IK Huge is a

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club located in

Gävle Gävle () is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 77,586 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland (Swede ...

Gävleborg County Gävleborg County ( sv, Gävleborgs län) is a county or '' län'' on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Uppsala, Västmanland, Dalarna, Jämtland and Västernorrland. The capital is Gävle. Provinces Gävleborg Cou ...

. The club has formerly also been playing

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 ...

Background

Idrottsklubben Huge is a sports club from the district of

Bomhus Bomhus is a district of Gävle, Sweden. It began to grow as an urban area after the sawmill Korsnäs AB moved from Korsnäs, Falun to the coast near Gävle in 1899. Korsnäs AB became a pulp and paper manufacturer in 1910. In 2012 it fused wi ...

in Gävle. The club was founded on 20 November 1927 through the merger of Kastets IF (formed 3 August 1920) and Bomhus IK (formed 10 July 1921). IK Huge is best known for achieving two

national championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...

in bandy in 1939 and 1940. While the bandy section has been disbanded the club is still active in football and ice-hockey. In the latter the club spent three seasons in the highest ice hockey league in 1949/50, 1950/51 and 1952/53. Since their foundation IK Huge has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the

Swedish football league system The Swedish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Sweden which is controlled by the Swedish Football Association The Swedish Football Association ( sv, Svenska Fotbollförbundet, SvFF) is the go ...

. The club currently plays in Division 3 Södra Norrland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at Kastvallen in Gävle. IK Huge are affiliated to

Gestriklands Fotbollförbund The Gestriklands Fotbollförbund ''(Gestrikland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Gästrikland in Norrland. Background Gestriklands Fotb ...

Recent history

In recent seasons IK Huge have competed in the following divisions: 2011 – Division III, Södra Norrland
2010 – Division III, Södra Norrland
2009 – Division III, Södra Norrland
2008 – Division III, Södra Norrland
2007 – Division III, Södra Norrland
2006 – Division IV, Gästrikland
2005 – Division IV, Gästrikland
2004 – Division IV, Gästrikland
2003 – Division IV, Gästrikland
2002 – Division III, Södra Norrland
2001 – Division III, Södra Norrland
2000 – Division IV, Gästrikland
1999 – Division IV, Gästrikland

Attendances

In recent seasons IK Huge have had the following average attendances:

Footnotes

External links

IK Huge
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IK Huge on Facebook
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