Ekenäs IF

Ekenäs Idrottsförening is a sports club from Ekenäs, Raseborg in Finland. EIF was formed in 1905 and they are one of the oldest clubs in the south-west of Finland. The men's football first team currently plays in the Ykkösliiga, after the relegation from the Veikkausliiga in 2024. Their home ground is at the Ekenäs Sparbank Arena, formerly known as "Ekenäs Centrumplan" in Ekenäs. The Chairman of EIF is Peter Haglund.
The club currently has sections covering football, handball, floorball and disc golf. EIF's athletics section set up Karis IK and from 1 January 2009, simultaneously with a municipal merger, transferred its activities to the new IF Raseborg club. Ekenäs is one of the few towns in Swedish-speaking area to have had a team in the top division.

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History

Ekenäs Idrottsförening has a long football history which reached its pinnacle with one season in the highest division, the Mestaruussarja, back in 1933. They have also had 8 seasons in the Suomisarjaa which at that time was the second tier of Finnish football in 1938–39 and 1946/47–51.
EIF have had five periods covering 26 seasons in the Kakkonen, the third tier of Finnish football from 1975 to 1976, 1981–88, 1991–92, 1994–98 and 2002 to the current day.
EIF has a thriving junior section with a large number of teams.
A new highest ever attendance for an EIF match was made in 2013 when 2,014 people attended the home game with FC Jazz. The old record was from 1975 when 1,625 people attended the home game with HAIK.
EIF made history in March 2018 by qualifying for the Semi-final of the Finnish Cup for the first time, beating FC Haka 2–1 at home.

