IFK Kalix

IFK Kalix is a Swedish football club located in Kalix in Norrbotten County.^[1]

Full name	Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Kalix
Ground	Furuvallen Kalix Sweden
Chairman	Henrietta Snoddgrass
Head coach	Jouko Liakka
League	Division 3 Norra Norrland
Home colours

Background

IFK Kalix currently plays in Division 3 Norra Norrland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football.^[2] They play their home matches at the Furuvallen in Kalix.^[3]

The club is affiliated to Norrbottens Fotbollförbund.^[4] IFK Kalix won the Midnattsolscupen (Midnight Sun Cup) in 1998.

The club used to have a bandy department, but this was untied from the club in 1990, combined with Nyborgs SK to form Kalix BF. Kalix BF is now (2014) playing in Elitserien, the top-tier of Swedish bandy.

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 1993 Tier 5 Division 4 Norrbotten Norra 1st Promoted 1994 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Norrland 3rd 1995 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Norrland 8th 1996 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Norrland 7th 1997 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Norrland 8th 1998 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Norrland 2nd Promotion Playoffs 1999 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Norrland 2nd 2000 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Norrland 11th Relegated 2001 Tier 5 Division 4 Norrbotten Norra 7th 2002 Tier 5 Division 4 Norrbotten Norra 5th 2003 Tier 5 Division 4 Norrbotten Norra 4th 2004 Tier 5 Division 4 Norrbotten Norra 4th 2005 Tier 5 Division 4 Norrbotten Norra 7th 2006* Tier 6 Division 4 Norrbotten Norra 4th 2007 Tier 6 Division 4 Norrbotten Norra 3rd 2008 Tier 6 Division 4 Norrbotten Norra 1st Promoted 2009 Tier 5 Division 3 Norra Norrland 10th Relegated 2010 Tier 6 Division 4 Norrbotten Norra 2nd Promoted 2011 Tier 5 Division 3 Norra Norrland 9th Relegation Playoffs – Relegated 2016 Tier 5 Division 3 Norra Norrland 5th 2017 Tier 5 Division 3 Norra Norrland 2nd Promotion Playoffs * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [5] [6] [7]

Attendances

In recent seasons IFK Kalix have had the following average attendances:

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level 2008 Not available Div 4 Norrbotten Norra Tier 6 2009 208 Div 3 Norra Norrland Tier 5 2010 139 Div 4 Norrbotten Norra Tier 6 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website and European Football Statistics website.[8] [9]