Pargas Idrottsförening

Pargas IF

Nickname(s)	PIF, Piffen
Founded	1914
Ground	Pajbacka, Pargas
Chairman	Folke Lindström
Manager	Michael Isaksson
Coach	Kimmo Vahalahti
League	Kolmonen
Home colours Away colours

Pargas Idrottsförening, or PIF for short, is a sports club based in the city of Pargas, Finland. The club has over 1,500 members and is known, especially for handball, football and orienteering. It also makes provision for cross-country skiing, floorball, gymnastics and athletics. The club was founded in 1914 as Pargas Malms Idrottsförening but changed its name to its current title in 1916.

Football

PIF played their first official match in 1916, their opponents being the Kimito based club Wrethalla and the match ended in a 2- 2 draw. In 1994 the club played one season in the Ykkönen, the second tier of the Finnish football system. They also have experienced two other seasoms at the same level back in 1939 and 1948. Their records indicate that the club have had three spells in the Kakkonen (Second Division) in 1990–93, 1995 and 2000–06.^[1] At the end of the 2006 season they were relegated to the Kolmonen where they currently reside. In addition, PIF has played two seasons at the highest level in Futsal in Finland,

PIF is the youth club of Finnish international and former Charlton and Rangers player Jonatan "Tintin" Johansson, who has now returned to Turun Palloseura.

Season to Season

Season Level Division Section Administration Position Movements 2000 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 8th 2001 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 6th 2002 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 9th 2003 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 5th 2004 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd 2005 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) West Group Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 3rd 2006 Tier 3 Kakkonen (Second Division) Group B Finnish FA (Suomen Pallolitto) 13th Relegated 2007 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Turku and Åland Islands (SPL Turku) 7th 2008 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Turku and Åland Islands (SPL Turku) 9th 2009 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Turku and Åland Islands (SPL Turku) 11th 2010 Tier 4 Kolmonen (Third Division) Turku and Åland Islands (SPL Turku) 7 seasons in Kakkonen 4 seasons in Kolmonen

Club Structure

The club runs a large number of teams including a men's team, a ladies' team, a veteran's side (Team 82 Oldboys) and 8 boys and 4 girls junior teams.

A key facility provided by the club is the Aktia Arena, a floodlit all weather pitch that is 104 x 62 metres (or two junior pitches 62 x 45 metres). Some matches are played here but the main home venue is at Pajbacka.

2010 season

PIF Men's Team are competing in the Kolmonen administered by the Turku SPL. This is the fourth highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2009 PIF finished in eleventh position in their Kolmonen section.

Current Squad for the 2015 Season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Eemeli Reponen 3 DF Azad Ebtesam 4 DF Mathias Lindström 6 MF Atte Holmberg 7 FW Roope Vahalahti 8 MF Ville Ranta-aho 9 FW Veli Hartola 10 DF Lauri Tulla 11 FW Matias Tulla 12 GK Daniel Vedel 14 MF Patri Filatoff 15 FW Jonas Lehtinen

No. Position Player 17 DF Petter Sumelius 18 FW Anton Ristimäki 19 DF Viktor Lindqvist 20 MF Omar Razaqi 21 FW Jami Virtanen 22 MF Karl Kaasik 23 MF Joonas Laurikainen 24 DF Tero Hartola 26 MF Emil Holmberg 77 DF Oscar Sumelius

References and sources

• Official Club Website
• Official Football Club Website
• Finnish Wikipedia
• Suomen Cup
• Pargas IF Facebook

Footnotes

1. "Finland – Divisional Movements 1930–2009". RSSSF Archives. 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-26.