From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Nov 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what HIFK can pretend not to have heard.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Voices raised on the HIFK training ground
Two players, one bad tackle and a session that had to be stopped. It was over in a minute; it was outside the gates in an hour.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Félix Uculmana. HIFK will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
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Steady
Squad25 Oct 2027
Aleksi Wahlman: 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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Stanimir Prazov asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market25 Oct 2027
HIFK have made Willem Haapiainen available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Steady
Market27 Sep 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad27 Sep 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Stanimir Prazov and HIFK agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Davit Petrosyan asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Upbeat
Market30 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match28 Aug 2027
Inter Turku made HIFK work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Mahmoud El Shenawy will call it something else in private.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Aleksi Wahlman knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HIFK, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Carlo Urquiaga wants a proper job in this side
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Carlo Urquiaga has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. HIFK know, and have known for weeks.
In brief
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Market
Window shut, Hedi Khayat still here
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The terraces
The press cannot get enough of Anteo Fetahu
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Boardroom
The HIFK board put their names to it
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market2 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market2 Aug 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad2 Aug 2027
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market2 Aug 2027
FF Jaro pay $4.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. HIFK have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
HIFK release $2.1M for the manager
The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Match31 Jul 2027
HIFK and Ilves take a point apiece
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad2 Aug 2027
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at HIFK pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
In brief
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Market
Hedi Khayat placed on the list
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Boardroom
The HIFK board put their names to it
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Steady
Market5 Jul 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Anteo Fetahu
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market5 Jul 2027
HIFK and Anteo Fetahu are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. HIFK have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
HIFK release $2.1M for the manager
The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Match3 Jul 2027
HIFK and RoPS cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. RoPS came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
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Upbeat
Match19 Jun 2027
Still nobody has beaten HIFK
The unbeaten run reaches 13. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match21 Jun 2027
HIFK are in among the leaders
Position 2 and 19 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Tomi Kurvinen: 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.
Squad21 Jun 2027
At 21, Jens Hjertø-Dahl is already the best thing here
An average of 7.35 in a first team he is several years too young for. HIFK have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Match19 Jun 2027
Three points for HIFK, 1-0 the final word against KTP in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Arttu Auranen
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Steady
Match24 May 2027
HIFK are in among the leaders
Position 2 and 11 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad24 May 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match22 May 2027
Still nobody has beaten HIFK
The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad24 May 2027
At 21, Jens Hjertø-Dahl is already the best thing here
An average of 7.11 in a first team he is several years too young for. HIFK have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Match22 May 2027
HIFK get the job done against FC Lahti
A 1-0 win over FC Lahti, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad24 May 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Steady
Squad26 Apr 2027
Jens Hjertø-Dahl: 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.
Market26 Apr 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Elias Säyniö gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Upbeat
Market15 Feb 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Arttu Auranen has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Upbeat
Market8 Feb 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market8 Feb 2027
Joonas Pyhälä has left for VPS in a $39.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad8 Feb 2027
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Upbeat
Squad28 Dec 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Joonas Pyhälä has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Squad28 Dec 2026
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. HIFK will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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Upbeat
Squad21 Dec 2026
The medical room confirms 69 days on the sidelines for Hedi Khayat, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at HIFK, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Elias Säyniö keeps his manager's vote
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Elias Säyniö plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Upbeat
Market9 Nov 2026
Yassin Adam hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what HIFK can pretend not to have heard.
Market9 Nov 2026
Yassin Adam has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around HIFK they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Upbeat
Market2 Nov 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market2 Nov 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at HIFK is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market2 Nov 2026
HIFK and Anteo Fetahu are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
97% of the income goes out in wages at HIFK
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Elias Säyniö gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Upbeat
Market14 Sep 2026
Yassin Adam hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what HIFK can pretend not to have heard.
Market14 Sep 2026
Yassin Adam has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around HIFK they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Upbeat
Market7 Sep 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market7 Sep 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at HIFK is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 319% of everything HIFK earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Match5 Sep 2026
HIFK find a way past KTP
KTP made HIFK work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market7 Sep 2026
HIFK and Anteo Fetahu are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
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Crisis
Market10 Aug 2026
Aatu Kujanpää hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what HIFK can pretend not to have heard.
Market10 Aug 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at HIFK is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match8 Aug 2026
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Zsombor Senkó
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market10 Aug 2026
48 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Market10 Aug 2026
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Elias Kaukamo has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at HIFK.