11 Facts About HIFK Fotboll

HIFK Fotboll or IFK Helsingfors is an association football section of HIFK, a sports club based in Helsinki, Finland.

In those early years HIFK Fotboll were runners-up in the Mestaruussarja on 5 occasions in 1909,1912,1928 and 1929.

HIFK Fotboll won their first Finnish championship in 1930 a feat that they were to repeat on three other occasions in 1931,1933 and 1937 in a tremendous decade for the club.

HIFK Fotboll was one of the most successful football sides in Finland until the early 1970s when the team were relegated from the Mestaruussarja.

In total, since 1930, HIFK Fotboll have played 33 seasons in the Mestaruussarja, 22 seasons in the second tier and 19 seasons in the third tier.

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Back in Kakkonen, HIFK Fotboll rehired coach Jani Honkavaara who was the coach when HIFK Fotboll first were promoted to Ykkonen.

HIFK Fotboll won Ykkonen in 2014 and thereby were automatically promoted into the highest tier of Finnish football, Veikkausliiga.

However, after a successful 2018 campaign in Ykkonen, HIFK Fotboll was promoted back to Veikkausliiga for the 2019 season.

Historically, HIFK Fotboll was primarily the club for the Swedish-speaking population in Helsinki.

Single most important fixture for HIFK Fotboll supporters is the one against the major local rivals, HJK.

HIFK Fotboll run a large number of teams including 3 men's teams, 3 women's teams, 1 men's veterans team, 16 boys' teams and 5 girls' teams.