The HIFK Courier
Match15 Apr 2028
26 matches without a win for HIFK
The run now stands at 26, and the questions being asked around HIFK are no longer polite ones.
The terraces17 Apr 2028
The mood at HIFK has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Match15 Apr 2028
HIFK cannot find the net
8 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
Anwar Abdi: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HIFK have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
5 academy graduates step up at HIFK
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad17 Apr 2028
A row about effort at HIFK
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Oliver Stanišić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market17 Apr 2028
One of our own: Ilkka Lod joins the HIFK first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ilkka Lod is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Apr 2028
Tim Granlund steps up from the HIFK academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tim Granlund 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.
Market17 Apr 2028
HIFK promote Mikael Hakola from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mikael Hakola 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
- Market HIFK promote Juha Ojala from within
- Match IFK Mariehamn take the points off HIFK
- Boardroom HIFK let a promise lapse