IF VP Uppsala, earlier called IF Vindhemspojkarna, is a

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club located in

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Background

The club started as a

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club but branched out into many other sports. However, now all departments but the football has been terminated. Since their foundation IF Vindhemspojkarna has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the

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. IF VP played in the Swedish second division in 2000 and 2001. The club currently plays in Division 5 Uppland Västra which is the seventh tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Ekebydalen in Uppsala. IF Vindhemspojkarna are affiliated to the

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. Their home colours are orange shirts, blue shorts with blue socks. During the 2003–2004 season, the men's bandy team qualifyed for the upcoming season edition of

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. However, in August 2004 the club had to withdraw before the premiere following lack of players. The club was replaced in Allsvenskan with

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from

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. Following disappointment, it was announced in August 2004 that the club's bandy representation team would be dissolved. The youth bandy activity was merged with Danmarks IF as "VP/Danmark", before ending up dissolved.

Season to season

Attendances

In recent seasons IF Vindhemspojkarna have had the following average attendances:

Footnotes

External links

IF Vindhemspojkarna
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