Vänersborgs IF is a

Swedish 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 by ...

football club located in

Vänersborg Vänersborg () is a locality and the seat of Vänersborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 23,882 inhabitants (out of a municipal total of 39,591) Until 1997 it was the capital of Älvsborg County, which was dissolved in 1998. Sin ...

. The club was founded in 1906. The current men's football team head coach is Andy Kilner.

Background

The club was founded in 1906. In the 1940s, it became the first team from

Västergötland Västergötland (), also known as West Gothland or the Latinized version Westrogothia in older literature, is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish), situated in the southwest of Sweden. Väs ...

which made a national impact in bandy, but has since given up this sport. Vänersborgs IF currently (2021) plays in Division 1 Södra which is the third tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at Vänersvallen in Vänersborg; the football ground has a capacity of around 2000 people. The club is affiliated to

Västergötlands Fotbollförbund The Västergötlands Fotbollförbund ''(Västergötland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical province of Västergötland. Back ...

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