Hofors AIF is a

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club located in

Hofors Hofors () is a locality and the seat of Hofors Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 6,681 inhabitants in 2010. Districts *Born *Böle *Bönhusberget *Centrum *Göklund *Hammaren *Lillån *Muntebo *Rönningen *Silverdale ...

Background

Hofors Allmänna Idrottsförening is a sports club from Hofors in Gästrikland and was formed in 1924. The club specialises in football, track and field and skiing. In the past the club has also participated in orienteering, bandy and swimming. The club's top athlete was middle distance runner Olle Åberg who took part in the Olympics in 1952 and set numerous world records. Hofors AIF currently plays in

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Gestrikland which is the sixth tier of

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. Between 1940/41 and 1942/43 the club played three seasons in the Second Division which at that time was second tier of the

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. They play their home matches at the Stålringen in Hofors. The club is affiliated to

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. Hofors AIF have competed in the

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on 17 occasions and have played 37 matches in the competition. In the

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they reached the quarter-finals of the competition before going down 1–6 at home to

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before 3,090 spectators.

Season to season

In their most successful period Hofors AIF competed in the following divisions: In recent seasons Hofors AIF have competed in the following divisions:

Footnotes

External links

Hofors AIF
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Hofors AIF on Facebook
Sport in Gävleborg County Football clubs in Gävleborg County Association football clubs established in 1924 Bandy clubs established in 1924 1924 establishments in Sweden Defunct bandy clubs in Sweden {{Sweden-footyclub-stub