Motala AIF is a

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club located in

Motala Motala () is a locality and the seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 29,823 inhabitants (41,956 in the entire municipality) in 2010. It is the third largest city of Östergötland, following Linköping and Norrköping. M ...

Östergötland Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English li ...

. Other sports that the club promotes include

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, and

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Background

Since their foundation on 29 August 1907 Motala AIF has participated mainly in the upper and middle divisions of the

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. The highlight was in 1957/1958 when the club played one season in the

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

. During this season MAIF's attendance record was broken when 13,058 spectators watched the match with

Örgryte IS Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. H ...

. In more recent years a source of pride was when MAIF played in the second tier

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in the 2001 season. However, in total the club has actually played 25 seasons in the Swedish second tier. The club currently plays in Division 1 Södra which is the third tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Idrottsparken Motala. Motala AIF are affiliated to the

Östergötlands Fotbollförbund The Östergötlands Fotbollförbund ''(Östergötland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Östergötland County. Background Östergötlands ...

Season to season

* ''League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.''

Current squad

Attendances

In recent seasons Motala AIF have had the following average attendances:

Footnotes

External links

Motala AIF
nbsp;– Official club website
Football Club Website
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