Pargas Idrottsförening

Pargas IF

Nickname(s)	PIF, Piffen
Founded	1914
Ground	Pajbacka, Pargas
Chairman	Petra Furu
Manager	Stefan Strömborg
League	Kakkonen
2022	12th in Ykkonen
Home colours Away colours

Pargas Idrottsförening, or PIF for short, is a sports club based in the city of Pargas, Finland. The club has over 1,500 members and is known, especially for handball, football, and orienteering. It also makes provision for cross-country skiing, floorball, gymnastics, and athletics. The club was founded in 1914 as Pargas Malms Idrottsförening but changed its name to its current title in 1916.

PIF played their first official match in 1916, their opponents being the Kimito based club Wrethalla and the match ended in a 2- 2 draw. In 1994 the club played one season in the Ykkönen, the second tier of the Finnish football system. They also have experienced two other seasons at the same level back in 1939 and 1948. Their records indicate that the club have had three spells in the Kakkonen (Second Division) in 1990–93, 1995 and 2000–06.^[1] At the end of the 2006 season they were relegated to the Kolmonen where they currently reside. In addition, PIF has played two seasons at the highest level in Futsal in Finland,

PIF is the youth club of Finnish international and former Charlton and Rangers player Jonatan "Tintin" Johansson, who has now returned to Turun Palloseura.

As of 17 September 2020

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 Arnold Uschanoff 3 DF  FIN Wille Öhman 4 MF  FIN Kristoffer Lövholm 6 MF  FIN Matias Lahti 7 MF  FIN Behar Cimili 8 DF  FIN Ville Ranta-Aho 9 FW  FIN Emil Peltonen 10 FW  FIN Gezim Voca 12 GK  FIN Rasmus Knuts 14 FW  FIN Allan Andersson 15 DF  FIN Roni Järvinen 17 FW  FIN Ted Rosenström 18 MF  FIN Viktor Johansson

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  GHA Saliw Babawo 20 MF  IRQ Yasser Al-Musawi 21 DF  FIN Paulus Kopperoinen 22 DF  FIN Lukas Eloranta 23 DF  FIN John Adolfsson 24 FW  FIN Kasper Fröjdö 25 MF  FIN Tomas Hradecký 26 MF  FIN Casper Nyberg 27 MF  FIN Samir Achkir 28 FW  FIN Elias Untamala 29 MF  FIN Niklas Rantanen 77 DF  FIN Arsalan Azizi — DF  FIN Frans Grönlund

The club runs a large number of teams including a men's team, a ladies' team, a veteran's side (Team 82 Oldboys) and 8 boys and 4 girls junior teams.

A key facility provided by the club is the Aktia Arena, a floodlit all-weather pitch that is 104 x 62 metres (or two junior pitches 62 x 45 metres). Some matches are played here but the main home venue is at Pajbacka.

PIF Men's Team are competing in the Kolmonen administered by the Turku SPL. This is the fourth highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2009 PIF finished in eleventh position in their Kolmonen section.

Pargas won the women's relay in Tiomila in 1999.^[2] The orienteering section was founded in 1945.

• Official Club Website
• Official Football Club Website
• Finnish Wikipedia
• Suomen Cup
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