IK Oddevold

IK Oddevold is a Swedish football club located in Uddevalla. The club, formed on 3 July 1932, currently plays in Sweden's second-flight league, Superettan. They play most of their home games at Rimnersvallen and they also have a newly built training facility called Thordéngården where they play most of their friendly games.^[1]

IK Oddevold

Full name	Idrottsklubben Oddevold
Founded	1932
Ground	Rimnersvallen, Uddevalla
Capacity	4,000
Chairman	Bengt Bäckman
Head Coach	Rikard Nilsson
League	Superettan
2024	12th
Website	http://www.oddevold.se
Home colours Away colours

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

The name "Oddevold" is an older form of Uddevalla. Formerly, Uddevalla belonged to Norway, and its name today comes from the original Norwegian Oddevald, which later turned into Oddevold, when the city was under Danish rule.

Season to season

Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1993	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	8th
1994	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	5th
1995	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	1st	Promoted
1996	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		14th	Relegated
1997	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	14th	Relegated
1998	Tier 3	Division 2	Västra Götaland	7th
1999	Tier 3	Division 2	Västra Götaland	10th	Relegated
2000	Tier 4	Division 3	Nordvästra Götaland	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
2001	Tier 4	Division 3	Nordvästra Götaland	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
2002	Tier 4	Division 3	Nordvästra Götaland	3rd
2003	Tier 4	Division 3	Nordvästra Götaland	1st	Promoted
2004	Tier 3	Division 2	Västra Götaland	8th
2005	Tier 3	Division 2	Västra Götaland	6th
2006*	Tier 4	Division 2	Västra Götaland	3rd
2007	Tier 4	Division 2	Västra Götaland	10th	Relegation Playoffs
2008	Tier 4	Division 2	Västra Götaland	1st	Promoted
2009	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	13th	Relegated
2010	Tier 4	Division 2	Västra Götaland	1st	Promoted
2011	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	4th
2012	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	3rd
2013	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
2014	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	5th
2015	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	4th
2016	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	7th
2017	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	9th
2018	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	9th
2019	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	16th	Relegated
2020	Tier 4	Division 2	Norra Götaland	2nd
2021	Tier 4	Division 2	Norra Götaland	1st	Promoted
2022	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	3rd
2023	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	1st	Promoted
2024	Tier 2	Superettan		12th

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.^{[2][3] [4]}

Attendances

In recent seasons IK Oddevold have had the following average attendances:

Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2007	267	Div 2 Västra Götaland	Tier 4
2008	467	Div 2 Västra Götaland	Tier 4
2009	478	Div 1 Södra	Tier 3
2010	691	Div 2 Västra Götaland	Tier 4
2011	618	Div 1 Södra	Tier 3
2012	884	Div 1 Södra	Tier 3
2013	690	Div 1 Södra	Tier 3

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.^[5]

Players

Current squad

As of 1 May 2025.^[6]

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 1 GK  SWE Armin Ibrahimović 3 DF  SWE Erik Hedenquist 4 DF  SWE Philip Engelbrektsson 5 DF  SWE Anton Snibb 6 DF  SWE Jesper Merbom Adolfsson 7 DF  SWE Filip Karlin 8 MF  SWE Oscar Iglicar Berntsson 9 FW  SWE Linus Tornblad 10 MF  SWE Liridon Kalludra 11 MF  MKD Daniel Krezic 12 GK  NOR Morten Sætra

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 FW  SWE Adam Stroud 14 MF  SWE Calle Ådahl 15 FW  NOR Adrian Rogulj (on loan from FC Emmen) 16 MF  NOR Emir Derviškadić (on loan from Haugesund) 17 MF  SWE Olle Kjellman Olblad 18 FW  SWE Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul (on loan from Halmstad) 20 MF  SWE Adam Engelbrektsson 21 DF  SWE Alexander Almqvist 23 DF  SWE Viktor Krüger 26 MF  SWE Gabriel Sandberg — GK  SWE Noel Hermansson

Out on loan

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  SWE Ëndrim Salihi (at Herrestads AIF until 30 June 2025)

Management

Organisation

As of 20 May 2012.^[7]

Position	Name
Chairman	Stefan Mattsson
Secretary	Leif Lindvärn

Technical staff

As of 20 June 2018.^[8]

Position	Name
Director of sports	Bjarne Svensson
Manager, Head Coach First Team	Janne Carlsson
Assistant coach First Team	Hans Prytz
Goalkeeping coach	Mattias Gustavvson
Equipment Manager/Team Manager	Ronny Albinsson

Achievements

League

• Division 1 Södra:
  • Winners (2): 1995, 2023
  • Runner-up (1): 2013
• Division 2 Västra Götaland:
  • Winners (2): 2008, 2010
• Division 3 Nordvästra Götaland:
  • Winners (1): 2003
  • Runner-up (2): 2000, 2001

Club records

• Biggest league victory: 14–0 vs. Groheds IF in Division 6, 20 May 1951^[9]
• Biggest league defeat: 0–6 vs. IFK Malmö in Division 2, 3 June 1963^[9]
• Highest league placement: 14th in Allsvenskan, 1996
• Highest attendance: 10,605 vs. IFK Göteborg, 2 May 1996^[10]
• Most league appearances: 252, Jan Kristiansson 1975–1987^[11]
• Most league goals:143, Tommy Reinhardt 1967–1970, 1976–1982^[11]

External links

• IK Oddevold – official website