Junsele IF

Junsele IF is a Swedish football club located in Junsele in Sollefteå Municipality, Västernorrland County.^[1]

Junsele IF

Full name	Junsele Idrottsförening
Nickname(s)	JIF
Founded	1908
Ground	Mons IP Junsele Sweden
Chairman	Stig Malmqvist Sven Ulander (Football)
League	Division 2 Norrland
2010	Division 3 Mellersta Norrland, 1st (Promoted)
Home colours

Background

Junsele Idrottsförening is a sports club from Junsele that was founded in 1908. The club specialises in the sports of football, cross country skiing, alpine skiing, tennis, fitness and ice hockey.^[2]

Since their foundation Junsele IF has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. In the 2010 season the club finished top of Division 3 Mellersta Norrland, which is the fifth tier of Swedish football, and have won promotion to Division 2 for the first time.^[3] They play their home matches at the Mons IP in Junsele.^[4]

Junsele IF are affiliated to the Ångermanlands Fotbollförbund.^[5]

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 1999 Tier 5 Division 4 Ångermanland 10th 2000 Tier 5 Division 4 Ångermanland 6th 2001 Tier 5 Division 4 Ångermanland 9th 2002 Tier 5 Division 4 Ångermanland 12th Relegated 2003 Tier 6 Division 5 Ångermanland 2nd Promoted 2004 Tier 5 Division 4 Ångermanland 6th 2005 Tier 5 Division 4 Ångermanland 1st Promoted 2006* Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 5th 2007 Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 7th 2008 Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 9th 2009 Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 9th 2010 Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 1st Promoted 2011 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 12th Relegated * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [6] [7] [8]

Attendances

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

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level 2005 Not available Div 4 Ångermanland Tier 5 2006 216 Div 3 Mellersta Norrland Tier 5 2007 210 Div 3 Mellersta Norrland Tier 5 2008 173 Div 3 Mellersta Norrland Tier 5 2009 133 Div 3 Mellersta Norrland Tier 5 2010 176 Div 3 Mellersta Norrland Tier 5 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [9]

The attendance record for Junsele IF was around 1,400 spectators for the match against Ådalslidens SK in 1961 (Division 4 Ångermanland).^[10]