Åbo IFK explained

Clubname:Åbo IFK
Fullname:Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna i Åbo
Nickname:Kanarialinnut
Ground:Urheilupuiston yläkenttä, Turku, Finland
Capacity:1,500
Chairman:Kari Bäcklund
Manager:Salonen Mika
League:Kolmonen (South Group)
Season:2023
Position:2nd – Kolmonen (South)
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Åbo IFK (or ÅIFK for short) is a sports club from Turku, 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 football 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, the last occasion in 1967. It also won the Finnish Cup in 1965 and participated in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in the 1966–67 season, going out in the first round. Currently the ÅIFK football team is playing in the fourth tier Kolmonen.

ÅIFK has also fared well in handball 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 Turun Palloseura.[1]

Football honours

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

SeasonLevelDivisionSectionAdministrationPositionMovements
1930Tier 1A-sarjaFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)8thRelegated
1931Tier 2B-sarja (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromoted
1932Tier 1A-sarjaFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)6th
1933Tier 1A-sarjaFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)5th
1934Tier 1A-sarjaFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)6th
1935Tier 1A-sarjaFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)7thRelegated
1936Tier 2Itä-Länsi-sarja (First Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)6thRelegated
1937Tier 3Maakuntasarja (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)?Promotion play-off, Promoted
1938Tier 2Itä-Länsi-sarja (First Division)West Series, South GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2nd
1939Tier 2Itä-Länsi-sarja (First Division)West Group 2Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromotion Group 2nd
1940–41Tier 3C-sarja (Second Division)Group 1Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromotion Group 1st, Promoted
1943–44Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)5th
1945Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)Group 1Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)4thRelegated
1945–46Tier 3Maakuntasarja (Second Division)Finland ProperFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)3rd
1946–47Tier 3Maakuntasarja (Second Division)Finland ProperFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromotion play-off
1947–48Tier 3Maakuntasarja (Second Division)Finland ProperFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2nd
1948Tier 3Maakuntasarja (Second Division)West Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)3rd
1949Tier 3Maakuntasarja (Second Division)West Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)6thRelegated
1950Tier 4Piirisarja (Third Division)Turku District (SPL Turku)6th
1951Tier 4Maakuntasarja qualificationsFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)Cup-formatPromoted
1952Tier 3Maakuntasarja (Second Division)West Group AFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)7thRelegated
1953Tier 4Piirisarja (Third Division)Turku District (SPL Turku)1stPromotion play-off, Promoted
1954Tier 3Maakuntasarja (Second Division)West Group 2Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromotion Group West 8th
1955Tier 3Maakuntasarja (Second Division)West Group 1Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2nd
1956Tier 3Maakuntasarja (Second Division)West Group 2Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)5th
1957Tier 3Maakuntasarja (Second Division)West Group 1Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2nd
1958Tier 3Maakuntasarja (Second Division)Group 3Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2nd
1959Tier 3Maakuntasarja (Second Division)Group 3Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2nd
1960Tier 3Maakuntasarja (Second Division)Group 3Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromoted
1961Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)6th
1962Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromoted
1963Tier 1MestaruussarjaFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)3rd
1964Tier 1MestaruussarjaFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)8th
1965Tier 1MestaruussarjaFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)11thRelegated
1966Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromoted
1967Tier 1MestaruussarjaFinnish FA (Suomen Palloliitto)11thRelegated
1968Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2nd
1969Tier 2Suomensarja (First Division)South GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2nd
1970Tier 2II divisioona (First Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)11thRelegated
1971Tier 3III divisioona (Second Division)Group 2Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)11thRelegated
1972Tier 4IV divisioona (Third Division)Group 5Finnish FA(Suomen Palloliitto)1st
1973Tier 4III divisioona (Third Division)Group 3Finnish FA(Suomen Palloliitto)7th
1974Tier 4III divisioona (Third Division)Group 3Finnish FA(Suomen Palloliitto)5th
1975Tier 4III divisioona (Third Division)Group 4Finnish FA(Suomen Palloliitto)4th
1976Tier 4III divisioona (Third Division)Group 4Finnish FA(Suomen Palloliitto)4th
1977Tier 4III divisioona (Third Division)Group 4Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)3rd
1978Tier 4III divisioona (Third Division)Group 3Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)9thRelegation Playoff
1979Tier 4III divisioona (Third Division)Group 3Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)7th
1980Tier 4III divisioona (Third Division)Group 3Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2ndPromotion play-offs
1981Tier 4III divisioona (Third Division)Group 3Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2ndPromotion Playoff
1982Tier 4III divisioona (Third Division)Group 3Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)11thRelegated
1983Tier 5IV divisioona (Fourth Division)Group 5Turku District (SPL Turku)3rd
1984Tier 5IV divisioona (Fourth Division)Group 4Turku District (SPL Turku)1stPromoted
1985Tier 4III divisioona (Third Division)Group 3Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromoted
1986Tier 3II divisioona (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)12thRelegated
1987Tier 4III divisioona (Third Division)Group 3Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromoted
1988Tier 3II divisioona (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2nd
1989Tier 3II divisioona (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)11thRelegated
1990Tier 4III divisioona (Third Division)Group 3Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromoted
1991Tier 3II divisioona (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)10thRelegated
1992Tier 4III divisioona (Third Division)Group 3Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)3rd
1993Tier 4III divisioona (Third Division)Group 3Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromoted
1994Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)8th
1995Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)South GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)7th
1996Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)South GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)11thRelegated
1997Tier 4III divisioona (Third Division)Group 3Turku District (SPL Turku)1stPromoted
1998Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)South GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)7th
1999Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPromoted
2000Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division)South GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)9thRelegation Group – 9th – Relegated
2001Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)10thRelegated
2002Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Turku and Åland Islands Turku District (SPL Turku)4th
2003Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Turku and Åland IslandsTurku District (SPL Turku)1stPlay-offs
2004Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Turku and Åland Islands Turku District (SPL Turku)2nd
2005Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Turku and Åland IslandsTurku District (SPL Turku)4th
2006Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Turku and Åland IslandsTurku District (SPL Turku)2nd
2007Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Turku and Åland IslandsTurku District (SPL Turku)1stPromoted
2008Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)8th
2009Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)9th
2010Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)7th
2011Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)Group BFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)8th
2012Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)South GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)1stPlay-offs
2013Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)7th
2014Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)2nd
2015Tier 3Kakkonen (Second Division)West GroupFinnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto)9thRelegated
2016Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Turku & Åland IslandsTurku District (SPL Turku)5th
2017Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Western FinlandWestern District (SPL-Länsi-Suomi)9th
2018Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Western FinlandWestern District (SPL-Länsi-Suomi)11th
2019Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Western FinlandWestern District (SPL-Länsi-Suomi)6th
2020Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Western FinlandWestern District (SPL-Länsi-Suomi)7th
2021Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Western FinlandWestern District (SPL -Länsi-Suomi)5th
2022Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Western FinlandWestern District (SPL-Länsi-Suomi)4th
2023Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Western FinlandWestern District (SPL-Länsi-Suomi)2nd
2024Tier 4Kolmonen (Third Division)Western FinlandWestern District (SPL-Länsi-Suomi)

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Jalkapallokirja 1991 . Jalkapallokirja . 1991 . Suomen Palloliitto . 0787-7188.
  2. Web site: Länsi-Suomi – Suomen Palloliitto. palloliitto.fi. 9 March 2017.
  3. Web site: Tulostus. urheilumuseo.fi. 9 March 2017.