Ljungskile SK is a Swedish

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located in

Ljungskile Ljungskile () is a locality situated in Uddevalla Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is th ...

, a town within

Uddevalla Municipality Uddevalla Municipality ( sv, Uddevalla kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Uddevalla. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Uddevalla'' (which had ...

. 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 Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used ...

and gained promotion to

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, Division 3, Division 2, Division 1 until they reached

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 ...

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. The club soon gained sponsorship by the swimwear producer Panos Emporio after advancing for the first time to

(LSK defeated

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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

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before they managed to gain promotion back to

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in late 2004, defeating Väsby IK in the qualifying round. On October 21, 2007, the club gained promotion for the second time ever to

by defeating

Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Boll och Idrottsällskap ( en, Landskrona Ball and Sports Society, locally referred to as BoIS) is a Swedish professional football club located in Landskrona, Scania, which currently plays in Superettan, the second league tier of fo ...

away. During

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the club managed to replace

IFK Uddevalla IFK Uddevalla is a Swedish football club located in Uddevalla and played two seasons in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, in 1925–26 and 1926–27. Background Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Uddevalla were formed on 19 May 1905 and i ...

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 Lars-Olof Mattsson (born 13 November 1954) is a Swedish football coach and former player. Career Mattsson played for Köla AIK, IFK Arvika, IF Olsfors, Mariestads BK and Torsby IF. He previously coached clubs in Sweden and Norway, such as ...

(1996–97, 2006) * Bo Wålemark (1998) *

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(1998–2000) * Lars-Gunnar Hermansson (2001–02) * David Wilson (2003–05, 2006–08) * Gudmundur Magnusson (2009)

Achievements

League

: ** Runners-up (1): 2007 *

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: ** Runners-up (1): 1996

Footnotes

References

External links

Ljungskile SK
nbsp;– official site
Svenskafans.com
nbsp;– 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 {{Sweden-footyclub-stub