Trollhättans IF or TIF, is a football club in

Trollhättan Trollhättan () is the 23rd-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Göta älv, near the lake Vänern, and has a population of approximately 50,000 in the city proper. It is loc ...

, Sweden, which was founded in 1906. The association's first team were merged in 2001 with Trollhättan KC to

FC Trollhättan FC Trollhättan is a Swedish football club located in Trollhättan currently playing in Division 1. Background The club was founded in 2001, when the old rivals Trollhättans IF and Trollhättans FK decided to merge. In their first ever le ...

. Trollhättan IF's first team played then in division 6 through the 2009 season, when the club won its series and moved up to Division 5, where they are currently playing.

History

The club was founded in 1906. In the early decades, the club also had a

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team, which managed to become district champions for Västergötland in 1930. Trollhättan IF played in the Swedish second highest division, 1959–1960 and 1974–1976. The season 1975 was just over 10,500 spectators at the match against

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in Edsborgs IP. In 2004 the club played qualifying games for the 2005 season Boys Allsvenskan. This team was a mixed team with players born 1989, 1990, and three players born 1991. The women's soccer team has played 9 seasons in Swedish top division between 1981 and 1989, and lost the 1984 Swedish national against

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. That year

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was the league's top scorer. The track and field athlectics section is the organizer of one of the oldest Swedish road races, TIF Terrain. 2007 saw the 80th edition. The club previously had a handball program and qualified for the Olympics in 1965, and also had a

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team for a short time.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trollhattans IF Football clubs in Västra Götaland County 1906 establishments in Sweden Sport in Trollhättan Association football clubs established in 1906 Bandy clubs established in 1906 20th-century establishments in Älvsborg County