IK Frej is a Swedish sports club located in Täby kyrkby. It currently plays in Division 4, the sixth tier in Swedish football.

Background

IK Frej was founded 5 February 1968 by Åke Berghagen and his friends. Today, IK Frej has more than 1200 members, most of whom are active in the football section. Approximately 50% of the youngsters aged 7–17 years in Täby Kyrkby are members of the club. The club is named after the Norse god

Freyr Freyr (Old Norse: 'Lord'), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with kingship, fertility, peace, and weather. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especially associated with Sweden an ...

, ''Frej'' in Swedish, and has a picture of a

viking Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...

with a horned helmet in their crest. Since 1968 IK Frej has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the

Swedish football league system The Swedish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Sweden which is controlled by the Swedish Football Association and consists of 288 teams in 22 leagues divided into five levels. Below those five lev ...

. The club played in

Superettan Superettan (; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Al ...

, the second tier of Swedish football, between 2015 and 2019. They play their home matches at the Vikingavallen in Täby. In 2021, after several years of financial difficulties, IK Frej withdrew from Division 1 to join Division 4 instead. Affiliated club

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...

in Allsvenskan, that had provided resources in forms of funds and loan players for several years, decided to form Hammarby Talangfotbollsförening that took the place of IK Frej in Division 1. IK Frej are affiliated to the

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

Coaching staff

First team

History

* Daniel Lundkvist (2021–2022)https://www.laget.se/IKFrejTabyFotbollHerr/News/7116973/IK-Frej-Taby-och-Daniel-Lundqvist-gar-skilda-vagar * Alni Sharifpour (2022–)https://www.laget.se/IKFrejTabyFotbollHerr/News/7119112/ALNI-SHARIFPOUR---Ny-tranare-for-IK-Frej-Taby-Herr

Season to season

Attendances

In recent seasons IK Frej have had the following average attendances:

Achievements

League

Division 1 Norra Ettan Fotboll, or simply Ettan ( en, the one), which also is its common name in everyday speech, is the third level in the Swedish football league system and consists of 32 Swedish football teams. It was formerly simply known as ''Division 1''. ...

: ** Runners-up (1): 2014

References

External links

IK Frej
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