FC Åland

	FC Åland FC Åland is a football club from Sund, Åland. The club was formed in 1992 after the merger of IFFK and Sunds IF (SIF). The team reached its present form in 2012, when Hammarlands IK and IF Fram merged their men's first teams with SIFFK. At the same time the team changed its name to FC Åland. The first team mostly played in the forth-tier of football in Finland but also played in the third-tier in 2016. At the end of the 2023 season they announced that they would shut down their senior team to focus on their youth teams. Their place in Kolmonen was taken over by 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 .... References External links * Football clubs in Finland Football in Åland Association football clubs established in 1992 1992 establishment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Association Football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sund, Åland Sund is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Åland. It is an Autonomous area, autonomous territory of Finland, and one of the official 27 national landscapes of Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is Unilingual, unilingually Swedish-speaking population of Finland, Swedish-speaking with around 88.41% of the residents of Sund speaking the Swedish language as their First language, mother tongue. Only 4.40% of the residents of Sund speak the Finnish language as their mother tongue. Sund is the third most Swedish-speaking municipality within Finland. The old Medieval post route from Stockholm, Sweden to Turku, Finland passes through Sund. History Sund was not populated by humans until the Bronze Age, however a permanent Human settlement, settlement was only first established in the 5th century by the Swedes (tribe), Swedes. It is suspected that there may have been a partial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Åland Åland ( , ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland. Receiving its autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of Nations, it is the smallest region of Finland by both area () and population (30,541), constituting 0.51% of Finland's land area and 0.54% of its population. Its only official language is Swedish language, Swedish and the capital city is Mariehamn. Åland is situated in an archipelago, called the Åland Islands, at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea. It comprises Fasta Åland, on which 90% of the population resides, and about 6,500 Skerry, skerries and islands to its east, of which about 60–80 are inhabited. Fasta Åland is separated from the coast of Roslagen in Sweden by of open water to the west. In the east, the Åland archipelago is Geographic contiguity, contiguous with the Archipelago Sea, Finnish archipelago. Åland's only land border is located on the uninhabited skerry of Märket, which it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	IF Finströms Kamraterna IF Finströms Kamraterna (''also known as'' IF Finströmskamraterna and abbreviated IFFK) is a sports and football club in Åland Åland ( , ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland. Receiving its autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of Nations, it is the smallest region of Finland by both area () and population (30,54 .... The football team last played in Division III of the Finnish football league before switching to youth football. The home arena lies in Finström, a small countryside municipality on the Åland islands. The team has been the most popular and successful team on the Åland islands decades ago, playing almost regularly at the second level of the Finland's only and amateur Football League. External links * Football in Åland Football clubs in Finland 1922 establishments in Finland {{Åland-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	IF Fram IF Fram is a football club located in Saltvik in Åland. They no longer participate in the Finnish football league system but take part in the Swedish football league system. Background Idrottsföreningen Fram are based in the municipality of Saltvik in Åland and were formed in 1922. The club currently specialises in football, athletics, skiing, hockey and table tennis. In recent years IF Fram has participated in the lower divisions of the Swedish football league system The Swedish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. .... The club currently plays in Division 6 Uppland Norra which is the eighth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Rangsby Stadium in Saltvik. IF Fram is affiliated to the Ålands Fotbollförbund. Season to season Footnotes Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kolmonen Kolmonen or III divisioona is the fifth level in the Finnish football league system, league system of Finnish football and comprises 108 Finland, Finnish football (soccer), football teams. The III divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mid-1990s became known as the Kolmonen (''Number Three'' in English and ''Trean'' in Swedish). Until the end of 2023 season, Kolmonen was the fourth level in the pyramid, but after the creation of new second-tier Ykkösliiga, Kolmonen fell down one level, starting in 2024. The competition There are 108 clubs in the Kolmonen, divided in 10 groups of 8 to 12 teams each representing a geographical area. During the course of a season (starting in April and ending in October) each club plays the others twice, once on their home ground and once on that of their opponents. The top team in each Kolmonen group is promoted to Kakkonen and the two lowest placed teams are normally relegated to the Nelonen (football), Nelonen. Administration Football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kakkonen Kakkonen or II divisioona is the fourth level in the league system of Finnish football and comprises 36 Finnish football teams. Until the end of 2023, ''Kakkonen'' was the third-highest level in Finland, but after the creation of new second-tier Ykkösliiga, Kakkonen also dropped down one level in the league pyramid. The new fourth-tier Kakkonen is divided to three groups, each consisting of 10 teams. The II divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mid-1990s became known as the Kakkonen ( Finnish for 'Number Two'; ). Sakari Tukiainen finished the season 2014 as the top goal scorer and setting a new league record with 40 goals for the Kakkonen. Petter Meyer finished the 2015 as the top goal scorer for GrIFK with 23 goals. League structure For the 2012 season the format of the Kakkonen has been changed with the league divided in 4 groups of 10 teams, each representing a geographical area. Every club plays each of the others in the same group three times. Clubs gain thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2016 Kakkonen A total of 36 teams will contest the league divided into three groups, Lohko A (Group A), Lohko B (Group B) and Lohko C (Group C). 25 returning from the 2015 season, two relegated from Ykkönen and nine promoted from Kolmonen. The champion of each group and the best runner-up will qualify to promotion matches to decide which two teams get promoted to the Ykkönen. The bottom three teams in each group will qualify directly for relegation to Kolmonen. Each team will play a total of 22 matches, playing twice against each team of its group. VIFK and MP were relegated from the 2015 Ykkönen, while KPV and GrIFK were promoted to the 2016 Ykkönen. ÅIFK, FC Kiisto, FC Myllypuro, I-Kissat, JBK, JIPPO, KaaPo, Kerho 07, Masku, NJS, P-Iirot and PK Keski-Uusimaa were relegated from 2015 Kakkonen. EsPa, FC Åland, FC Espoo, Hercules, MPS, PEPO, PPT, SC KuFu-98 and Virkiä were promoted from the 2015 Kolmonen. ESC gave up its place in Kakkonen. The place was taken by ... [...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]
picture info	Football Clubs In Finland Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' generally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United States, and sometimes in Ireland and New Zealand); Australian rules football; Gaelic football; gridiron football (specifically American football, arena football, or Canadian football); International rules football; rugby league football; and rugby union football. These various forms of football share, to varying degrees, common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	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]
	Association Football Clubs Established In 1992 Association may refer to: Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry Voluntary association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose, usually as volunteers Non profit association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose without any profit interest Collaboration, the act of working together Association in various fields of study Association (archaeology), the close relationship between objects or contexts. * Association (astronomy), combined or co-added group of astronomical exposures * Association (chemistry) Association (ecology), a type of ecological community Genetic association, when one or more genotypes within a population co-occur Association (object-oriented programming), defines a relationship between classes of objects Association (psychology), a connection between two or more conce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]