IFK Luleå

IFK Luleå is a Swedish professional football club formed in 1900, located in Luleå. The club merged with Luleå FF and played under the name Luleå FF/IFK from 1986 to 1989.

IFK Luleå

Full name	Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Luleå
Founded	20 September 1900; 124 years ago (20 September 1900)
Ground	Skogsvallen Luleå Sweden
Capacity	5,000
Coach	Ben Hanley
League	Division 1
2022	D2 Norrland, 3rd of 14
Website	www.ifklulea.se
Home colours Away colours

History

A chart showing the progress of IFK Luleå through the swedish football league system. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.

IFK Luleå was originally founded in the year 1900, but went dormant after some years. In 1920, the sports club IK Gyltzau won the Norrbotten district championship in bandy and this club was then renamed as a revived IFK Luleå, which continued to play bandy for many years. In 1932 and 1934 the bandy district championship was won again, now under the IFK name.^[1]

IFK Luleå played one season in the Allsvenskan in 1971, the top-tier of Swedish football, but after a promising start their stay was short-lived as they were relegated at the end of the season. In the late 1980s and most of the 1990s the club enjoyed their heyday by playing in Division 1 Norra, which at that time was the second tier of Swedish football. Over the last decade IFK Luleå have been competing in the Division 2 Norrland which is now the fourth tier of the Swedish football league system. For 4 consecutive seasons between 2006 and 2009 they have experienced the frustration of finishing in second position and consequently missing out on promotion.

In 2010 under new coach Fredrik Waara did they finally finish in first place and receive promotion to Division 1 Norra where they finished in tenth place during the next two seasons.

The club is affiliated to the Norrbottens Fotbollförbund.^[2]

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 1993 Tier 2 Division 1 Norra 5th 1994 Tier 2 Division 1 Norra 3rd 1995 Tier 2 Division 1 Norra 6th 1996 Tier 2 Division 1 Norra 9th 1997 Tier 2 Division 1 Norra 7th 1998 Tier 2 Division 1 Norra 14th Relegated 1999 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Norrland 4th 2000 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Norrland 1st Promotion play-offs 2001 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 1st Promotion play-offs 2002 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 4th 2003 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 7th 2004 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 3rd 2005 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 7th 2006* Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 2nd 2007 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 2nd 2008 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 2nd 2009 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 2nd 2010 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 1st Promoted 2011 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 10th 2012 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 10th 2013 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 5th 2014 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 10th 2015 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 3rd 2016 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 11th Relegation play-offs 2017 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 14th Relegated 2018 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 5th 2019 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 1st Promoted 2020 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.[3][4][5]

Current squad

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 — FW  SSD David Majak

Attendances

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

Season Average attendance Division/section Level 2005 362 Div 2 Norrland Tier 3 2006 336 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4 2007 487 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4 2008 280 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4 2009 699 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4 2010 485 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4 2011 866 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 2012 441 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 2013 560 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 2014 432 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 2015 774 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 2016 616 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 2017 427 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 2018 ? Div 2 Norrland Tier 4 2019 ? Div 2 Norrland Tier 4 2020 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.[6]

Achievements

League

• Division 1 Norra
  • Runners-up (2): 1991, 1992