The IFK Mariehamn Sentinel
Match8 Aug 2026
IFK Mariehamn win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 91th minute. RoPS will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Rui Monteiro runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Valgeir Valgeirsson is a medical away from IFK Mariehamn
The deal with Breidablik is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Rui Monteiro stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Rui Monteiro and IFK Mariehamn agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at IFK Mariehamn
Sebastian Dahlström 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $42.0K for Aniis Machaal
IFK Mariehamn 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
IFK Mariehamn see off RoPS
Three points for IFK Mariehamn, 2‑1 the final word against RoPS in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Luke Pearce
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market10 Aug 2026
Riku Valakari steps up from the IFK Mariehamn academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Riku Valakari has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Tim Huuhka steps up from the IFK Mariehamn academy
- Market One of our own: Lassi Kamara joins the IFK Mariehamn first team
- Market Nikolai Taylor steps up from the IFK Mariehamn academy