Degerfors IF is a Swedish

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located in Degerfors. The club, formed 13 January 1907, is currently playing in the highest tier in Swedish football,

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

Background

Degerfors IF first played in the

in 1939 making use of their new home ground at Stora Valla. Up until 1966 the club regularly appeared in the Allsvenskan but in recent decades they have played at the highest level for 5 seasons from 1993 to 1997. Their record attendance is 21,065 spectators when Degerfors IF played IFK Norrköping in 1963. The club is affiliated to the Värmlands Fotbollförbund.

Season to season

Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

Retired numbers

12 – Fans of the club

Staff

Current technical staff

Managers

Arnold Andersson-Tagner Arnold may refer to: People * Arnold (given name), a masculine given name * Arnold (surname), a German and English surname Places Australia * Arnold, Victoria, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria Canada * Arnold, Nova Scotia Un ...

(1936–37) *

István Wampetits István Wampetits, also spelled as István Vampetich (1903–1993) was a Hungarian-Swedish football player and coach. Wampetits coached Debreceni VSC, Degerfors IF, Malmö FF, Kalmar FF, AIK, Halmstads BK, Örgryte IS and HIFK HIFK, the ...

(1937–44) *

Einar Skeppstedt Einar is a Scandinavian given name deriving from the Old Norse name Einarr, which according to Guðbrandur Vigfússon is directly connected with the concept of the einherjar, warriors who died in battle and ascended to Valhalla in Norse mytholo ...

(1945–47) *

Edmund Crawford Edmond Crawford (31 October 1906 – 13 December 1977) was an English footballer and football manager. Playing career Crawford started his career as an amateur when joining his two brothers at Filey Town in February 1922. He moved to Scarboro ...

(1948–49) * Karl-Erik Jakobsson (1950) *

Imre Markos Imre Markos (9 June 1908 – 27 September 1960) was a Hungarian football player and coach. Career Playing career Markos, who played as a forward, spent his professional career in both Hungary and France, playing for Bocskai FC and Stade Rennai ...

(1951–53) * Gunnar Andersson (1953) *

Karl Neschy Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austrian ...

(1954–57) *

Olle Åhlund Sten Olov “Olle” Åhlund (22 August 1920 – 11 February 1996) was a Swedish footballer, who played for Degerfors IF. He played 34 games for the Swedish national team and won the bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer O ...

(1957–59) *

Bill Burnikell William Frederick Burnikell (9 December 1910 – May 1980) was an English professional football player and manager. His surname was also spelt Burnicle. Career Born in Southwick, Burnikell played as a left half for Lincoln City, Bradford City ...

(1960–61) *

Tore Karlsson Tore Lennart Karlsson (3 December 1924 – 20 February 2003) was a Swedish boxer. He competed in the middleweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as Lo ...

(1961) * Gunnar Nordahl (1961–64) * Vilmos Varszegi (1965–66) *

Ernst Bohlin Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (1975- ...

(1961–67) *

(1968) * Åke Klintberg (1969) *

(1970) *

(1971–72) *

Håkan Höglander Håkan is a common Swedish given name. It has a common origin with the Norwegian given name Haakon (modern Norwegian Håkon, Danish Hakon) in the Old Norse ''Hákon''. The meaning of the name is disputed but a possible meaning is "high son" from ...

(1973–74) *

Curt Edenvik Kurt is a male given name of Germanic or Turkish origin. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor. In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and is ...

(1975) * Tord Grip (1976) *

Sven-Göran Eriksson Sven-Göran Eriksson (; born 5 February 1948) is a Swedish football manager and former player. After an unassuming playing career as a right-back, Eriksson went on to experience major success in club management between 1977 and 2001, winning 18 ...

(1977–78) * Lars-Åke Bäckström (1979–80) *

Peter Pallman Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a ...

(1980) *

Janusz Pekowski Janusz Pekowski (born 22 November 1945) is a Polish former football player and coach. Playing career Pekowski was born in Golub-Dobrzyń. He played for Energetyk Poznań. Coaching career Pekowski managed Lech Poznań, Widzew Łódź, Arka Gd ...

(1981–82) * Dave Mosson (1983–85) *

Björn Juhlin Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

(1986–87) *

Lars Henriksson Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". A homonymous Etruscan name was borne ...

(1988) *

Kenneth Sundkvist Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a by ...

(1989) * Sören Cratz (1990–92) *

Börje Andersson Börje is an old Swedish male name. It is a cognate of Birger;Elof Hellquist, ''Svensk etymologisk ordbok''. Lund 1922. Börje is the form that has developed naturally according to the sound change laws of Swedish, whilst Birger is a literary for ...

(1993) * Erik Hamrén (1994) * Sören Cratz (1995–96) *

Bosse Nilsson Bo Tommy Leonard "Bosse" Nilsson (born 18 August 1944) is a Swedish football manager and former footballer (defender). He played for Tjörnarps BoIF, IFK Hässleholm and Djurgårdens IF. He coached IFK Hässleholm, Mjällby AIF, Helsingb ...

(1997) *

Örjan Glans Örjan (OErjan) is an old Swedish male name originating from the Low German name ''Jurian'' or ''Jurien'' which is a variant of George. The Name Day in Sweden is July 9. The Norwegian version of the name is Ørjan. The name has been present ...

(1998) *

Kenneth Norling Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a b ...

(1999–2001) * Dave Mosson (2002–04) *

Tony Gustavsson Tony Gustavsson (born 14 August 1973) is a Swedish professional football manager and former player who works as head coach of the Australia women's national team. He is best known for his managerial success in women's football, leading Tyres� ...

(2005–06) *

Mark Selmer Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Fi ...

(2007) * Milenko Vukčević (2007) * Jan Stahre (2008) *

Patrik Werner Patrik Werner (born 16 March 1976) is a Swedish football manager and former player. He works at Degerfors IF Degerfors IF is a Swedish football club located in Degerfors. The club, formed 13 January 1907, is currently playing in the highes ...

(2009–2016)http://www.nwt.se/sport/folj_degerfors/article1116863.ece?service=mobile * Stefan Jacobsson (2016–2019) *

Tobias Solberg Tobias is the transliteration of the Greek which is a translation of the Hebrew biblical name he, טוֹבִיה, Toviyah, JahGod is good, label=none. With the biblical Book of Tobias being present in the Deuterocanon/ Apocrypha of the Bi ...

and Andreas Holmberg (2020–)

Achievements

League

: **Runners-up (2): 1940–41, 1963 *

Division 1 Norra Ettan Fotboll, or simply Ettan ( en, the one), which also is its common name in everyday speech, is the third level in the Swedish football league system and consists of 32 Swedish football teams. It was formerly simply known as ''Division 1''. ...

: ** Winners (1): 2009

Cups

* Svenska Cupen: **Winners (1): 1992–93

Footnotes

External links

Degerfors IF
nbsp;– official site
Vulkanerna
nbsp;– official supporter club site
Degerfors IF J
nbsp;– official site for the junior team {{Authority control Football clubs in Örebro County Allsvenskan clubs