HIFK Handboll
Finnish handball club
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HIFK Handboll is a Finnish professional handball club from Helsinki. HIFK Handboll is the handball section of HIFK. The club is playing in the Finnish Handball League (SM-liiga), and play their home matches in Helsingin Urheilutalo.
Helsinki
Location of HIFK Handboll
FullnameIdrottsföreningen kamraterna i Helsingfors
ShortnameHIFK
Founded1943
| HIFK Handboll | |
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| Full name | Idrottsföreningen kamraterna i Helsingfors |
| Short name | HIFK |
| Founded | 1943 |
| Arena | Helsingin Urheilutalo, Helsinki |
| Capacity | 860 |
| Head coach | Rostislav Grinishin |
| League | SM-liiga |
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| Website Official site | |
History
HIFK was founded in 1897. The handball department was founded in the club in 1943. The Finnish handball championship has existed since 1944, HIFK was already a founding member of the championship series in the first season. In 1945, the team became champion in its second league season, and won the second gold in 1951. So far, the club is a total of 7 champions and 5 cup winners.
Crest, colours, supporters
Kits
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           2011–12 |
   2016–17 |
2018–20 |
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 2018–20 | |||||||||||||||
Sports Hall information
- Name: – Helsingin Urheilutalo
- City: – Helsinki
- Capacity: – 860
- Address: – Helsinginkatu 25, 00510 Helsinki, Finland
Team
Current squad
- Squad for the 2023–24 season[1]
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Technical staff
- Head coach:
Rostislav Grinishin - Coach:
Tommy Suoraniemi - Physiotherapist:
Ronny Zetterborg
Transfers
- Transfers for the 2023–24 season
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Titles
- SM-liiga
- Winner (7) : 1945, 1951, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1974
- Finnish Cup
- Winner (14) : 1975, 1981, 1984, 1988, 2014
EHF ranking
- As of 6/12/2023[2]
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 155 |  HSC Suhr Aarau | 29 |
| 156 |  MMTS Kwidzyn | 29 |
| 157 |  Pallamano Conversano | 28 |
| 158 |  HIFK Handboll | 27 |
| 159 |  VÍF | 26 |
| 160 |  MRK Trogir | 26 |
| 161 |  RK Leotar | 26 |
Former club members
Notable former players
Kristofer Karlsson (2018–2021)
Evgeny Semenov (2021–2023)- Aliaksandr Tsitou (2021–2023)
