IF Heimer

IF Heimer was a Swedish football club located in Lidköping in Lidköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County.^[1]

Full name	Idrottsföreningen Heimer
Founded	1906
Ground	Framnäs IP Lidköping Sweden
League	Defunct
Home colours Away colours

Background

IF Heimer was a sports club from Lidköping that was founded by several young men in the town on 18 March 1906.

Since their foundation IF Heimer has participated mainly in the middle divisions of the Swedish football league system. Their best period was in the 1920s including the years 1925 to 1928 when they played in Division 2 Västsvenska which was then the second tier of Swedish football. In 1941 they played a Division 2 promotion qualification match with Skogen before 4,027 spectators but their all time attendance record was the 4,178 people who attended a friendly match against IFK Norrkoping in 1948.^[2]

The lowest point for the club was in 1952 when they finished bottom of Division 5 but they subsequently played many years in Division 3 followed by spells in Division 2 over the last two decades.^[3] The club currently plays in Division 3 Mellersta Götaland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football.^[4] They have played their home matches at the Framnäs IP in Lidköping since 1915.^[5] In 2012 Heimer merged with Lidköpings IF to form Lidköpings FK.

IF Heimer was affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund.^[6]

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 1993 Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland 1st Promoted 1994 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 6th 1995 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 5th 1996 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 10th Relegation Playoffs 1997 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 9th 1998 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 9th 1999 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 5th 2000 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 8th 2001 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 10th Relegation Playoffs 2002 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 11th Relegated 2003 Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland 3rd 2004 Tier 4 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 1st Promoted 2005 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 8th 2006* Tier 4 Division 2 Mellersta Götaland 7th 2007 Tier 4 Division 2 Mellersta Götaland 12th Relegated 2008 Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland 9th 2009 Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland 3rd 2010 Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland 4th * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [7] [8] [9]

Attendances

In recent seasons IF Heimer have had the following average attendances:

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level 2005 485 Div 2 Västra Götaland Tier 3 2006 301 Div 2 Mellersta Götaland Tier 4 2007 469 Div 2 Mellersta Götaland Tier 4 2008 300 Div 3 Mellersta Götaland Tier 5 2009 281 Div 3 Mellersta Götaland Tier 5 2010 285 Div 3 Mellersta Götaland Tier 5 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [10]