IF VP Uppsala

IF VP Uppsala, earlier called IF Vindhemspojkarna, is a Swedish football club located in Uppsala.^[1]

IF VP Uppsala

Full name	Idrottsföreningen Vindhemspojkarna Uppsala
Nickname(s)	IF VP
Founded	7 January 1963
Ground	Ekebydalen Uppsala Sweden
Coach	Ronald Freiman
League	Division 5 Uppland Västra
2010	Division 5 Uppland Västra, 7th
Home colours

Background

The club started as a bandy club but branched out into many other sports. However, now all departments but the football has been terminated.

Since their foundation IF Vindhemspojkarna has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. IF VP played in the Swedish second division in 2000 and 2001. The club currently plays in Division 5 Uppland Västra which is the seventh tier of Swedish football.^[2] They play their home matches at the Ekebydalen in Uppsala.^[3]

IF Vindhemspojkarna are affiliated to the Upplands Fotbollförbund.^[4] Their home colours are orange shirts, blue shorts with blue socks.

During the 2003–2004 season, the men's bandy team qualified for the upcoming season edition of Allsvenskan.^[5] However, in August 2004 the club had to withdraw before the premiere following lack of players.^[6][7][8] The club was replaced in Allsvenskan with Västanfors IF from Fagersta.^[9] Following disappointment, it was announced in August 2004 that the club's bandy representation team would be dissolved.^[10][11] The youth bandy activity was merged with Danmarks IF as "VP/Danmark", before ending up dissolved.

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 1996 Tier 5 Division 4 Uppland 4th 1997 Tier 5 Division 4 Uppland 1st Promoted 1998 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand 6th 1999 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand 1st Promoted 2000 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 6th 2001 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 11th Relegated 2002 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand 8th 2003 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand 5th 2004 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand 11th Relegated 2005 Tier 5 Division 4 Uppland 9th 2006* Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland 4th 2007 Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland 4th 2008 Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland 12th Relegated 2009 Tier 7 Division 5 Uppland Norra 5th 2010 Tier 7 Division 5 Uppland Västra 7th 2011 Tier 7 Division 5 Uppland Östra 10th * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [12] [13] [14] [15]

Attendances

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

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level 2009 Not available Div 5 Uppland Norra Tier 7 2010 30 Div 5 Uppland västra Tier 7 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [16]