Grankulla IFK

Grankulla IFK
Full name	Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Grankulla
Nickname(s)	GrIFK, Grani
Founded	1925
Ground	Kauniaisten Keskuskenttä,; Kauniainen ; Finland
Chairman	Matti Hannuksela
Manager	Jens Mattfolk
League	2023 Kakkonen
Home colours	Away colours

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, floorball and alpine. Each sport is organized in separated daughter clubs since 1997. These are GrIFK-Fotboll, GrIFK-Handboll, GrIFK-Salibandy, GrIFK-Icehockey and GrIFK Alpine.

Football

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 football club is Matti Hannuksela. The club has more than 750 registered players.

Futsal

The club has also become a club with many futsal teams. Many of the teams with younger players play futsal during the winter season. In 2022, the club had close to 20 different teams and the B-junior team ended 2nd on the national level.

History

GrIFK Football 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

3 season in Ykkönen
11 seasons in Kakkonen
5 seasons in Kolmonen

Club structure

GrIFK is in reality two different clubs. The men's team is separated from all the other teams mainly for financial reasons. All other teams are in the main part of GrIFK Football. This part consists of 3 men's teams, 1 veteran's team, and close to 20 boys teams. The number of girl teams is also gradually increasing due to a collaboration with the football club HooGee.

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

Sources

Suomen Cup

References

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

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

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