IFK Åmål is a
Swedish
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football
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club located in
Åmål
Åmål () is a locality and the seat of Åmål Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 9,065 inhabitants in 2010. It is situated on the western shore of Vänern.
In 2005 Åmål received second prize in the international competition ...
in
Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden.
The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1 ...
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Background
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Åmål is a sports club from Åmål that was founded in 1908. The club specialises in football and handball. At one time the club also participated in
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 ...
and in 1959 played in Sweden's top division. The football club played in Sweden's second-highest division in the 1927/28 season.
Since their foundation IFK Åmål has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the
Swedish football league system
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The Swedish Football Association ( sv, Svenska Fotbollförbundet, SvFF) is the go ...
. The club currently plays in Division 2 Norra Götaland which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Örnäsvallens IP in Åmål.
IFK Åmål are affiliated to
Dalslands Fotbollförbund
The Dalslands Fotbollförbund ''(Dalsland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical province of Dalsland.
Background
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Recent history
In recent seasons IFK Åmål have competed in the following divisions:
2018 - Division III, Västra Svealand
2017 - Division III, Västra Svealand
2016 - Division IV, Bohuslän/Dalsland
2015 - Division III, Nordvästra Götaland
2014 – Division II, Norra Götaland
2013 – Division II, Norra Götaland
2012 – Division III, Nordvästra Götaland
2011 – Division III, Nordvästra Götaland
2010 – Division IV, Bohuslän/Dal
2009 – Division IV, Bohuslän/Dal
2008 – Division III, Nordvästra Götaland
2007 – Division IV, Bohuslän/Dal
2006 – Division IV, Bohuslän/Dal
2005 – Division IV, Bohuslän/Dal
2004 – Division IV, Bohuslän/Dal
2003 – Division IV, Bohuslän/Dal
2002 – Division V, Dalsland
2000 – Division IV, Bohuslän/Dal
1999 – Division IV, Bohuslän/Dal
Attendances
In recent seasons IFK Åmål have had the following average attendances:
Footnotes
External links
IFK Åmålnbsp;– Official website
IFK Åmål on Facebook
Sport in Västra Götaland County
Football clubs in Västra Götaland County
Association football clubs established in 1908
Bandy clubs established in 1908
1908 establishments in Sweden
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna
Defunct bandy clubs in Sweden
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