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Vasa IFK
Full nameIdrottsföreningen Kamraterna Vasa
NicknameVIFK
Founded1900
GroundHietalahti Stadium,
Vaasa
Capacity6,009
ChairmanKim Sund
ManagerMax Peltonen
LeagueNational league, women’s team Kakkonen, men’s team
2024Ykkönen, 11th of 12 (relegated)
Hietalahden Jalkapallostadion

Vasa IFK (VIFK) is a Finnish football club, located in Vaasa. It was founded in 1900. The club changed its name in 1988 after a merger with another club, BK-48, and was called BK-IFK during the late 1900s. The name was changed back to VIFK in year 2000.

Their men’s representative team moved up to Ykkönen at end of season 2005 which is the second-highest level in Finland. The visit lasted three years and the team was relegated to Kakkonen after finishing 12th place in the 2008 season.

The Vaasa IFK women’s team was promoted to the highest national level, the Briotech National League, in 2025 under the leadership of head coach Tom Kärkkäinen.

The club has a great history, but has yet to achieve the same kind of success as in the mid-20th century. Vasa IFK have won the Finnish championship three times, in 1944, 1946 and 1953. They were runners-up in 1945 and 1951 and finished third in 1950 and 1955. In 1947 and 1948, Vasa IFK also won the league hosted by the FA. In that time there were two separate leagues due to political circumstances. The other league was hosted by the organisation for the labour clubs, TUL.

In 1949 and in 1964 VIFK was the runner-up for the Finnish championship in bandy.

Current squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  USA Scott Angevine
2 DF  FIN Merhawi Birhane
3 DF  FIN Ilari Antila
4 DF  FIN Jonas Pitkäkangas
6 MF  FIN Kristian Kokko
7 DF  FIN Miika Niemi
8 FW  FIN Casper Källberg
9 FW  FIN Markus Nordman
10 DF  FIN Mustafa Maki
11 MF  FIN Arttu Nuutinen
12 GK  FIN William Rosenlöf
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF  FIN Ville Huuhka
16 FW  CMR Junior Oyono
18 MF  FIN Tony Björk
18 MF  FIN Christian Österlund
19 FW  FIN Henry Louko
21 FW  FIN Hamed Ahmadi
22 GK  FIN Johannes Ström
23 FW  FIN Hane Birhane
25 FW  FIN Nico Renlund
35 GK  FIN Jussi Virkajärvi
— FW  JAM Steven Morrissey

Achievements

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Season to season

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References

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  1. ^ "Home". finlandfootball.net.
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