Sandvikens IF

Sandvikens IF is a Swedish football club located in Sandviken. The club, formed 6 June 1918, has played 21 seasons in the highest Swedish league, but is in the second highest Swedish league, Superettan. Sandvikens IF are affiliated to the Gestriklands Fotbollförbund.^[1]

Sandvikens IF

Full name	Sandvikens Idrottsförening
Nickname(s)	Järngänget (The Iron Gang) Stålmännen (The Steel Men) Rödvästarna (The Red Vests)
Founded	6 June 1918; 106 years ago (6 June 1918)
Ground	Jernvallen, Sandviken
Capacity	7,000
Chairman	Peter Svensson
Head coach	Eldar Abdulic
League	Superettan
2024	6th of 16
Website	www.sandvikensiffotboll.se
Home colours Away colours

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

Sandviken playing a 1956–57 Allsvenskan game at home against IFK Norrköping.

Jernvallen

As Sandviken is an industrial community, dominated by the steel and metal corporation Sandvik, the team has been much influenced by this. The name of the home ground, Jernvallen, would translate approximately as The Iron Ground, while the nicknames Järngänget and Stålmännen are self-explaining in Swedish ("The Iron gang" and "The Men of Steel"). Stålmännen has a double meaning, as it also is the plural form of Stålmannen, the Swedish name for Superman.

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 1993 Tier 4 Division 3 Södra Norrland 1st Promoted 1994 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 11th Relegated 1995 Tier 4 Division 3 Södra Norrland 1st Promoted 1996 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 2nd Promotion Playoffs 1997 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 2nd Promotion Playoffs 1998 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 5th 1999 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 6th 2000 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 8th 2001 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 8th 2002 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 12th Relegated 2003 Tier 4 Division 3 Södra Norrland 1st Promoted 2004 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 6th 2005 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 6th 2006* Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 3rd 2007 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 3rd 2008 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 5th 2009 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 6th 2010 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 5th 2011 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 2nd Promoted 2012 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 9th 2013 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 12th Relegated 2014 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 4th 2015 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 2nd 2016 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 1st Promoted 2017 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 10th 2018 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 6th 2019 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 7th 2020 Tier 3 Ettan Norra 6th 2021 Tier 3 Ettan Norra 3rd 2022 Tier 3 Ettan Norra 2rd Promotion Playoffs 2023 Tier 3 Ettan Norra 1st Promoted 2024 Tier 2 Superettan 6th * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.[2] [3] [4]

Current squad

As of 5 May 2025^[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 Hannes Sveijer 2 DF  SWE Gustav Thörn 3 DF  SWE Adam Harrysson 4 DF  SWE Olle Samuelsson 5 DF  SWE Taulant Parallangaj 6 MF  SWE Liam Vabö 7 MF  SWE Johan Arvidsson 8 MF  SWE Daniel Söderberg 9 FW  SWE William Thellsson 10 FW  SWE Moonga Simba 11 FW  SWE Oscar Sjöstrand 12 GK  SWE Christopher Redenstrand 13 DF  SWE Isac Lindholm 14 MF  SWE Victor Backman 15 MF  SWE Filip Olsson (on loan from IK Sirius)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  GHA Mohammed Sadat Abubakari 17 MF  MLI Mamadou Kouyaté 19 MF  RWA Yannick Mukunzi 20 MF  SWE Pontus Carlsson 21 MF  SWE Adam Kiani 22 FW  SWE Ruben Martin 23 DF  SWE Emil Engqvist 26 DF  SWE Linus Tagesson 30 GK  SWE Otto Lindell 42 MF  SWE Mohammed Mohammed 45 DF  SWE Kasper Harletun 71 GK  SWE Mahmoud Kiki Kharsi 99 FW  SWE Kim Käck Ofordu — MF  CAN Kamron Habibullah

Achievements

• Allsvenskan:
  • Best placement (3rd): 1935–36 – and gained thereby the Little Silver medals.

External links

• Sandvikens IF – official site