Åbo IFK

Åbo IFK 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 UEFA [Cup Winners' Cup 1966–67|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.

Football honours

Finnish Championship:
*Winners : 1910, 1920, 1924
*Runners-up : 1911, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917
Finnish Cup:
*Winners : 1965

Divisional movements since 1930

Top Level : 1930, 1932–35, 1963–65, 1967
Second Level : 1931, 1936, 1938–39, 1943/44-45, 1961–62, 1966, 1968–70, 2000
Third Level : 1937, 1940–1941, 1945–1949, 1952, 1954–1960, 1971, 1986, 1988–89, 1991, 1994–96, 1998–99, 2001, 2008–2015
Fourth Level : 1950–1951, 1953, 1972–1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1992–1993, 1997, 2002–2007, 2016 to current
Fifth Level : 1983–1984

Season to season

Season	Level	Division	Section	Administration	Position	Movements
1930	Tier 1	A-sarja		Finnish FA '	8th	Relegated
1931	Tier 2	B-sarja '		Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
1932	Tier 1	A-sarja		Finnish FA '	6th
1933	Tier 1	A-sarja		Finnish FA '	5th
1934	Tier 1	A-sarja		Finnish FA '	6th
1935	Tier 1	A-sarja		Finnish FA '	7th	Relegated
1936	Tier 2	Itä-Länsi-sarja '	West Group	Finnish FA '	6th	Relegated
1937	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	West Group	Finnish FA '	?	Promotion play-off, Promoted
1938	Tier 2	Itä-Länsi-sarja '	West Series, South Group	Finnish FA '	2nd
1939	Tier 2	Itä-Länsi-sarja '	West Group 2	Finnish FA '	1st	Promotion Group 2nd
1940–41	Tier 3	C-sarja '	Group 1	Finnish FA '	1st	Promotion Group 1st, Promoted
1943–44	Tier 2	Suomensarja '		Finnish FA '	5th
1945	Tier 2	Suomensarja '	Group 1	Finnish FA '	4th	Relegated
1945–46	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	Finland Proper	Finnish FA '	3rd
1946–47	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	Finland Proper	Finnish FA '	1st	Promotion play-off
1947–48	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	Finland Proper	Finnish FA '	2nd
1948	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	West Group B	Finnish FA '	3rd
1949	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	West Group B	Finnish FA '	6th	Relegated
1950	Tier 4	Piirisarja '		Turku District '	6th
1951	Tier 4	Maakuntasarja qualifications		Finnish FA '	Cup-format	Promoted
1952	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja	West Group A	Finnish FA '	7th	Relegated
1953	Tier 4	Piirisarja '		Turku District '	1st	Promotion play-off, Promoted
1954	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	West Group 2	Finnish FA '	1st	Promotion Group West 8th
1955	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	West Group 1	Finnish FA '	2nd
1956	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	West Group 2	Finnish FA '	5th
1957	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	West Group 1	Finnish FA '	2nd
1958	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	Group 3	Finnish FA '	2nd
1959	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	Group 3	Finnish FA '	2nd
1960	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	Group 3	Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
1961	Tier 2	Suomensarja '	West Group	Finnish FA '	6th
1962	Tier 2	Suomensarja '	West Group	Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
1963	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja		Finnish FA '	3rd
1964	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja		Finnish FA '	8th
1965	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja		Finnish FA '	11th	Relegated
1966	Tier 2	Suomensarja	West Group	Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
1967	Tier 1	Mestaruussarja		Finnish FA '	11th	Relegated
1968	Tier 2	Suomensarja	West Group	Finnish FA '	2nd
1969	Tier 2	Suomensarja '	South Group	Finnish FA '	2nd
1970	Tier 2	II divisioona '	West Group	Finnish FA '	11th	Relegated
1971	Tier 3	III divisioona '	Group 2	Finnish FA '	11th	Relegated
1972	Tier 4	IV divisioona '	Group 5	Finnish FA'	1st
1973	Tier 4	III divisioona '	Group 3	Finnish FA'	7th
1974	Tier 4	III divisioona '	Group 3	Finnish FA'	5th
1975	Tier 4	III divisioona '	Group 4	Finnish FA'	4th
1976	Tier 4	III divisioona '	Group 4	Finnish FA'	4th
1977	Tier 4	III divisioona '	Group 4	Finnish FA '	3rd
1978	Tier 4	III divisioona '	Group 3	Finnish FA '	9th	Relegation Playoff
1979	Tier 4	III divisioona '	Group 3	Finnish FA '	7th
1980	Tier 4	III divisioona '	Group 3	Finnish FA '	2nd	Promotion play-offs
1981	Tier 4	III divisioona '	Group 3	Finnish FA '	2nd	Promotion Playoff
1982	Tier 4	III divisioona '	Group 3	Finnish FA '	11th	Relegated
1983	Tier 5	IV divisioona '	Group 5	Turku District '	3rd
1984	Tier 5	IV divisioona '	Group 4	Turku District '	1st	Promoted
1985	Tier 4	III divisioona '	Group 3	Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
1986	Tier 3	II divisioona '	West Group	Finnish FA '	12th	Relegated
1987	Tier 4	III divisioona '	Group 3	Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
1988	Tier 3	II divisioona '	West Group	Finnish FA '	2nd
1989	Tier 3	II divisioona '	West Group	Finnish FA '	11th	Relegated
1990	Tier 4	III divisioona '	Group 3	Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
1991	Tier 3	II divisioona '	West Group	Finnish FA '	10th	Relegated
1992	Tier 4	III divisioona '	Group 3	Finnish FA '	3rd
1993	Tier 4	III divisioona '	Group 3	Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
1994	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	West Group	Finnish FA '	8th
1995	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	South Group	Finnish FA '	7th
1996	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	South Group	Finnish FA '	11th	Relegated
1997	Tier 4	III divisioona '	Group 3	Turku District '	1st	Promoted
1998	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	South Group	Finnish FA '	7th
1999	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	West Group	Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
2000	Tier 2	Ykkönen '	South Group	Finnish FA '	9th	Relegation Group – 9th – Relegated
2001	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	West Group	Finnish FA '	10th	Relegated
2002	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Turku and Åland Islands	Turku District '	4th
2003	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Turku and Åland Islands	Turku District '	1st	Play-offs
2004	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Turku and Åland Islands	Turku District '	2nd
2005	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Turku and Åland Islands	Turku District '	4th
2006	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Turku and Åland Islands	Turku District '	2nd
2007	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Turku and Åland Islands	Turku District '	1st	Promoted
2008	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	Group B	Finnish FA '	8th
2009	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	Group B	Finnish FA '	9th
2010	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	Group B	Finnish FA '	7th
2011	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	Group B	Finnish FA '	8th
2012	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	South Group	Finnish FA '	1st	Play-offs
2013	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	West Group	Finnish FA '	7th
2014	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	West Group	Finnish FA '	2nd
2015	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	West Group	Finnish FA '	9th	Relegated
2016	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Turku & Åland Islands	Turku District '	5th
2017	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Western Finland	Western District '	9th
2018	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Western Finland	Western District '	11th
2019	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Western Finland	Western District '	6th
2020	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Western Finland	Western District '	7th
2021	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Western Finland	Western District '	5th
2022	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Western Finland	Western District '	4th
2023	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Western Finland	Western District '	2nd
2024	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Western Finland	Western District '

9' season in Mestaruussarja
13 season in Ykkönen
34 seasons in Kakkonen
31 seasons in Kolmonen
2 seasons in Nelonen''

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 league system|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.