Vasa IFK

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Vasa IFK
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Full nameIdrottsföreningen Kamraterna Vasa
NicknameVIFK
Founded1900
Ground Hietalahti Stadium,
Vaasa
Capacity6,009
ChairmanKim Sund
ManagerMax Peltonen
LeagueNational league, women’s team Kakkonen, men’s team
2024 Ykkönen, 11th of 12 (relegated)
Hietalahden Jalkapallostadion Hietalahti.JPG
Hietalahden Jalkapallostadion

Vasa IFK (VIFK) is a Finnish football club, located in Vaasa. It was founded in 1900. The club changed its name in 1988 after a merger with another club, BK-48, and was called BK-IFK during the late 1900s. The name was changed back to VIFK in year 2000.

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Their men’s representative team moved up to Ykkönen at end of season 2005 which is the second-highest level in Finland. The visit lasted three years and the team was relegated to Kakkonen after finishing 12th place in the 2008 season.

The Vaasa IFK women’s team was promoted to the highest national level, the Briotech National League, in 2025 under the leadership of head coach Tom Kärkkäinen.

The club has a great history, but has yet to achieve the same kind of success as in the mid-20th century. Vasa IFK have won the Finnish championship three times, in 1944, 1946 and 1953. They were runners-up in 1945 and 1951 and finished third in 1950 and 1955. In 1947 and 1948, Vasa IFK also won the league hosted by the FA. In that time there were two separate leagues due to political circumstances. The other league was hosted by the organisation for the labour clubs, TUL.

In 1949 and in 1964 VIFK was the runner-up for the Finnish championship in bandy.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Scott Angevine
2 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Merhawi Birhane
3 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Ilari Antila
4 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Jonas Pitkäkangas
6 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Kristian Kokko
7 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Miika Niemi
8 FW Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Casper Källberg
9 FW Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Markus Nordman
10 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Mustafa Maki
11 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Arttu Nuutinen
12 GK Flag of Finland.svg  FIN William Rosenlöf
No.Pos.NationPlayer
13 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Ville Huuhka
16 FW Flag of Cameroon.svg  CMR Junior Oyono
18 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Tony Björk
18 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Christian Österlund
19 FW Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Henry Louko
21 FW Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Hamed Ahmadi
22 GK Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Johannes Ström
23 FW Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Hane Birhane
25 FW Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Nico Renlund
35 GK Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Jussi Virkajärvi
— FW Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Steven Morrissey

Achievements

Season to season

References

  1. ↑ "Home". finlandfootball.net.
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