Grankulla IFK

Grankulla IFK, or GrIFK as the name is commonly abbreviated, is a Finnish sports club from the city of Kauniainen. The club was formed in 1925 and the main activities covered are football, ice-hockey, handball and floorball. The club's main football team is currently playing in the Kakkonen, the third tier of the Finnish football league system. GrIFK play their home matches at Kauniaisten Keskuskenttä. The Chairman of the club is Jan Sten. The club has more than 600 registered players.

Grankulla IFK
Full nameIdrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Grankulla
Nickname(s)GrIFK, Grani
Founded1925
GroundKauniaisten Keskuskenttä,
Kauniainen
Finland
ChairmanJan Sten
ManagerJari Europeaus
League2020 Kakkonen

History

GrIFK has played 13 seasons in the Ykkönen (First Division), the second tier of Finnish football in 1978–80, 1982–85, 1987–88, 1990, 2008 and 2016-2017. They also have had ten spells (covering 21 seasons) in the third tier, the Kakkonen (the Second Division), in 1973–75, 1977, 1981, 1986, 1989, 1991–92, 1996, 2005–07, 2009-2015 and 2018 to the present day.[1]

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements
2000 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki) 3rd
2001 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 3 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki)
2002 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) 3rd
2003 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) 3rd
2004 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Section 1 Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa) 1st Play-offs – Promoted
2005 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 8th
2006 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th
2007 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promoted
2008 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) South Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 13th Relegated
2009 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th
2010 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd
2011 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group A Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 4th
2012 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group South Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 7th
2013 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group South Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd
2014 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group South Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 2nd
2015 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group West Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 1st Promoted
2016 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th
2017 Tier 2 Ykkönen (First Division) Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th Relegated
2018 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd
2019 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th

Club Structure

GRIFK run a number of teams including 3 men's teams, 1 veteran's team, close to 20 boys teams (including A and B juniors on 2nd highest level (Ykkönen) in Finland) and 4 girls teams.

2020 season

GrIFK are competing in Group B (Lohko B) of the Kakkonen administered by the Football Association of Finland (Suomen Palloliitto) . This is the third highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2019 GrIFK finished in ninth position in their Kakkonen section.

Current squad 2020 (updating in process)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FIN Toni Vuorinen
2 MF  FIN Noa Maxwell
3 DF  FIN Otto Pitkänen
4 DF  FIN Niko Perera
5 DF  FIN Sebastian Veijola
6 MF  FIN Teemu Koskinen
7 DF  FIN Joni Kaasinen
8 DF  FIN Joonas Ilomäki
9 FW  FIN Daniel Langhoff
10 MF  FIN Janne Törmänen
11 MF  FIN Sami Stam
12 GK  FIN Kimi Lindeman
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF  FIN
14 DF  FIN
15 MF  FIN
16 FW  FIN Jonas Britschgi
17 FW  FIN Petter Meyer
18 MF  FIN
19 FW  FIN Samuel Langhoff
21 MF  FIN Lassi Luoto
22 DF  FIN Vertti Tiilikainen
23 DF  FIN Juho Tuuliainen
24 DF  FIN Saman Safiyari
25 DF  FIN Vili Nyström
26 DF  FIN Anton Lindblad
27 MF  FIN Juha Hakola
30 DF  FIN Tino Palmasto
77 MF  FIN Niko Saraste

References and sources

Footnotes

  1. "Finland – Divisional Movements 1930–2009". RSSSF Archives. 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-05.


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