Umeå IK () is a women's professional
association football
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club based in the city of
Umeå
Umeå ( , , , locally ; ; ; ; ) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County.
Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Norrland and the t ...
, in northern
Sweden
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, and currently playing
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 ...
, the first tier of women's football in Sweden.
They were one of the most successful football clubs in the world in the early 2000s, winning seven Swedish championships between 2000 and 2008, four
Swedish Cups (2001, 2002, 2003 and 2007) and the
UEFA Women's Champions League
The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA.
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twice, in 2003 and 2004. They also reached the Champions League finals in 2002, 2007 and 2008. A number of Swedish and international stars played for the club during that period, most notably Brazilian star
Marta.
Umeå IK play their home games at
Umeå Energi Arena
Gammliavallen is a multi-purpose stadium in Umeå, Sweden. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Umeå IK, Umeå FC and Team TG FF. The stadium holds 10,000 people. The sports complex also ...
(formerly known as Gammliavallen) in Umeå. The team colours are black and yellow. The club is affiliated to the
Västerbottens Fotbollförbund.
History
Established in 1917 as a general sports club, the
women's football
section began competing in 1985 in the Swedish fourth division. In 1986, they won the division and were promoted to the third division. In 1991, the club began paying its players, 35kr per game, and implemented a more regular training schedule than other Swedish teams in the hopes of turning the team into a European contender.
In 1996 the team reached the Premier Division (
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 ...
) only to be
relegated
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the following year. In 1998 they were promoted again. The years following the second promotion saw an enormous success for the club, winning seven Swedish championships in 9 years (2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008). In the
2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
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, five out of the starting eleven on the silver medal-winning Swedish national team played for Umeå IK. In 2004, Brazilian star
Marta signed with the club. The club went unbeaten in the
2006 Damallsvenskan season.
After their last championship title in 2008, the club's fortunes faltered, with several high-profile players leaving and the club being forced to restructure itself to avoid bankruptcy in 2011. The re-organisation, however, was not enough to reverse the direction of the club, and after a tumultuous 2016 season which included going a month without a head coach, the club finished last in the league, and was relegated to the second division. They would spend the next three years in
Elitettan before being promoted back to the top flight in 2019.
After finishing in eleventh in the
2020 Damallsvenskan season, the club was relegated again, only a year after their return to the top flight. A few days after the end of the season, head coach
Robert Bergström announced his resignation after four years with the club.
During the upcoming season, the team played in
Elitettan, and on 9 October 2021, Umeå IK defeated
IF Brommapojkarna 6–2 on home soil and qualified for the
2022 Damallsvenskan. On 5 November 2022, Umeå IK was again relegated from Damallsvenskan.
Honours
*
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 ...
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** Champions (7): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
*
Elitettan
** Winners (2): 2019, 2021
*
Svenska Cupen
** Winners (4): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007
*
Svenska Supercupen
** Winners (2): 2007, 2008
*
UEFA Women's Champions League
The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA.
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** Winners (2):
2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater.
In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
,
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
** Runners-up (3)
2002
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,
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
,
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
Current squad
Former players
''For details of former players, see
:Umeå IK players.''
Retired numbers
6 Malin Moström
Malin Sofi Moström (born 1 August 1975) is a Swedish former football midfielder, from 2001 to 2006 she was the captain of the Sweden women's national football team. Nicknamed "Mosan", she retired in December 2006 in order to focus on her fami ...
,
Midfielder
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(1995–2006, 2007)
Record in UEFA competitions
''All results (away, home and aggregate) list Umeå's goal tally first.''
a First leg.
References
External links
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Women's football clubs in Sweden
Sport in Umeå
1917 establishments in Sweden
Damallsvenskan clubs
Sports clubs and teams established in 1917
Football clubs in Västerbotten County
20th-century establishments in Västerbotten County