The Ã…land Football Association () is the governing body of
football
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in
Ã…land
Ã…land ( , ; ) 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 ...
. Ã…FF is not a member of
UEFA
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or
FIFA
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, but is a member of the
Football Association of Finland
The Football Association of Finland (, SPL; ) is the governing body of football (soccer), football and futsal in Finland. It was founded in Helsinki on 19 May 1907.
The SPL organises the Finland national football team, men's and Finland women's ...
and has the status of a
District Football Association. Ã…FF also runs the
Ã…land official football team and
Ã…land women's football team.
Background
Ã…land Football Association was founded in 1943 and was originally called the Ã…lands 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 Ã…FF:
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Ã…land United
Ã…land United is a Finnish women's football club based in Lemland, Ã…land. They compete in the Kansallinen Liiga, the premier women's football league in Finland.
In 2004 Åland's clubs Lemlands IF and IF Finströms Kamraterna decided to st ...
(women's football club)
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FC Aland
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Businesses, organisations, and schools
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Hammarlands IK
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IFK Mariehamn
IFK Mariehamn is a Finnish football club based in Mariehamn, the capital of the Ã…land 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 ...
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Jomala IK
Jomala is a municipality of Ã…land, an autonomous territory of Finland. In terms of population, it is the next largest after Mariehamn, the capital of Ã…land.
The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The ...
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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 Finn ...
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Ã…lands Fotbolldomare (referee association)
Presidents Ã…land Football Association
See also
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Football in Ã…land
Football in Ã…land is governed by the Ã…land Football Association (Ã…FF), which was founded in 1943 in association football, 1943. Ã…FF is a member of Football Association of Finland.
Ã…land has 11 football clubs across different levels, ages, a ...
External links
Ã…land Football Association Official Site
References
Football in Ã…land
Finnish District Football Associations
Association football governing bodies in Europe
Sports organizations established in 1943
1943 establishments in Finland
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