Visby AIK is a

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club located in Visby on the island of

Gotland Gotland (, ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a province, county, municipality, and diocese. The province includes the islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to the ...

Background

Visby AIK currently plays in Division 4 Gotland, sometimes called "Gotlandsfyran", which is the sixth tier of

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. They play their home matches at the

Gutavallen Gutavallen is an outdoor stadium, sport stadium located in Visby, Sweden. It was opened on 27 May 1927 and is used for association football, football as well as athletics (sport), athletics, but occasionally the arena is also used for concerts. Gu ...

arena in Visby. The club is affiliated to

Gotlands Fotbollförbund The Gotlands Fotbollförbund ''(Gotland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football on the island of Gotland. Background Gotlands Fotbollförbund, c ...

. Visby AIK have competed in the Svenska Cupen on 25 occasions and have played 37 matches in the competition. The club were close to earning promotion to the fifth tier,

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, and led the Gotland section for a good part of the 2011 season but fell short of the section title by a single goal despite winning their last game of the season 1–0.

Season to season

Footnotes

External links

Visby AIK
nbsp;– Official website
Visby AIK
nbsp;– Football website
Visby AIK on Facebook
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