Season to season

Season	Level	Division	Section	Administration	Position	Movements
1930	Tier 2	B-Sarja		Finnish FA '	Quarterfinal	Cup-format
1931
1932	Tier 2	B-Sarja '		Finnish FA '	2nd	Promoted
1933	Tier 1	A-Sarja '		Finnish FA '	8th	Relegated
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938	Tier 2	Itä-Länsi-sarja '	West League, Southern Group	Finnish FA '	6th
1939	Tier 2	Itä-Länsi-sarja '	West League, Group 2	Finnish FA '	5th
1940-41	Tier 3	C-Sarja '	Group 1 Helsinki & Turku	Finnish FA '	3rd
1941-45				Finnish FA '		Wartime series unknown
1945-46	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja	West Uusimaa Group	Finnish FA '	1st	Promotion Playoff - Promoted
1946-47	Tier 2	Suomensarja '	South Group	Finnish FA '	6th
1947-48	Tier 2	Suomensarja '	South Group	Finnish FA '	5th
1948	Tier 2	Suomensarja '	South Group	Finnish FA '	4th
1949	Tier 2	Suomensarja '	West Group	Finnish FA '	7th
1950	Tier 2	Suomensarja '	West Group	Finnish FA '	8th
1951	Tier 2	Suomensarja '	West Group	Finnish FA '	9th	Relegated
1952	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	West Group A	Finnish FA '	5th
1953	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	West Group A	Finnish FA '	1st	Promotion Group West 8th
1954	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	West Group III	Finnish FA '	4th
1955	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	South Group I	Finnish FA '	5th
1956	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	South Group I	Finnish FA '	7th	Relegated
1957	Tier 4	Aluesarja '	Group 2 Helsinki & West Uusimaa	Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
1958	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	Group 3 Turku	Finnish FA '	8th
1959	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa	Finnish FA '	6th
1960	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa	Finnish FA '	5th
1961	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	Group 3 Häme & Tampere			Withdrew
1962	Tier 4	Aluesarja	Group 3 West Uusimaa	Finnish FA '	4th
1963	Tier 4	Aluesarja '	Group 3 West Uusimaa	Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
1964	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	Group 2 Häme & Uusimaa	Finnish FA '	8th	Relegated
1965	Tier 4	Aluesarja '	Group 3 West Uusimaa	Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
1966	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	Group 3 Häme & Uusimaa	Finnish FA '	8th	Relegated
1967	Tier 4	Aluesarja '	Group 3 West Uusimaa	Finnish FA '	2nd
1968	Tier 4	Aluesarja '	Group 3 West Uusimaa	Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
1969	Tier 3	Maakuntasarja '	Group 2 Häme & Uusimaa	Finnish FA '	3rd
1970	Tier 3	III Divisioona '	Group 2 Turku & Uusimaa	Finnish FA '	3rd
1971	Tier 3	III Divisioona '	Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa	Finnish FA '	4th
1972	Tier 3	III Divisioona '	Group 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa	Finnish FA '	3rd
1973	Tier 4	III Divisioona '	Group 2	Helsinki & Uusimaa '	3rd
1974	Tier 4	III Divisioona '	Group 2	Helsinki & Uusimaa '	1st	Promoted
1975	Tier 3	II Divisioona '	West Group	Finnish FA '	3rd
1976	Tier 3	II Divisioona '	West Group	Finnish FA '	11th	Relegated
1977	Tier 4	III Divisioona '	Group 2	Helsinki & Uusimaa '	4th
1978	Tier 4	III Divisioona '	Group 2	Helsinki & Uusimaa '	2nd	Promotion Playoff
1979	Tier 4	III Divisioona '	Group 2	Helsinki & Uusimaa '	2nd	Promotion Playoff
1980	Tier 4	III Divisioona '	Group 2	Helsinki & Uusimaa '	1st	Promotion Playoff - Promoted
1981	Tier 3	II Divisioona '	West Group	Finnish FA '	2nd	Promotion Playoff
1982	Tier 3	II Divisioona '	West Group	Finnish FA '	4th
1983	Tier 3	II Divisioona '	West Group	Finnish FA '	6th
1984	Tier 3	II Divisioona '	West Group	Finnish FA '	3rd
1985	Tier 3	II Divisioona '	West Group	Finnish FA '	5th
1986	Tier 3	II Divisioona '	West Group	Finnish FA '	4th
1987	Tier 3	II Divisioona '	West Group	Finnish FA '	3rd
1988	Tier 3	II Divisioona '	West Group	Finnish FA '	10th	Relegated
1989	Tier 4	III Divisioona '	Group 2	Helsinki & Uusimaa '	5th
1990	Tier 4	III Divisioona '	Group 2	Helsinki & Uusimaa '	1st	Promoted
1991	Tier 3	II Divisioona '	West Group	Finnish FA '	8th
1992	Tier 3	II Divisioona '	West Group	Finnish FA '	10th	Relegated
1993	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Group 2	Helsinki & Uusimaa '	1st	Promoted
1994	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	West Group	Finnish FA '	5th
1995	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	South Group	Finnish FA '	5th
1996	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	South Group	Finnish FA '	9th
1997	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	South Group	Finnish FA '	2nd	Promotion Group South 2nd
1998	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	South Group	Finnish FA '	12th	Relegated
1999	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Group 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa '	8th
2000	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Section 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa '	5th
2001	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Section 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa '	1st	Promoted
2002	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	South Group	Finnish FA '	7th
2003	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	West Group	Finnish FA '	3rd
2004	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	West Group	Finnish FA '	5th
2005	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	South Group	Finnish FA '	7th
2006	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	Group B	Finnish FA '	8th
2007	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	Group B	Finnish FA '	7th
2008	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	Group B	Finnish FA '	10th
2009	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	Group B	Finnish FA '	8th
2010	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	Group B	Finnish FA '	12th	Relegated
2011	Tier 4	Kolmonen '	Section 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa '	1st	Promoted
2012	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	South Group	Finnish FA '	4th
2013	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	South Group	Finnish FA '	1st	Play-offs
2014	Tier 3	Kakkonen '	South Group	Finnish FA '	1st	Play-offs – Promoted
2015	Tier 2	Ykkönen '		Finnish FA '	8th
2016	Tier 2	Ykkönen '		Finnish FA '	8th
2017	Tier 2	Ykkönen '		Finnish FA '	7th
2018	Tier 2	Ykkönen '		Finnish FA '	3rd
2019	Tier 2	Ykkönen '		Finnish FA '	6th
2020	Tier 2	Ykkönen '		Finnish FA '	4th
2021	Tier 2	Ykkönen '		Finnish FA '	5th
2022	Tier 2	Ykkönen '		Finnish FA '	4th	Play-offs
2023	Tier 2	Ykkönen '		Finnish FA '	1st	Promoted
2024	Tier 1	Veikkausliiga		Finnish FA '	12th	Relegated
2025	Tier 2	Ykkösliiga		Finnish FA '

2' seasons in Veikkausliiga
20 seasons in Ykkönen
46 seasons in Kakkonen
19 season in Kolmonen''

Club structure

EIF currently has 2 men's team, 1 ladies teams, 12 boys teams and 4 girls team.

Other facts

EIF Akademi are participating in Section 1 of the Kolmonen administered by the Uusimaa SPL. In 2009 the team finished in top position in their Nelonen section and were promoted to the Kolmonen.
EIF Ladies Team are competing in the Kolmonen administered by the Football Association of Finland . In 2017 the team finished in top position in their Nelonen section and were promoted to the Kolmonen.