Åbo IFK (or ÅIFK for short) is a sports club from

Turku Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...

, Finland. The club was founded in 1908, and originally represented the Swedish-speaking minority of Turku/Åbo.

Background

The greatest successes of ÅIFK have come in

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where it has won three Finnish championship titles, in 1910, 1920 and 1924. It has played a total of 9 seasons in the Finnish premier division

Mestaruussarja Mestaruussarja (Championship series) was the top division of Finnish football from 1930 to 1989. It was replaced by Veikkausliiga in 1990. In 1930 league format was used for the first time to decide the Finnish champion. Before that (1908-1929) ...

, the last occasion in

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. It also won the

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in 1965 and participated in the

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in the 1966–67 season, going out in the first round. Currently the ÅIFK football team is playing in the fourth tier

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. ÅIFK has also fared well in

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with both its men's and women's teams playing at the national top level at the moment. Currently the club has activities in football, handball, athletics and bowling. The highest ever attendance for a ÅIFK match was in 1967 when 5,861 people attended the home game with

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Football honours

* Finnish Championship: **Winners (3): 1910, 1920, 1924 **Runners-up (5): 1911, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917 *

: **Winners (1): 1965 (ÅIFK –

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1–0)

Divisional movements since 1930

Top Level (9 seasons): 1930, 1932–35, 1963–65, 1967
Second Level (13 seasons): 1931, 1936, 1938–39, 1943/44-45, 1961–62, 1966, 1968–70, 2000
Third Level (34 seasons): 1937, 1940–1941, 1945–1949, 1952, 1954–1960, 1971, 1986, 1988–89, 1991, 1994–96, 1998–99, 2001, 2008–2015
Fourth Level (31 seasons) : 1950–1951, 1953, 1972–1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1992–1993, 1997, 2002–2007, 2016 to current
Fifth Level (2 seasons) : 1983–1984

Season to season

*9 season in ''

'' *13 season in ''

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' (Finnish language, Finnish for 'Number One'; , previously I divisioona) is the third highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga and Ykkösliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. Until ...

'' *34 seasons in ''

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-t ...

'' *31 seasons in ''

'' *2 seasons in '' Nelonen''

Club structure

ÅIFK runs 2 men's teams, 1 veteran's teams, 7 boys teams, 1 ladies team, 4 girls teams and a Footballschool for girls.

2024 season

For the current season Åbo IFK are competing in Group A West of the

. This is the fourth tier of the Finnish football system. In 2023 the team finished second in their section. Åbo IFK 2 are participating in the Nelonen administered by the Turku SPL. This team has taken over a club called Goose Park Rangers FC that competed at this level in 2009. Åbo IFK 3 are competing in the

Vitonen Vitonen or V divisioona is the seventh level in the Finnish football league system and comprises 228 teams. The V divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mid-1990s became known as the Vitonen (''Number Five'' in English and ''Femman'' in ...

administered by the Turku SPL. Last season Åbo IFK 2 were promoted to this level from the

Kutonen Kutonen or VI divisioona is the eighth level in the Finnish football league system and comprises 265 teams. The VI divisioona was introduced in 1973 and in the mid-1990s became known as the Kutonen (''Number Six'' in English and ''Sexan'' in Sw ...

References

External links

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Suomen Cup
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