Gnistan
- Alias
- IF Gnistan
- Leagues Played
- Finlanda - Ykkosliiga 131 Finland Kakkonen Group Etela 51 Finlanda - Kakkonen - Grupa A 44 Finlanda - Cupa 38 Finlanda - Kolmonen 27 Finlanda - Veikkausliiga 22 Finlanda - Kakkonen - Grupa B 22 Finlanda - Ykkoscup 9 Finlanda - Kakkonen - Play-off 5 Finlanda - Liigacup 5
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- IF Gnistan II IF Gnistan U20 IF Gnistan II U20 IF Gnistan Women
Fixtures
| Finlanda - Veikkausliiga | 06/12 16:00 | 1 |
IF Gnistan
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HJK Helsinki
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| Finlanda - Veikkausliiga | 06/19 18:00 | 1 |
FC Lahti
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IF Gnistan
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| Finlanda - Veikkausliiga | 06/30 13:00 | 1 |
IF Gnistan
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Ekenas IF
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| Finlanda - Veikkausliiga | 07/07 15:30 | 1 |
KuPS Kuopio
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IF Gnistan
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| Finlanda - Veikkausliiga | 07/14 12:00 | 1 |
IF Gnistan
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IFK Mariehamn
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| Finlanda - Veikkausliiga | 07/22 15:00 | 1 |
FC Inter
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IF Gnistan
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Results
| Finlanda - Veikkausliiga | 06/08 14:00 | 1 |
[12] EIF
v
IF Gnistan
[7]
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L | 1-0 | |
| Finlanda - Kolmonen | 06/06 17:15 | - |
Gnistan/Ogeli
v
RiPS
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W | 2-1 | |
| Finlanda - Veikkausliiga | 06/02 13:00 | 1 |
[8] IF Gnistan
v
Lahti
[11]
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W | 2-1 | |
| Finlanda - Kolmonen | 05/31 17:00 | - |
Gnistan/Ogeli
v
PKKU II
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D | 1-1 | |
| Finlanda - Veikkausliiga | 05/26 15:30 | 1 |
[7] IFK Mariehamn
v
IF Gnistan
[8]
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D | 1-1 | |
| Finlanda - Kolmonen | 05/23 17:15 | - |
Atlantis FC/PM
v
Gnistan/Ogeli
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L | 4-0 | |
| Finlanda - Veikkausliiga | 05/22 15:00 | 1 |
[5] HJK Helsinki
v
IF Gnistan
[7]
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L | 1-0 | |
| Finlanda - Veikkausliiga | 05/19 13:00 | 1 |
[8] IF Gnistan
v
KuPS Kuopio
[4]
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D | 0-0 | |
| Finlanda - Kolmonen | 05/16 17:15 | - |
Gnistan/Ogeli
v
FC Kuusysi
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L | 1-2 | |
| Finlanda - Veikkausliiga | 05/11 14:00 | 1 |
[10] AC Oulu
v
IF Gnistan
[8]
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D | 1-1 | |
| Finlanda - Kolmonen | 05/09 17:15 | - |
Gnistan/Ogeli
v
TuPS
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L | 1-3 | |
| Finlanda - Cupa | 05/08 16:00 | 10 |
VJS Vantaa
v
IF Gnistan
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L | 3-0 |
Statistici
| Total | Gazde | Oaspeti | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 65 | 34 | 31 |
| Wins | 23 | 12 | 11 |
| Draws | 19 | 11 | 8 |
| Losses | 23 | 11 | 12 |
| Goals for | 110 | 56 | 54 |
| Goals against | 116 | 51 | 65 |
| Clean sheets | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| Failed to score | 17 | 7 | 10 |
Wikipedia - IF Gnistan
IF Gnistan (Kipinä in Finnish; The Spark in English), commonly known as Gnistan, is a Finnish football club from the city of Helsinki, founded in 1924. The club is currently playing in the Veikkausliiga, the first 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.
Gnistan își dispută meciurile de acasă pe stadionul Bolt Arena, care are o capacitate de 5000 de locuri. Culorile tradiționale ale clubului sunt roșu și alb.
Gnistan nu a câștigat niciodată campionatul Finlandei, dar a câștigat Cupa Finlandei de două ori, în 1972 și 2000. Clubul a participat, de asemenea, în competițiile europene, ajungând în runda a doua a Cupei UEFA Intertoto în 2002.
Gnistan este un club cunoscut pentru munca sa cu tinerii, având o puternică academie care a produs mai mulți jucători internaționali finlandezi. Printre cei mai cunoscuți foști jucători ai clubului se numără Jari Litmanen, Sami Hyypiä și Mikael Forssell.
În sezonul 2023, Gnistan este antrenat de Toni Korkeakunnas. Principalii jucători ai echipei sunt mijlocașul Matias Ojala, atacantul Obed Malolo și fundașul Jani Lyyski.