Lemlands Idrottsförening or Lemlands IF is a
Finnish sports club situated in
Lemland in
Ă…land
Ă…land ( , ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland. Receiving its autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of Nations, it is the smallest region of Finland by both area () and population (30,54 ...
. The club is best known for its
football
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section. Lemlands IF is competing in the
Swedish Football Division 7
Division 7 is the ninth level in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 47 sections with 9 to 12 football teams in each.
The competition
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.
Wilhelm Ingves, a striker of the
Finnish Premier Division outfit
IFK Mariehamn
IFK Mariehamn is a Finnish football club based in Mariehamn, the capital of the Ă…land Islands. It plays in the Finnish Premier Division (''Veikkausliiga''), winning their first title in 2016. The club is managed by Gary Williams, and it plays ...
, is a former youth player of Lemlands IF.
The women's football section of Lemlands IF merged with
IF Finströms Kamraterna
IF Finströms Kamraterna (''also known as'' IF Finströmskamraterna and abbreviated IFFK) is a sports and football club in Åland
Ă…land ( , ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland. Receivin ...
in 2004. New club
Ă…land United
Ă…land United is a Finnish women's football club based in Lemland, Ă…land. They compete in the Kansallinen Liiga, the premier women's football league in Finland.
In 2004 Åland's clubs Lemlands IF and IF Finströms Kamraterna decided to st ...
has been playing in the Finnish top division
Kansallainen Liiga since 2006.
[{{cite web, url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fin-womhist.html, title=Finland - List of Women League First Level Tables, author=, date=, website=]RSSSF
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, accessdate=14 June 2019 The most notable female footballer of Lemlands IF is
Ing-Marie Holmberg, who represented
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
in 21 internationals during the 1990s.
References
External links
Lemlands IF homepage
Football clubs in Finland
Football in Ă…land