Ekenäs IF

Ekenäs Idrottsförening

Full name	Ekenäs Idrottsförening
Nickname(s)	EIF Ekenäs IF
Founded	1905; 119 years ago (1905)
Ground	Ekenäs Sparbank Arena, Ekenäs, Raseborg, Finland
Capacity	1,900
Chairman	Peter Haglund
Head Coach	Christian Sund
League	Ykkösliiga
2024	Veikkausliiga, 12th of 12 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Ekenäs Idrottsförening (abbreviated EIF or Ekenäs IF) 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 Veikkausliiga, Finnish premier division. 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.

Ekenäs Idrottsförening has a long football history which reached its pinnacle with one season in the highest division, the Mestaruussarja (Championship), back in 1933. They have also had 8 seasons in the Suomisarjaa (Finland League) which at that time was the second tier of Finnish football in 1938–39 and 1946/47–51.^[1]

EIF have had five periods covering 26 seasons in the Kakkonen (Second Division), the third tier of Finnish football from 1975 to 1976, 1981–88, 1991–92, 1994–98 and 2002 to the current day.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.

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

EIF Akademi are participating in Section 1 (Lohko 1) of the Kolmonen (Third Division) administered by the Uusimaa SPL. In 2009 the team finished in top position in their Nelonen (Fourth Division) section and were promoted to the Kolmonen.

EIF Ladies Team are competing in the Kolmonen (Third Division) administered by the Football Association of Finland (Suomen Palloliitto) . In 2017 the team finished in top position in their Nelonen (Fourth Division) section and were promoted to the Kolmonen.

As of 1 August 2024.^[5]

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  BRA Ramilson Almeida 2 DF  FIN Joel Lehtonen 3 DF  FIN Väinö Vehkonen 5 DF  FIN Kalle Katz 6 DF  SWE Benjamin Hjertstrand 7 MF  FIN Roni Pietsalo 8 MF  GHA Enoch Kofi Adu 9 FW  FIN Salomo Ojala 10 MF  BRA Lucas Kaufmann 11 MF  FIN Eetu Puro 13 DF  FIN William Lindqvist 14 MF  FIN Simon Lindholm 15 MF  FIN August Björklund 16 DF  GHA Frank Owusu 18 MF  FIN Arttu Sivonen

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  SWE Elton Hedström (on loan from Hammarby Talang) 20 FW  FIN Noah Lundström 22 DF  GHA Nasiru Mohammed 24 DF  GHA Kingsley Gyamfi (on loan from Hammarby) 25 FW  FIN Jakob Gottberg 29 MF  SOM Fahad Mohamed 30 MF  FIN Emil Pallas 31 MF  RUS Stanislav Yefimov 35 DF  SWE Alexander Leksell 41 FW  FIN Samuel Anini Junior 73 FW  CIV Tiemoko Fofana 77 GK  FIN Jere Koponen 90 GK  FIN Onni Rintamäki

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