Sandvikens IF

Sandvikens IF is a Swedish football club located in Sandviken. The club, formed 6 June 1918, has played 21 seasons in the highest Swedish league, but is in the third highest Swedish league, Division 1. Sandvikens IF are affiliated to the Gestriklands Fotbollförbund.[1]

Sandvikens IF
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Full nameSandvikens Idrottsförening
Nickname(s)Järngänget (The Iron Gang)
Stålmännen (The Steel Men)
Rödvästarna (The Red Vests)
Founded6 June 1918 (6 June 1918)
GroundJernvallen,
Sandviken
Capacity7,000
ChairmanPeter Svensson
Head CoachThomas Gabrielsson
LeagueDivision 1 Norra
2019Division 1 Norra, 7th
A chart showing the progress of Sandvikens IF through the swedish football league system. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.
Sandviken playing a 1956–57 Allsvenskan game at home against IFK Norrköping.
Jernvallen

As Sandviken is an industrial community, dominated by the steel and metal corporation Sandvik, the team has been much influenced by this. The name of the home ground, Jernvallen, would translate approximately as The Iron Ground, while the nicknames Järngänget and Stålmännen are self-explaining. Stålmännen has a double meaning, as it also is the plural form of Stålmannen, the Swedish name for Superman.

Season to season
Season Level Division Section Position Movements
1993 Tier 4 Division 3 Södra Norrland 1st Promoted
1994 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 11th Relegated
1995 Tier 4 Division 3 Södra Norrland 1st Promoted
1996 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 2nd Promotion Playoffs
1997 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 2nd Promotion Playoffs
1998 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 5th
1999 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 6th
2000 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 8th
2001 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 8th
2002 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 12th Relegated
2003 Tier 4 Division 3 Södra Norrland 1st Promoted
2004 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 6th
2005 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 6th
2006* Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 3rd
2007 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 3rd
2008 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 5th
2009 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 6th
2010 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 5th
2011 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 2nd Promoted
2012 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 9th
2013 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 12th Relegated
2014 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 4th
2015 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 2nd
2016 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 1st Promoted
2017 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 10th
2018 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 6th

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [2] [3] [4]

Current squad
As of 26 February 2018[5][6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Sweden SWE Pontus Norrby
2 DF Sweden SWE Gustav Thörn
3 DF Sweden SWE Emil Molin
4 DF Sweden SWE Mohammed Kamara
5 DF Sweden SWE Niclas Håkansson
6 MF Sweden SWE Sebastian Vigerbäck
7 MF Ukraine UKR Vyacheslav Koydan
8 MF Sweden SWE Jens Åberg
9 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Irhan Smajić
10 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Namir Alispahić
11 MF Sweden SWE Kyria Kambusi
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF Sweden SWE Jonathan Hellström
16 MF Sweden SWE Melker Dahlqvist
19 DF Sweden SWE Aram Abed
20 FW Sweden SWE Rasmus Eriksson
21 DF Sweden SWE Christoffer Aspgren
22 DF Sweden SWE Jimmy Hansson
23 DF Sweden SWE Olof Mård
30 FW Sweden SWE Marcus Hägg
31 GK Sweden SWE Elias Lindgren
52 GK Sweden SWE Tim Markström

Achievements
  • Allsvenskan:
    • Best placement (3rd): 1935–36 – and gained thereby the Little Silver medals.

Footnotes
  1. "Distrikten Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Gestriklands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  2. "GAIS – Lagfacta – Sandvikens IF". Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  3. "Norra Svealand — Division 2 – Fotbollsserier 2010 – Fotboll – everysport.com". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  4. "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning". Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  5. "Truppen". Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  6. "Truppen". Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
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