Norrby IF

Norrby IF is a Swedish professional football club based in Borås. Founded on 27 April 1927, the club is currently competing in the Superettan.

Norrby IF

Full name	Norrby Idrottsförening
Founded	27 April 1927; 98 years ago (1927-04-27)
Ground	Borås Arena
Capacity	16,200[1]
Manager	Mak Lind
League	Ettan
2024	Ettan Södra, 8th
Website	https://www.norrbyif.se
Home colours Away colours

Borås Arena

Background

The club's best achievement was being promoted to Allsvenskan (top level of Swedish football), after winning the second division in 1955. In Allsvenskan the team only managed to win three games, and were relegated after just one season, and have never returned to top-level football.

Norrby IF's average attendance in the top division, established through the course of the sole 1956 season, is 9,971.

The club is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund.^[2]

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 1940–41 Tier 4 Division 4 ? 1st Promoted 1941–42 Tier 3 Division 3 Västsvenska Norra 8th 1942–43 Tier 3 Division 3 Västsvenska Norra 8th 1943–44 Tier 3 Division 3 Västsvenska Norra 6th 1944–45 Tier 3 Division 3 Västsvenska Norra 2nd 1945–46 Tier 3 Division 3 Västsvenska Norra 4th 1946–47 Tier 3 Division 3 Västsvenska Norra 1st Promotion Playoffs – Not Promoted 1947–48 Tier 3 Division 3 Västra 5th 1948–49 Tier 3 Division 3 Västra 2nd 1949–50 Tier 3 Division 3 Västra 1st Promoted 1950–51 Tier 2 Division 2 Sydvästra 6th 1951–52 Tier 2 Division 2 Sydvästra 3rd 1952–53 Tier 2 Division 2 Sydvästra 3rd 1953–54 Tier 2 Division 2 Götaland 3rd 1954–55 Tier 2 Division 2 Götaland 1st Promoted 1955–56 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 11th Relegated 1956–57 Tier 2 Division 2 Västra Götaland 4th 1957–58 Tier 2 Division 2 Västra Götaland 3rd 1959 Tier 2 Division 2 Västra Götaland 9th 1960 Tier 2 Division 2 Västra Götaland 3rd 1961 Tier 2 Division 2 Västra Götaland 4th 1962 Tier 2 Division 2 Västra Götaland 3rd 1963 Tier 2 Division 2 Västra Götaland 4th 1964 Tier 2 Division 2 Västra Götaland 10th Relegated 1965 Tier 3 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 4th 1966 Tier 3 Division 3 Nordvästra Götaland 5th 1967 Tier 3 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 1st Promoted 1968 Tier 2 Division 2 Norra Götaland 10th Relegated 1969 Tier 3 Division 3 Nordvästra Götaland 1st Promoted 1970 Tier 2 Division 2 Norra Götaland 10th Relegated 1971 Tier 3 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 4th 1972 Tier 3 Division 3 Nordvästra Götaland 3rd 1973 Tier 3 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 1st Promotion Playoffs – Not Promoted 1974 Tier 3 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 4th 1975 Tier 3 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 1st Promotion Playoffs – Promoted 1976 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 5th 1977 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 7th 1978 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 2nd 1979 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 12th Relegated 1980 Tier 3 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland 1st Promotion Playoffs – Not Promoted 1981 Tier 3 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland 1st Promotion Playoffs – Not Promoted 1982 Tier 3 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland 2nd 1983 Tier 3 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland 1st Promotion Playoffs – Promoted 1984 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 7th 1985 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 5th 1986 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 14th Relegated 1987 Tier 3 Division 3 Västra 6th 1988 Tier 3 Division 3 Västra 11th 1989 Tier 3 Division 3 Västra 7th 1990 Tier 3 Division 3 Västra 6th 1991 Tier 3 Division 3 Östra Götaland 2nd Spring – Promotion Playoff – Not Promoted 1991 Tier 3 Division 3 Östra Götaland 5th Autumn 1992 Tier 3 Division 3 Östra Götaland 2nd Spring – Promotion Playoff – Not Promoted 1992 Tier 3 Division 3 Östra Götaland 5th Autumn 1993 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 4th 1994 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 2nd Promotion Playoffs – Promoted 1995 Tier 2 Division 1 Södra 11th Relegated 1996 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 1st Promoted 1997 Tier 2 Division 1 Södra 10th 1998 Tier 2 Division 1 Södra 11th Relegated 1999 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 1st Promotion Playoffs 2000 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 6th 2001 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 6th 2002 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 11th Relegated 2003 Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland 1st Promoted 2004 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 2nd 2005 Tier 3 Division 2 Mellersta Götaland 2nd Promoted 2006* Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 3rd 2007 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 10th 2008 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 13th Relegated 2009 Tier 4 Division 2 Mellersta Götaland 1st Promoted 2010 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 9th 2011 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 8th 2012 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 13th Relegated 2013 Tier 4 Division 2 Västra Götaland 1st Promoted 2014 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 6th 2015 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 10th 2016 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 2nd Promoted 2017 Tier 2 Superettan 10th 2018 Tier 2 Superettan 12th 2019 Tier 2 Superettan 9th 2020 Tier 2 Superettan 11th 2021 Tier 2 Superettan 4th 2022 Tier 2 Superettan 15th Relegated * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.[3]

Players

Current squad

As of 8 February 2025^[4][5]

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 Sebastian Banozic 2 MF  SWE David Bendrik 3 DF  SWE Johannes Engvall (on loan from Häcken) 4 MF  SWE Linus Dahl 5 DF  SWE Vidar Svendsén 6 MF  SWE Joel Hjalmar (on loan from Häcken) 7 DF  SWE Alen Krasnici 8 MF  SWE Malte Wester 9 FW  SWE Richard Yarsuvat 10 FW  SWE Jamie Bachis 11 MF  SWE Max Andersson 12 GK  SWE Tim Svensson Lillvik

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF  SWE Oskar Gaschet Lundgren 14 MF  SWE Olle Backlund 15 MF  SWE Leon Isa 16 FW  NGA Yusuf Abdulazeez (on loan from Mjällby AIF) 17 DF  SWE Ture Spendler 18 MF  SWE Jonathan Edenvik 19 FW  SWE Musse Bäck Engström 20 MF  SWE Lendi Haziraj 22 MF  SWE Teo Helge 23 GK  SWE Albin Neziri 24 FW  SWE Lukas Paulsén

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

Management

Technical staff

As of 4 April 2018

Name Role Mak Lind Manager Korosh Hatami Head coach Fredrik Berglund Assistant coach Christian Carlsson Goalkeeping coach

Attendances

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

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level 2005 559 Div 2 Mellersta Götaland Tier 3 2006 336 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2007 286 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2008 295 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2009 381 Div 2 Mellersta Götaland Tier 4 2010 512 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2011 634 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2012 480 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2013 438 Div 2 Västra Götaland Tier 4 2014 398 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2015 415 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2016 722 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2017 790 Superettan Tier 2 2018 657 Superettan Tier 2 2019 543 Superettan Tier 2 2020 0 Superettan Tier 2 2021 427 Superettan Tier 2 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.[6]

Achievements

League

• Division 1 Södra:
  • Runners-up (1): 2016