Nickname(s) Kanarialinnut Chairman Kari Bäcklund 2012 1st – Kakkonen (South) Location Turku, Finland | Ground Capacity 1,500 League Kakkonen (South Group) Manager Mikko Hyyrynen Founded 1908 | |
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Full name Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna i Åbo Grounds Urheilupuiston Yläkenttä, Turku | ||
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Åbo IFK (or ÅIFK for short) is a sports club from Turku, Finland. The club was founded in 1908.
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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 third tier Kakkonen.
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.
Football honours
Divisional movements since 1930
Top Level (9 seasons): 1930, 1932–35, 1963–65, 1967
Second Level (12 seasons): 1936, 1938–39, 1943/44-45, 1961–62, 1966, 1968–70, 2000
Third Level (12 seasons): 1986, 1988–89, 1991, 1994–96, 1998–99, 2001, 2008–current