The HIFK Courier
Match8 Aug 2026
Chastening afternoon for HIFK
A 0‑3 beating by FC Lahti was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $32.0K for Aniis Machaal
HIFK have gone to SJK with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Market10 Aug 2026
RoPS join the queue for Aatu Kujanpää
Add another name to the list: RoPS have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Aatu Kujanpää. The answer from HIFK has not changed — yet.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
HIFK beat the market to Erik Gunnarsson from FF Jaro
FF Jaro will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Erik Gunnarsson has pre-agreed a move to HIFK, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
HJK tell HIFK: Eemil Toivonen is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at HIFK
Tomi Kurvinen and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Erik Sparv joins the HIFK first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Erik Sparv is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Juha Pohjanpalo joins the HIFK first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juha Pohjanpalo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
HIFK promote Erik Uronen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Erik Uronen has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Hedi Khayat
- Squad Tatu Varmanen has outgrown this division
- Boardroom Nobody left the HIFK dressing room in a hurry