Öxabäcks IF is a
sports club
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
in
Öxabäck,
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
, established in 1931. The
women's football Women's football most often refers to:
* Women's association football
Women's football may also refer to:
* Women's gridiron football
* Women's Australian rules football
* Ladies' Gaelic football
* Women's rugby league
* Women's rugby union
...
section was established in 1966 as one of the earliest organised women's football teams in Sweden and adopted the name "Öxabäck/Marks IF" in 1991 to show up more of its connections with
Mark Municipality
Mark Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in southwest Sweden.
The municipal seat is located in the center of Kinna town.
The municipality was created through the Municipal Reform Act of 1971 by the amalgamation of eig ...
before adopting the previous name some years later.
The women's football team won the Swedish national championship in 1972 (unofficial), 1973, 1975, 1978, 1983, 1987 and 1988. and the
Swedish Cup in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1991.
The club was relegated from
Damallsvenskan
The (; ), known as OBOS for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is one of the best women's leagues in the world, and was founded in 1988.
The division consists of a league of 14 teams. From 2013, t ...
during the
1998 season.
The
floorball
Floorball (also known by other names) is a sport played with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. It is played indoors with sticks and a hollow plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three periods. The sport of bandy also playe ...
section merged with
Örby IF and
Berghems IF in 1999 to create ''Team Tygriket 99'' – later
IBK Tygriket 99.
References
External links
Official website
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1931 establishments in Sweden
Football clubs in Västra Götaland County
Floorball teams in Sweden
Association football clubs established in 1931
Women's football clubs in Sweden
Mark Municipality
20th-century establishments in Älvsborg County