Kållered SK is a

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club located in Kållered in

Mölndal Municipality Mölndal Municipality (''Mölndals kommun'' or ''Mölndals stad'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland in western Sweden, just south of Gothenburg. Its seat is located in Mölndal, which lies within the Gothenburg urban area, and the whole mun ...

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Background

Kållered SK is a sports club from Kållered and was formed on 9 December 1938. The club is also known as Kållereds SK and specialises 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

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

. In the beginning the club only played bandy and was therefore named Kålleryds Bandyklubb. However other sports were quickly taken up, including athletics and orienteering, and on 3 March 1939 the club changed its name to Kållereds Sportklubb. KSK is a now a rather large club playing in many different age groups and classes. Since their foundation Kållered SK has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the

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. In the 2010 season the club played in Division 3 Mellersta Götaland, which is the fifth tier of Swedish football, and has won promotion to Division 2 via the play-offs drawing 2–2 on aggregate with

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but winning on away goals. This is the first time that KSK has reached Division 2. They play their home matches at the Kållereds IP in Kållered. Kållered SK are affiliated to the

Göteborgs Fotbollförbund Göteborgs Fotbollförbund ''(Gothenburg Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Gothenburg and surrounding municipalities. Background Göteborg ...

Season to season

Attendances

In recent seasons Kållered SK have had the following average attendances:

Footnotes

External links

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