Hangö IK

Hangö IK

Full name	Hangö Idrottsklubb
Nickname(s)	Hikken or HIK
Founded	1903
Ground	Rukki Arena, Hanko Finland
Chairman	Camilla Bäckman
Manager	Tom Enberg
League	Kolmonen
2011	2nd – Kolmonen (Helsinki and Uusimaa) – Section 1
Home colours

Hangö Idrottsklubb (aka Hangö IK, or HIK for short) is a sports club from Hanko, Finland. The club was founded in 1903.^[1] It is best known for its football team which has played one season in the Finnish premier division Mestaruussarja, in 1962, and a number of seasons in the second tier Ykkönen.^[2] Their home ground is located at the Rukki Arena.^[3] The club also has activities in handball, athletics, table tennis and powerlifting.

HIK was formed in 1903 which establishes them as one of the oldest clubs in the south-west of Finland. They have a long football history which reached its summit with one season in the highest division, the Mestaruussarja (Championship), back in 1962. They have also had 13 seasons in the Suomisarjaa (Finland League) which at that time was the second tier of Finnish football in 1939, 1948, 1955–61 and 1963–66. They also have played 6 seasons at the same level more recently in the Ykkönen from 1996 until 2001.^[4]

In 1996 HIK came within a whisker of reaching the Veikkausliiga (Finnish Premier League) by winning the Ykkönen South Group (Etelälohko) and then losing the promotion play-off 2–8 on aggregate with TP Seinäjoki. They then lost 1–2 on aggregate to HJK Helsinki in the promotion/relegation playoff.^[5] In 1999 and 2000 the club were again very close indeed in gaining promotion to the Veikkausliiga finishing top of the Ykkönen South Group (Etelälohko) but on each occasion failed to progress in the promotion play-offs. Sadly in 2002 the club withdrew from the Ykkönen and dropped to the Kolmonen where they have subsequently remained.

HIK have had three periods covering 17 seasons in the Kakkonen (Second Division), the third tier of Finnish football from 1973 to 1975, 1981–84 and 1986–95.^[4]

The highest ever attendance for a HIK match was in 1962 when 2,551 people attended the home game with MIFK.^[6]

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HIK has a junior section with a large number of teams. The main event run by the club is the Itämeri Cup tournament which in 2010 was held from Friday 30 July until Sunday 1 August. Another event run by the club in the winter months is the Hanko Cup.

HIK currently has 2 men's teams, 10 boys' teams and 2 girls' teams.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FIN Tatu Hämäläinen 2 DF  FIN Hannu Karvinen 4 MF  FIN Patrik Lahti 5 MF  FIN Eemeli Repo 6 MF  FIN Markus Dahlbom 7 MF  FIN Alexander Österlund 8 DF  FIN Santeri Määttä 9 DF  FIN Walter Gustafsson 10 MF  FIN Miki Olin 11 DF  BRA Allan Souza 12 GK  FIN Kasper Lind 13 DF  FIN Henri Satomaa 14 MF  FIN Joni Kinnunen 15 MF  FIN Ivar Stenman

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  NGA Vincent Emeka 17 MF  IRN Ibrahim Nazari 18 FW  FIN Cristoffer Eklund 19 MF  FIN Ted Rosenström 20 FW  FIN Tom Enberg 21 DF  FIN Marko Lahti 22 FW  BRA Marcello Ribeiro 23 MF  FIN Johnny Sandberg 24 MF  FIN Kristian Fast 30 GK  CPV Anilton Cruz — MF  IRQ Saeid Bahrami — MF  FIN Jonas Kinnunen — MF  FIN Henrik Himmelroos — DF  PER Marco Marcelo

• Official website Archived 8 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
• Official football club website
• Finnish Wikipedia
• Suomen Cup