Stattena IF is a
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football
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club located in
Helsingborg
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. The club played two seasons in the
Allsvenskan
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in 1927–28 and 1929–30.
Background
The original club Stattena was one of the two clubs which in 1907 formed
Helsingborgs IF
Helsingborgs IF (full name Helsingborgs Idrottsförening), commonly referred to as HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish first tier, Allsvenskan, following promotion in the 2021 Superet ...
. The present club was re-formed on 24 March 1922 and the ladies section was added in 1971.
The club was founded as a local neighborhood team from the
Stattena district in
Helsingborg
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. Originally a village, which was located outside the city (Old Danish place name; Statene, meaning "stand alone", i.e. solitary villages or houses), which probably contributed to the historical, local patriotic rivalry with
HIF.
Since their foundation Stattena IF's men's team has participated in the upper and lower divisions of the
Swedish football league system
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. In their early years the club played in the
Allsvenskan
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for two seasons in 1927–28 and 1929–30. They play their home matches at the Olympiafältet in Helsingborg. The team colours today are blue and white, but historically blue and yellow striped shirts and blue shorts. The kit were later taken over by local competitor
Eskilsminne IF
Eskilsminne IF is a Swedish football club located in Helsingborg in Skåne County. Currently playing in Division 1 Södra, the third tier in the Swedish football league system.
Eskilsminnes team colours today are yellow and blue striped, which ...
. Eskilsminne previously played in a light and dark purple-striped shirt and white shorts.
When Stattena played in the best tier
Allsvenskan
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in the 1920s and 1930s, they had an almost
Southern Europe
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an support group, who watched the training sessions, lively discussed lineups etc at the beer cafes, and met the team at the train station when they returned to Helsingborg after away matches. Unfortunately, opposing supporters were also hit by a rain of beer bottles, which were thrown at them. When the star player and future national team player
Knut Kroon was sold from Stattena to arch-rival
HIF, he could barely show up in town.
When Stattena played the
Allsvenskan
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Helsingborg derby against
HIF at the
Olympia
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season 1929/30, and
Di Röe got a penalty kick, penalty taker
Axel "Massa" Alfredsson uttered the winged words, which illustrate the rivalry between the teams, despite HIF becoming champions and Stattena got relegated: "I put hatred behind the ball. Stattena has got to lose!"
Five years after their formation, in 1971, the ladies team climbed to the
Damallsvenskan
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. More recently the team has played at the same level in 2003, 2004 and 2009.
Stattena IF are affiliated to the
Skånes Fotbollförbund
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Background
Skånes F ...
. The club is a member of the Helsingborgs Fotbollsklubbars Allians (Helsingborg Football Club Alliance) and has 900 members with 20 youth teams comprising 11 boys teams and 9 girls teams. The club also cooperates with Filbornaskolan to provide top-level female players with the opportunity to combine football development with a four-year secondary education.
Season to season
Men's Team
In their early history Stattena IF competed in the following divisions:
In recent seasons Stattena IF have competed in the following divisions:
''* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.''
Ladies Team
Notable players
*
Anders Linderoth
Anders Karl Gustaf Linderoth (born 21 March 1950) is a Swedish football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is best remembered for representing Helsingsborgs IF, Östers IF, Marseille, and Mjällby AIF during a club career t ...
*
Knut Kroon
*
Pia Sundhage
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*
Caroline Seger
Sara Caroline Seger (born 19 March 1985) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder and club captain for FC Rosengård in the Damallsvenskan league. She is the current captain of the Swedish national football team.
Club career
Linköpi ...
*
Erla Steina Arnardóttir
*
Nancy Augustyniak Goffi
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Early life
Augustyniak Goffi went to Clemson University. While enrolled, she played for the Clemso ...
Footnotes
External links
Stattena IFnbsp;– Official website
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Football clubs in Skåne County
Football in Helsingborg
Women's football clubs in Sweden
Allsvenskan clubs
Association football clubs established in 1922
1922 establishments in Sweden