HIFK Handboll

Finnish handball club

HIFK Handboll

Full name| Idrottsföreningen kamraterna i Helsingfors
Short name| HIFK
Founded| 1943; 82 years ago (1943)
Arena| Helsingin Urheilutalo, Helsinki
Capacity| 860
Head coach| Rostislav Grinishin
League| SM-liiga
Club colours|
Website
Official site

HIFK Handboll is a Finnish professional handball club from Helsinki. HIFK Handboll is the handball section of HIFK. The club is playing in the Finnish Handball League (SM-liiga), and play their home matches in Helsingin Urheilutalo.

Helsinki

class=notpageimage|

Location of HIFK Handboll

## History

[edit]

HIFK was founded in 1897. The handball department was founded in the club in 1943. The Finnish handball championship has existed since 1944, HIFK was already a founding member of the championship series in the first season. In 1945, the team became champion in its second league season, and won the second gold in 1951. So far, the club is a total of 7 champions and 5 cup winners.

## Crest, colours, supporters

[edit]

### Kits

[edit]

HOME

2011–12

2016–17

2018–20

2022–23

AWAY

2018–20

## Sports Hall information

[edit]

Home hall: Helsingin Urheilutalo

* Name: – Helsingin Urheilutalo
* City: – Helsinki
* Capacity: – 860
* Address: – Helsinginkatu 25, 00510 Helsinki, Finland

## Team

[edit]

### Current squad

[edit]

Squad for the 2023–24 season[1]
HIFK Handboll

Goalkeepers

* 12  Martin Börjes
* 26  Viljo Ukkonen
* 29  Niklas Zilliacus

Left Wingers

* 38  Linus Svensson
* 64  Jakob Meinander

Right Wingers

* 03  Altti Kolkki
* 22  Vladimir Knopinskii
* 60  Vili Leppänen

Line Players

* 06  Viktor Grönmark
* 14  Nicolas Reenpää
* 18  Samuel Elmvik

Left Backs

* 23  André Udd
* 34  Oskari Suopajärvi

Central Backs

* 10  Kristian Jansson
* 91  Joel Hagström

Right Backs

* 13  Rui Rolo

|

### Technical staff

[edit]

* Head coach:  Rostislav Grinishin
* Coach:  Tommy Souraniemi
* Physiotherapist:  Ronny Zetterborg

### Transfers

[edit]

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining

* Linus Svensson (LW) from  IFK Ystad HK
* Martin Börjes (GK) from  Täby HBK
* Niklas Zilliacus (GK) from  GrIFK
* Kristian Jansson (CB) from  ÅIFK

Leaving

* Evgeny Semenov (RB) (retires)
* Aliaksandr Tsitou (LP) (retires)
* Oscar Udd (LB) (retires)

|

## Titles

[edit]

* SM-liiga
* Winner (7) : 1945, 1951, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1974
* Finnish Cup
* Winner (14) : 1975, 1981, 1984, 1988, 2014

## EHF ranking

[edit]

As of 6/12/2023[2]
Rank | Team | Points

|
|

155 |  HSC Suhr Aarau | 29
156 |  MMTS Kwidzyn | 29
157 |  Pallamano Conversano | 28
158 |  HIFK Handboll | 27
159 |  VÍF | 26
160 |  MRK Trogir | 26
161 |  RK Leotar | 26

## Former club members

[edit]

### Notable former players

[edit]

* Kristofer Karlsson (2018–2021)
* Evgeny Semenov (2021–2023)
* Aliaksandr Tsitou (2021–2023)

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Edustusjoukkue".
2. ^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

## External links

[edit]

* Official website
* HIFK Handboll on Facebook