IF Gnistan

Leagues Played: Finlandia - Ykkosliiga 131 Finland Kakkonen Group Etela 51 Finlandia - Kakkonen - Grupa A 44 Puchar Finlandii 37 Finlandia - Kolmonen 22 Finlandia - Veikkausliiga 22 Finlandia - Kakkonen - Grupa B 22 Finlandia - Ykkoscup 9 Finlandia - Kakkonen - Play-offy 5 Finlandia - Liigacup 5
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Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	04/28 13:00	1	IF Gnistan v SJK	-	View
Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	05/05 13:00	1	IF Gnistan v FC Haka	-	View
Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	05/11 14:00	1	AC Oulu v IF Gnistan	-	View
Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	05/19 13:00	1	IF Gnistan v KuPS Kuopio	-	View
Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	05/22 15:00	1	HJK Helsinki v IF Gnistan	-	View
Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	05/26 15:30	1	IFK Mariehamn v IF Gnistan	-	View
Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	06/02 13:00	1	IF Gnistan v FC Lahti	-	View
Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	06/08 14:00	1	Ekenas IF v IF Gnistan	-	View
Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	06/12 16:00	1	IF Gnistan v HJK Helsinki	-	View
Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	06/19 18:00	1	FC Lahti v IF Gnistan	-	View
Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	06/30 13:00	1	IF Gnistan v Ekenas IF	-	View
Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	07/07 15:30	1	KuPS Kuopio v IF Gnistan	-	View
Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	07/14 12:00	1	IF Gnistan v IFK Mariehamn	-	View
Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	07/22 15:00	1	FC Inter v IF Gnistan	-	View
Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	07/28 12:00	1	FC Haka v IF Gnistan	-	View
Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	08/18 13:00	1	IF Gnistan v AC Oulu	-	View
Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	08/22 04:12	1	IF Gnistan v VPS Vaasa	-	View
Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	08/23 15:00	1	SJK v IF Gnistan	-	View
Finlandia - Veikkausliiga	09/01 13:00	1	IF Gnistan v FC Ilves	-	View

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.

IF Gnistan to fiński klub piłkarski z Oulunkylä w Helsinkach. Klub został założony w 1929 roku i gra na boisku Myyrmäki w Vantaa.

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.