Assi IF is a Swedish football team, located in

Risögrund Risögrund is a locality situated in Kalix Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 697 inhabitants in 2010. Sports The following sports clubs are located in Risögrund: * Assi IF Assi IF is a Swedish football team, located in Risögrund, ...

, Kalix Municipality,

Norrbotten County Norrbotten County ( sv, Norrbottens län; se, Norrbottena leatna, fi, Norrbottenin lääni) is the northernmost county or '' län'' of Sweden. It is also the largest county by land area, almost a quarter of Sweden's total area. It shares border ...

, currently playing in Division 2 Norrland.

Background

Assi IF is a club that dates back to 1915. The current club was established in 1968 when Karlsborgs IK and Risöns AIS merged under the influence of the AB Statens Skogsindustrier. The men's team has played in the lower divisions of the

Swedish football league system The Swedish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Sweden which is controlled by the Swedish Football Association The Swedish Football Association ( sv, Svenska Fotbollförbundet, SvFF) is the go ...

in Divisions 2, 3, 4 and 5. The club's most successful period was in the late 1990s when they spent 3 seasons in Division 2 in

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

and

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. The women's soccer team played in the Swedish top division in

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. The club has made considerable development in recent years and is now the largest in Eastern Norrbotten with 800 members of whom around 350 are active. The club run a large number of teams many of which face log trips for competitive matches. The club won the

Midnattsolscupen Midnattsolscupen (Midnight Sun Cup) is a football tournament which is played annually in July in the Tornedalen (Norrbotten County) in northern Sweden. Background The Midnattsolscupen tournament is organised by the Polcirkeln/Svanstein FF, Ohtana/A ...

(Midnight Sun Cup) in 1991, 1995 and 1999. The club is affiliated to the Norrbottens Fotbollförbund.

Season to season

2013 squad

Staff and board members

* Lennart Vikström – President * Ingela Resin – Secretary * Soren Hahto – Treasurer * Bertil Johansson – Director

External links

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Official Website
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Footnotes

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