Gnistan

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IFK Mariehamn vs Gnistan

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League Position
8

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Established
1924 (102 years old)

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Soccer

Venue

Mustapekka Areena
(2,700 Capacity)

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Location
Helsinki, Finland

Nicknames
Kipinä

Competitions
Finnish Veikkausliiga
Finnish Cup

Last Edit
smudgie: 26/Jun/24

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		Upcoming
13 Jun 26	IFK MarieIFK Mariehamn	4:00pm	GnistanGnistan
17 Jun 26	GnistanGnistan	6:00pm	LahtiLahti
23 Jun 26	JaroJaro	4:00pm	GnistanGnistan
27 Jun 26	GnistanGnistan	4:00pm	VPSVPS
04 Jul 26	LahtiLahti	12:00pm	GnistanGnistan

		Results
30 May 26	GnistanGnistan	-	SJK SeinaSJK Seinajoki
23 May 26	IlvesIlves	2 - 0	GnistanGnistan
16 May 26	GnistanGnistan	5 - 0	JaroJaro
09 May 26	VPSVPS	1 - 1	GnistanGnistan
05 May 26	GnistanGnistan	2 - 0	Inter TurInter Turku

Description

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. Club's home district is Oulunkylä, which locates in northern part of the capital city.

The club is originally Swedish-speaking, but nowadays it is supported by Finnish-speaking majority also. 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. When ski and athletics were eliminated, Gnistan turned to a football club, and named Jacob Söderman as their new chairman. They became a significant team in lower leagues of the capital region but never promoted to the top tier. After season 1994, they achieved their place to Ykkönen for the first time. They stayed in the second tier four years and then relegated back to Kakkonen in 1998. They have been in Ykkönen level three occasions.