IK Franke

IK Franke is a Swedish sports club located in Västerås in Västmanland.^[1]

IK Franke

Full name	Idrottsklubben Franke
Founded	1943; 82 years ago (1943)
Ground	Råby IP Västerås Sweden
Chairman	Mats Arne Bertil Rudolfsson
Head coach	Alexander Rubin
League	Division 2 Norra Svealand
2024	Division 2 Norra Svealand, 6th of 14
Home colours Away colours

Background

Idrottsklubben Franke was formed in 1943 and its main activity has been football despite the initial success came in bandy when the club won the national juniors championship in 1958. At youth level the football club has fostered future national team players such as Gary Sundgren and Pontus Kåmark. In 2010 the first team has been coached by Peter Markstedt, the former Hammarby IF player.

Since their foundation IK Franke has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The men's team currently plays in Division 3 Västra Svealand which is the fifth tier of Swedish football.^[2] The women's team plays at a similar level. The teams play their home matches at the Råby IP in Västerås.^[3]

IK Franke are affiliated to the Västmanlands Fotbollförbund.^[4]

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 1993 Tier 4 Division 3 Västra Svealand 6th 1994 Tier 4 Division 3 Östra Svealand 9th Relegation Playoffs – Relegated 1995 Tier 5 Division 4 Västmanland 6th 1996 Tier 5 Division 4 Västmanland 1st Promoted 1997 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand 9th Relegation Playoffs – Relegated 1998 Tier 5 Division 4 Västmanland 1st Promoted 1999 Tier 4 Division 3 Västra Svealand 8th 2000 Tier 4 Division 3 Västra Svealand 7th 2001 Tier 4 Division 3 Västra Svealand 8th 2002 Tier 4 Division 3 Västra Svealand 10th Relegated 2003 Tier 5 Division 4 Västmanland 8th 2004 Tier 5 Division 4 Västmanland 4th 2005 Tier 5 Division 4 Västmanland 1st Promoted 2006* Tier 5 Division 3 Västra Svealand 7th 2007 Tier 5 Division 3 Västra Svealand 11th Relegated 2008 Tier 6 Division 4 Västmanland 2nd 2009 Tier 6 Division 4 Västmanland 1st Promoted 2010 Tier 5 Division 3 Västra Svealand 5th 2011 Tier 5 Division 3 Norra Svealand 4th 2012 Tier 5 Division 3 Södra Svealand 3rd 2013 Tier 5 Division 3 Södra Svealand 8th 2014 Tier 5 Division 3 Västra Svealand 8th 2015 Tier 5 Division 3 Västra Svealand 2nd Promotion Playoffs – Promoted 2016 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 13th Relegated 2017 Tier 5 Division 3 Västra Svealand 4th 2018 Tier 5 Division 3 Norra Svealand 4th 2019 Tier 5 Division 3 Norra Svealand 5th 2020 Tier 5 Division 3 Norra Svealand * 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 IK Franke have had the following average attendances:

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level 2005 Not available Div 4 Västmanland Tier 5 2006 110 Div 3 Västra Svealand Tier 5 2007 115 Div 3 Västra Svealand Tier 5 2008 Not available Div 4 Västmanland Tier 6 2009 Not available Div 4 Västmanland Tier 6 2010 120 Div 3 Västra Svealand Tier 5 2011 87 Div 3 Norra Svealand Tier 5 2012 99 Div 3 Södra Svealand Tier 5 2013 94 Div 3 Södra Svealand Tier 5 2014 94 Div 3 Västra Svealand Tier 5 2015 ? Div 3 Västra Svealand Tier 5 2016 208 Div 2 Norra Svealand Tier 4 2017 119 Div 3 Västra Svealand Tier 5 2018 108 Div 3 Norra Svealand Tier 5 2019 ? Div 3 Norra Svealand Tier 5 2020 Div 3 Norra Svealand Tier 5 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [8]