Vasa IFK

Vasa IFK

Full name	Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Vasa
Nickname(s)	VIFK
Founded	1900
Ground	Hietalahti Stadium, Vaasa
Capacity	6,009
Chairman	Kim Sund
Manager	Max Peltonen
League	National league, women’s team Kakkonen, men’s team
2024	Ykkönen, 11th of 12 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

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.

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

• Finnish Premier League:
  • Winners (3): 1944, 1946, 1953
  • Runners-up (2): 1951, 1952

• Official website