Ljungskile SK is a Swedish
football club located in
Ljungskile
Ljungskile () is a locality situated in Uddevalla Municipality, 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 ...
, a town within
Uddevalla Municipality. They currently play in the Swedish third tier,
Division 1.
History
Ljungskile SK, formed in 1926, is famous for their promotions between 1990 and 1997. In 1990, Ljungskile SK was playing in
Swedish Division 5 and gained promotion to
Division 4
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Synopsis
The series was one of the first dramas to follow up on the enormous success o ...
,
Division 3,
Division 2,
Division 1 until they reached
Allsvenskan in
1997
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.
The club soon gained sponsorship by the swimwear producer
Panos Emporio after advancing for the first time to
Allsvenskan (LSK defeated
Umeå FC
Umeå FC is a Swedish professional football club located in Umeå, Sweden. The club, formed in 1987, is currently playing in the third tier of the Swedish league, Ettan Fotboll. The club is affiliated to the Västerbottens Fotbollförbund.
Seaso ...
when attending the qualifying round in November 1996), and played under the name Panos Ljungskile SK from 1997 to 2002. The club was relegated two times (1997 and 2000) during these years, and played some years in
Division 2 Västra Götaland
Division 2 is the fourth level in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 84 Swedish football teams. Division 2 had status as the official second level from 1928 to 1986 but was replaced by Division 1 in 1987. It then had status ...
before they managed to gain promotion back to
Superettan in late 2004, defeating
Väsby IK in the qualifying round. On October 21, 2007, the club gained promotion for the second time ever to
Allsvenskan by defeating
Landskrona BoIS
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away. During
2008
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the club managed to replace
IFK Uddevalla as Bohuslän's most successful club in the history of Allsvenskan.
Season-to-season
Players
First-team squad
Former coaches
*
Johan Brinck (1995)
*
Lars-Olof Mattsson (1996–97, 2006)
*
Bo Wålemark (1998)
*
Jan Jönsson
Jan Jönsson (born 24 May 1960) is a Swedish football manager and former player.
Career
Playing career
He spent most of his playing career with Halmstads BK.
Coaching career
Between 1993 and 1994 he was the Sanfrecce Hiroshima assistant coa ...
(1998–2000)
*
Lars-Gunnar Hermansson (2001–02)
*
David Wilson (2003–05, 2006–08)
*
Gudmundur Magnusson (2009)
Achievements
League
*
Superettan:
** Runners-up (1): 2007
*
Division 1 Södra
Ettan Fotboll, or simply Ettan ( en, the one), which also is its common name in everyday speech, is the third level in the Swedish football league system and consists of 32 Swedish
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:
** Runners-up (1): 1996
Footnotes
References
External links
Ljungskile SKnbsp;– official site
Svenskafans.comnbsp;– Supporter site (Swedish)
Football clubs in Västra Götaland County
Allsvenskan clubs
Sport in Västra Götaland County
Association football clubs established in 1926
1926 establishments in Sweden
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