IFK Luleå is a Swedish professional

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club formed in 1900, located in

Luleå Luleå ( , , locally ; ; ) is a Cities in Sweden, city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the County Administrative Boards of Sweden, capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban ...

. The club merged with Luleå FF and played under the name Luleå FF/IFK from 1986 to 1989.

History

IFK Luleå was originally founded in the year 1900, but went dormant after some years. In 1920, the sports club IK Gyltzau won the Norrbotten district championship in

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and this club was then renamed as a revived IFK Luleå, which continued to play bandy for many years. In 1932 and 1934 the bandy district championship was won again, now under the IFK name. IFK Luleå played one season in the

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in 1971, the top-tier of Swedish football, but after a promising start their stay was short-lived as they were relegated at the end of the season. In the late 1980s and most of the 1990s the club enjoyed their heyday by playing in Division 1 Norra, which at that time was the second tier of Swedish football. Over the last decade IFK Luleå have been competing in the Division 2 Norrland which is now the fourth tier of the

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. For 4 consecutive seasons between 2006 and 2009 they have experienced the frustration of finishing in second position and consequently missing out on promotion. In 2010 under new coach Fredrik Waara did they finally finish in first place and receive promotion to Division 1 Norra where they finished in tenth place during the next two seasons. The club is affiliated to the

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Season to season

Current squad

Attendances

In recent seasons IFK Luleå have had the following average attendances:

Achievements

League

* Division 1 Norra ** Runners-up (2): 1991, 1992

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lulea Football clubs in Norrbotten County Allsvenskan clubs Sport in Luleå Association football clubs established in 1900 Bandy clubs established in 1900 1900 establishments in Sweden Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna 20th-century establishments in Norrbotten County