IFK Kalix is a
Swedish
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football
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club located in
Kalix
Kalix ( sv, Kalix; Kalix dialect: ''Kôlis'', , phonemically ; fi, Kainuu; fit, Kainus) is a locality and the seat of the Kalix Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. The name Kalix is believed to originate from the Sami word ''Gáláseatnu ...
in
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 ...
.
Background
IFK Kalix currently plays in
Division 3 Norra Norrland which is the fifth tier of
Swedish football
Association football is the most popular sport in Sweden, with over 240,000 licensed players (approximately 56,000 women and 184,000 men) with another 240,000 youth players. There are around 3,200 active clubs fielding over 8,500 teams, which ...
. They play their home matches at the Furuvallen in Kalix.
The club is affiliated to
Norrbottens Fotbollförbund
The Norrbottens Fotbollförbund ''(Norrbotten Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Norrbotten County.
Background
Norrbottens Fotbollförbun ...
.
IFK Kalix 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 1998.
The club used to have a
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 ...
department, but this was untied from the club in 1990, combined with
Nyborgs SK
Nyborgs Sportklubb, ''Nyborgs SK'', is a sports club in Nyborg, Kalix, Sweden. The team colours are blue and white. The club was founded on 10 March 1946 and is active playing bandy and association football.
In May 1990, the senior bandy team o ...
to form
Kalix BF
Kalix Bandyförening, is a bandy club from Kalix
Kalix ( sv, Kalix; Kalix dialect: ''Kôlis'', , phonemically ; fi, Kainuu; fit, Kainus) is a locality and the seat of the Kalix Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. The name Kalix is ...
. Kalix BF is now (2014) playing in
Elitserien
Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan.
Elitserien leagues at present:
* Elitserien (badmint ...
, the top-tier of Swedish bandy.
Season to season
Attendances
In recent seasons IFK Kalix have had the following average attendances:
Footnotes
External links
IFK Kalixnbsp;– Official website
Sport in Norrbotten County
Football clubs in Norrbotten County
Association football clubs established in 1921
Bandy clubs established in 1921
Defunct bandy clubs in Sweden
Kalix
Kalix ( sv, Kalix; Kalix dialect: ''Kôlis'', , phonemically ; fi, Kainuu; fit, Kainus) is a locality and the seat of the Kalix Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. The name Kalix is believed to originate from the Sami word ''Gáláseatnu ...
IFK Kalix
IFK Kalix is a Swedish football club located in Kalix in Norrbotten County.
Background
IFK Kalix currently plays in Division 3 Norra Norrland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Furuvallen in Kalix ...
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