Ekenäs IF


Ekenäs Idrottsförening is a sports club from Ekenäs, Raseborg in Finland. EIF was formed in 1905 and they are one of the oldest clubs in the south-west of Finland. The men's football first team currently plays in the Ykkönen. Their home ground is at the Ekenäs Centrumplan in Ekenäs. The Chairman of EIF is Stefan Haglund.
The club currently has sections covering football, handball, floorball and disc golf. EIF's athletics section set up Karis IK and from 1 January 2009 transferred its activities to the new IF Raseborg club.

History

Ekenäs Idrottsförening has a long football history which reached its pinnacle with one season in the highest division, the Mestaruussarja, back in 1933. They have also had 8 seasons in the Suomisarjaa which at that time was the second tier of Finnish football in 1938–39 and 1946/47–51.
EIF have had five periods covering 26 seasons in the Kakkonen, the third tier of Finnish football from 1975 to 1976, 1981–88, 1991–92, 1994–98 and 2002 to the current day.
EIF has a thriving junior section with a large number of teams.
A new highest ever attendance for an EIF match was made in 2013 when 2,014 people attended the home game with FC Jazz. The old record was from 1975 when 1,625 people attended the home game with HAIK.
EIF made history in March 2018 by qualifying for the Semi-final of the Finnish Cup for the first time, beating FC Haka 2-1 at home.

Season to season

Club structure

EIF currently has 2 men's team, 1 ladies teams, 12 boys teams and 4 girls team.

Other facts

EIF Akademi are participating in Section 1 of the Kolmonen administered by the Uusimaa SPL. In 2009 the team finished in top position in their Nelonen section and were promoted to the Kolmonen.
EIF Ladies Team are competing in the Kolmonen administered by the Football Association of Finland . In 2017 the team finished in top position in their Nelonen section and were promoted to the Kolmonen.

Current Squad for the 2020 season

As of 25 July 2020.

First team

Footnotes