Alfta GIF is a

sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

Alfta Alfta is a locality situated in Ovanåker Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of Sw ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

, established on 10 November 1900. The club runs

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

and

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

, earlier even

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

. The men's bandy team played in the Swedish top division in 1941. The men's soccer team has played in the Swedish third division.International and Swedish Football – ''Sweden 3rd level alltime table 1928/29-''
/ref> The ice hockey section was established in 1947. The

skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IO ...

and track and field athletics sections have been inactive since 2002.

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* * {{Authority control 1900 establishments in Sweden Defunct bandy clubs in Sweden Football clubs in Gävleborg County Association football clubs established in 1900 Bandy clubs established in 1900 Handball clubs established in 1900 Ice hockey clubs established in 1900 Ice hockey teams in Gävleborg County Handball clubs in Sweden Athletics clubs in Sweden Ski clubs in Sweden Multi-sport clubs in Sweden