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Kiffen
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Full nameKronohagens Idrottsförening
NicknamesKiffen, Mustat Hurmurit (Black Enchanters)
Founded27 September 1908; 117 years ago (1908-09-27)
GroundPallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland
Capacity3,000
ChairmanHenrik Lindström
ManagerMako Tukiainen
LeagueKakkonen
20205th of 12

Kronohagens Idrottsförening (abbreviated KIF or Kiffen) (English: Kruununhaka Sports Association) is a sports club from Helsinki, Finland. The club was founded on 27 September 1908, and has been mainly known for the achievements of its association football and handball teams. In the past the club also played at the top level in ice hockey and has won the Kalevan malja (Kaleva Cup) in athletics. Other sports that the club participates include shooting, bandy, bowling, and boxing.

The men's football team is historically one of the most successful teams in Finland, and won the national football championship on three occasions during the 1910s, but currently plays in the Kakkonen (Second Division), the third tier of Finnish football. The football section of Kronohagens Idrottsforening is now known as FC Kiffen 08.

Football

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History

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Kiffen football is known as the Mustat Hurmurit (Black charmers). The name comes from the late 1920s when the black coloured jersey was first introduced bu Kiffen bandy team. Kiffen had two representatives, Ragnar Wickström and Lars Schybergson, in the Finnish football team at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. The club then won the Finnish football championship (Mestaruussarja) in 1913, 1915 and 1916 in the years prior to Finnish independence in 1917. Kiffen's last championship win came much later in 1955.[1]

The decline in Kiffen football set in a decade later when the club were relegated from the Mestaruussarja and then a further relegation from the Suomensarja (Finland League), the second tier, followed in 1965 to the Maakuntasarja, the third tier. Fortunes fluctuated in the late 1960s and early 1970s before the club made its last appearances in the Mestaruussarja in 1977 and 1978.[2] Among the players representing Kiffen at that time were Erkki Alaja, Juha Dahllund, Kai Haaskivi, Atik Ismail and Reima Kokko.

The following year in 1978 Kiffen had dropped to the Ykkönen (First Division) and in the subsequent years the club have not reached second-tier football.[2] Over the last 30 years the club has fluctuated between the Kakkonen (Second Division) and Kolmonen (Third Division).

In 1982 and 1983 Kiffen's ladies team reached the Finnish Women's league championship qualifiers and from 1984 until 1989 played in the Premier Division after which the team withdrew with their divisional place being inherited by MP Mikkeli.[3]

Honours and achievements

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  • Finnish Champions (Mestaruussarja Winners): 1913, 1915, 1916 and 1955[1]
  • Finnish Cup (Suomen Cup): Runners–up in 1958 (2–4 to KTP Kotka).

Divisional movements since 1930

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Top Level (25 seasons): 1930–32, 1940/41–46/47, 1948–57, 1960–64, 1977–78
Second Level (16 seasons): 1936–39, 1947/48, 195859, 1965, 1969–74, 1976, 1979
Third Level (21 seasons): 1975, 1980–85, 1990, 1994–2004, 2009–2012, 2015– [2]

Season to season

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Club structure

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Kiffen runs 3 men's teams and 6 veteran's teams.

FC Kiffen are competing in Group A of the Kakkonen. This is the third tier of the Finnish football system. In 2020 the team finished in fifth position in their Kakkonen group.

FC Kiffen/3 are participating in the Section 1 of the Nelonen (Fourth Division).

FC Kiffen/3 are participating in the Section 3 of the Vitonen (Fifth Division).

Current squad

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As of 26 October 2023[6]

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 File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Axel Andersson
2 DF File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Maxim Nazari (on loan from HJK)
2 DF File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Pyry Korhonen
4 DF File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Arttu Loukiainen
5 DF File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Artti Korhonen
5 MF File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Leo Ussher
6 MF File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Emil Lehtinen
7 MF File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Valtteri Lohi
8 MF File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Riku Heinonen
9 FW File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Samuli Heiska
10 FW File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Mauricio Hopsu
11 FW File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Eetu Kolu
12 GK File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Tuuka Niemelä
13 MF File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Bob Diasonama
14 MF File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Severi Murto
15 FW File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Akseli Hollmen
16 MF File:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA Dudu
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg SLE Tejan Deen
18 FW File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Noakim Lokake
18 FW File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Peik Koskinen
19 FW File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Joona Tukiainen
20 FW File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Reko Räsänen
21 DF File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Jere Pulkkinen
23 MF File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Fesal Mohamed
24 DF File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Valtteri Karlsson
25 DF File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Liam Lokake
26 DF File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Touko Laakkonen
27 DF File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Tuomas Saarikko
28 DF File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Arttu Mäkinen
29 MF File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Muslim Markhiyev
30 GK File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Niko Tervonen
31 GK File:Flag of Estonia.svg EST Martin Kella
32 FW File:Flag of Finland.svg FIN Milot Kastrati

Management

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Updated 9 January 2021

Name Role
Finland Mako Tukiainen Head coach
United States Daniel Stevens Assistant coach
Finland Jari Hakala Coach
Finland Oso Hautamo Goalkeeping coach
Finland Teemu Itkonen Kit Manager
Finland Raynold Dickmann Honorary Kit Manager
Finland Kimmo Silventoinen Team Manager
Finland Henrik Lindström First Team Administrator
Finland Janne Wikman Executive Director
Finland Jaakko Jokilahti Media

Bandy

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The club played bandy in its early years and was the runner-up for the Finnish championship five times between 1917 and 1932.

Ice hockey

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Kiffen played under the name KIF in the Finnish SM-sarja for several occasions. KIF won the SM-sarja 3 times (1939, 1941 and 1943). KIF played its final SM-sarja season in 1952 and has not been playing top level ice hockey since.

Handball

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Kiffen has one of the most successful Handball teams in Finland. Kiffen played in the Finnish Handball League from 1969 to 2003. Kiffen's best years were during the 1970s when they were 10 times in the medals.

References and sources

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Footnotes

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