IF Gnistan
- Leagues Played
- Finlandia - Ykkosliiga 131 Finland Kakkonen Group Etela 51 Finlandia - Kakkonen - Grupa A 44 Puchar Finlandii 38 Finlandia - Kolmonen 23 Finlandia - Veikkausliiga 22 Finlandia - Kakkonen - Grupa B 22 Finlandia - Ykkoscup 9 Finlandia - Kakkonen - Play-offy 5 Finlandia - Liigacup 5
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- Related Teams
- IF Gnistan II IF Gnistan U20 IF Gnistan II U20 IF Gnistan Women
Fixtures
| Puchar Finlandii | 05/08 16:00 | 10 |
VJS Vantaa
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IF Gnistan
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| Finlandia - Veikkausliiga | 05/11 14:00 | 1 |
AC Oulu
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IF Gnistan
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| Finlandia - Veikkausliiga | 05/19 13:00 | 1 |
IF Gnistan
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KuPS Kuopio
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| Finlandia - Veikkausliiga | 05/22 15:00 | 1 |
HJK Helsinki
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IF Gnistan
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| Finlandia - Veikkausliiga | 05/26 15:30 | 1 |
IFK Mariehamn
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IF Gnistan
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| Finlandia - Veikkausliiga | 06/02 13:00 | 1 |
IF Gnistan
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FC Lahti
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Results
| Finlandia - Veikkausliiga | 05/05 13:00 | 1 |
[6] IF Gnistan
v
FC Haka
[8] 
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L | 0-3 | |
| Finlandia - Veikkausliiga | 04/28 13:00 | 1 |
[5] IF Gnistan
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SJK
[4] 
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L | 0-1 | |
| Finlandia - Kolmonen | 04/27 12:00 | - |
HyPS
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Gnistan/Ogeli
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W | 1-2 | |
| Finlandia - Veikkausliiga | 04/20 15:30 | 1 |
[5] VPS Vaasa
v
IF Gnistan
[2]
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L | 3-2 | |
| Finlandia - Kolmonen | 04/18 17:15 | - |
Gnistan/Ogeli
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MPS
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L | 1-2 | |
| Puchar Finlandii | 04/16 17:15 | 9 |
VJS Vantaa II
v
IF Gnistan
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W | 1-8 | |
| Finlandia - Veikkausliiga | 04/13 11:00 | 1 |
[8] FC Ilves
v
IF Gnistan
[6]
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W | 4-6 | |
| Finlandia - Veikkausliiga | 04/06 12:00 | 1 |
IF Gnistan
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FC Inter
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W | 2-1 | |
| Europa - Towarzyskie | 03/16 09:00 | - |
TPS
v
IF Gnistan
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L | 2-0 | |
| Puchar Finlandii | 03/08 18:00 | - |
HIFK 2
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Gnistan/Ogeli
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D | 3-3 | |
| Finlandia - Liigacup | 03/01 15:00 | - |
IFK Mariehamn
v
IF Gnistan
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D | 0-0 | |
| Finlandia - Liigacup | 02/24 10:30 | - |
[6] EIF
v
IF Gnistan
[5]
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W | 2-5 |
Stat.
| Total | Gospodarze | Goście | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 66 | 34 | 32 |
| Wins | 25 | 11 | 14 |
| Draws | 21 | 12 | 9 |
| Losses | 20 | 11 | 9 |
| Goals for | 117 | 53 | 64 |
| Goals against | 110 | 48 | 62 |
| Clean sheets | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| Failed to score | 15 | 8 | 7 |
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 grał w Veikkausliiga, najwyższej lidze fińskiej, w latach 1972-1978, 1981, 1983-1988 i 1990. Od tego czasu klub grał w Ykkönen, drugiej lidze fińskiej, z wyjątkiem dwóch sezonów w Kolmonen, czwartej lidze fińskiej, w latach 1999 i 2003.
Gnistan zdobył Puchar Finlandii w 1967 i 1971 roku. Klub wygrał również Klubowe Mistrzostwa Kraju Nordyckiego w 1972 roku.
Najbardziej znanymi piłkarzami Gnistana są Jari Litmanen, który grał w klubie w latach 1989-1990, i Mixu Paatelainen, który grał w klubie w latach 1983-1986.