Last updated : 11/09/2023 15:32:44
Introduction
IF Gnistan are a Grassroots football team made up of 36 team members.
The team is from Helsinki, Finland.
IF Gnistan started using TeamStats in May 2018 and so far have created match reports and statistics for 1 games.
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IF Gnistan
IF Gnistan (The Spark in English) is a Finnish football club from the city of Helsinki, founded in 1924. The club is currently playing in the Ykkönen, the second tier of the Finnish league system. IF Gnistan play their home matches at Mustapekka Areena.
History
- The club was founded by a few Svenska Reallyceum and Åggelby Svenska Samskola students from Oulunkylä in 1924.
- IF Gnistan were multi-sport club and had several competitive departments including ski, athletics, swim and pesäpallo (Finnish baseball).
- Football department were founded in 1935, when the club joined Finnish Football Association Helsinki district.
- Later in the 1950s Gnistan had strong teams in orienteering, women's gymnastics, table tennis and cross country running alongside the classical sports.
- During the late 1950s, the club decided to dissolve all the other departments except for the football teams.
- In 1971, IF Gnistan won their first Finnish Cup, defeating KuPS 2-1 in the final.
- The club has also won the Finnish League Cup twice, in 1994 and 2008.
Current squad
- Goalkeepers: Eetu Virtanen, Ville-Veikko Virtanen
- Defenders: Ville Friman, Eerik Laine, Joni Liukkonen, Eero Moilanen, Eetu Paananen, Eemil Reijonen, Miika Soikkeli
- Midfielders: Arttu Heinonen, Valtteri Heiskanen, Mikko Immonen, Daniel Koprivec, Eetu Muurinen, Aapo Summanen, Rasmus Vainio
- Forwards: Joonas Angeria, Eetu Meriläinen, Aatu Sauvala, Eetu Siren
