues and competitions of Football in Finland, Finland and Football in Sweden, Sweden. , IFK Mariehamn plays in the Finnish men's premier league Veikkausliiga and Åland United plays in the Finnish women's top division Kansallinen Liiga, Kansallainen Liiga. Men's football clubs Finnish football league system * IFK Mariehamn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tony Asumaa Tony Asumaa (born 15 September 1968 in Vaasa) is a Finnish football referee, and politician in the Åland Islands, an autonomous and unilingually Swedish territory of Finland. He currently serves as Minister of Education and Culture of the Government of Åland Asumaa became a FIFA referee in 2003. He refereed for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League and during the UEFA qualifying rounds for the 2006, 2010, and 2014FIFA The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ..."Match Report - Albania - Iceland 1:2 (1:1)" 12 October 2012. Retrieved on 24 April 2013. World Cups. References 1968 births Living people People from Mariehamn Finnish football referees UEFA Europa League referees Government ministers of Åland Members of the Parliament of Åland {{Sports-official-bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nya Åland ''Nya Åland'' is a Swedish language newspaper in Åland, an autonomous region in Finland. It is the second largest local newspaper on Åland, following Ålandstidningen. History and profile ''Nya Åland'' was founded in 1981 as a cooperative movement. Hasse Svensson was the editor-in-chief of ''Ålandstidningen'' and left it following an internal dispute to form ''Nya Åland''. The paper is published in tabloid format A tabloid is a newspaper format characterized by its compact size, smaller than a broadsheet. The term originates from the 19th century, when the London-based pharmaceutical company Burroughs Wellcome & Co. used the term to describe compres .... At the initial phase, ''Nya Åland'' was published twice per week. Then it began to be published five times a week (Monday through Friday). The newspaper is a member of MIDAS ( European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages). References External links''Nya Åland'' 1981 establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ålandstidningen ''Ålandstidningen'' or ''Tidningen Åland'' is a Swedish language, Swedish-language newspaper in Åland, an autonomous region in Finland. It is published six times a week with a circulation of 8,392, and is the largest local newspaper on Åland, of the two published (the other being ''Nya Åland''). ''Tidningen Åland'' was founded in 1891 by Julius Sundblom, who would later play an instrumental part in the Åland Crisis. The newspaper is a member of MIDAS (European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages). References External links''Ålandstidningen'' 1891 establishments in Finland Daily newspapers published in Finland Mass media in Åland Newspapers established in 1891 Swedish-language newspapers published in Finland {{Aland-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lemlands IF Lemlands Idrottsförening or Lemlands IF is a Finnish sports club situated in Lemland in Åland. The club is best known for its football section. Lemlands IF is competing in the Swedish Football Division 7. Wilhelm Ingves, a striker of the Finnish Premier Division outfit IFK Mariehamn, is a former youth player of Lemlands IF. The women's football section of Lemlands IF merged with IF Finströms Kamraterna in 2004. New club Åland United has been playing in the Finnish top division Kansallainen Liiga since 2006.{{cite web, url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fin-womhist.html, title=Finland - List of Women League First Level Tables, author=, date=, website=RSSSF, accessdate=14 June 2019 The most notable female footballer of Lemlands IF is Ing-Marie Holmberg, who represented Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jomala IK Jomala is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland. In terms of population, it is the next largest after Mariehamn, the capital of Åland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Swedish. Mariehamn Airport is located in Jomala. Three of Åland's four highways cross the municipality of Jomala as they start from Mariehamn; highway 1 runs west to Eckerö, highway 2 northeast to Sund and highway 3 east to Lumparland. History "Jomala" is the name of a god common to many Finno-Ugric peoples. Jumala is Finnish for god and Jomala is one of the sites where the Christian church organized itself in Finland. Other versions of the name that have occurred are Jwmala in 1356, Jomalum in 1414, Jomala in 1486 and Jwmala in 1494. One of oldest churches in Finland stands here as testament to these times. Jomala was inhabited around 2000 BC with Jettböle being one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	IFK Mariehamn IFK Mariehamn is a Finnish football club based in Mariehamn, the capital of the Åland Islands. It plays in the Finnish Premier Division (''Veikkausliiga''), winning their first title in 2016. The club is managed by Gary Williams, 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 seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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