IFK Timrå

IFK Timrå
Full nameIdrottsföreningen Kamraterna Timrå
Founded9 January 1978
GroundTimrå IP
Timrå
Sweden
ChairmanLars Edström
CoachHans Lundberg
Patrik Göthe
Stefan Lindqvist
LeagueDivision 6
2019Division 2 Norrland, 8th

IFK Timrå is a Swedish football club located in Timrå in Västernorrland County.[1]

Background

Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Timrå was formed on 9 January 1978 as a spin-off from Timra IK[2] with the emphasis from an early stage on youth development. IFK Timra is now one of Norrland's largest football clubs, with around 1,200 members, of whom about 600 are active participants. The Youth Section currently has approximately 500 active members who are catered for by around 30 teams, from the age of 8 to junior level. The club is supported by Timrå municipality and local companies and many volunteer leaders and parents who ensure the club and its youth activities are effective.

Since their foundation IFK Timrå has participated mainly in the middle divisions of the Swedish football league system. In 2010 the club played in Division 3 Mellersta Norrland, which is the fifth tier of Swedish football, but finished in a relegation position and therefore will play in Division 4 in 2011.[3] In 2007 they reached Division 1 Norra but their stay at this level was brief and then a downward decline set in. They play their home matches at the Timrå IP in Timrå.[4] The club also makes use of grass pitches at Fagervik.

IFK Timrå are affiliated to the Medelpads Fotbollförbund.[5]

The club arranges an annual football tournament, the Mid Nordic Cup, which is played at the Fagervik playing fields in Timrå.

In October 2001, the club was awarded the Gunnar Nordahl Scholarship.[6]

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements
1995 Tier 6 Division 5 Medelpad Promoted
1996 Tier 5 Division 4 Medelpad 3rd
1997 Tier 5 Division 4 Medelpad 5th
1998 Tier 5 Division 4 Medelpad 1st Promoted
1999 Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 1st Promoted
2000 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 12th Relegated
2001 Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 1st Promoted
2002 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 6th
2003 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 8th
2004 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 2nd
2005 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 9th
2006* Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 1st Promoted
2007 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 14th Relegated
2008 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 11th Relegated
2009 Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 8th
2010 Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 12th Relegated

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [7] [8] [9]

Attendances

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

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level
2005 228 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4
2006 318 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4
2007 188 Div 1 Norra Tier 3
2008 135 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4
2009 115 Div 3 Mellersta Norrland Tier 5
2010 84 Div 3 Mellersta Norrland Tier 5

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [10]

The attendance record was set on 5 May 2004 when 2,706 spectators attended the Swedish Cup match with Djurgårdens IF.[11]

Footnotes

  1. ^ "IFK Timrå – Fotboll Klubb". Retrieved 2010-11-25.
  2. ^ "Allt om klubbarna i Damtvåan" (in Swedish). Lokalfotbollen. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Tabell och resultat – Div 3 Mellersta Norrland, herrar – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-11-25.
  4. ^ "Fotbollsverige.se – Division 3 Mellersta Norrland". Retrieved 2010-11-25.
  5. ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – IFK Timrå – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-11-25.
  6. ^ "Nordahl-stipendiet till IFK Timrå" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 29 October 2001. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  7. ^ "GAIS – Lagfacta – IFK Timrå". Retrieved 2010-11-25.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ "Mellersta Norrland - Division 3 – Fotbollsserier 2010 – Fotboll – everysport.com". Retrieved 2010-11-25.
  9. ^ "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning". Archived from the original on 2010-07-31. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
  10. ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-11-25.
  11. ^ "Lokalfotbollen.se – IFK Timrå". Archived from the original on 2010-08-22. Retrieved 2010-11-25.