The IFK Mariehamn Sentinel
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Rui Monteiro beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 65. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A brace, and Adam Larsson takes the afternoon — 8.63
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Adam Larsson provided it, and the 8.63 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Kofi Duffour due for a IFK Mariehamn medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
IFK Mariehamn to lose Wille Nuñez for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Wille Nuñez has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ali Ishaku
IFK Mariehamn asked and Abia Warriors said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match8 Aug 2026
IFK Mariehamn find a way past RoPS
RoPS made IFK Mariehamn work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Rui Monteiro
At 23 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
One of our own: Aleksi Pohjanpalo joins the IFK Mariehamn first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Aleksi Pohjanpalo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Juha Hamalainen joins the IFK Mariehamn first team
- Market One of our own: Teemu Soiri joins the IFK Mariehamn first team
- Market IFK Mariehamn promote Riku Kamara from within