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Sandvikens IF
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Full name Sandvikens Idrottsförening
Nickname(s) Järngänget (The Iron Gang)
Stålmännen (The Steel Men)
Rödvästarna (The Red Vests)
Founded 6 June 1918; 106 years ago (6 June 1918)
Ground Jernvallen,
Sandviken
Ground Capacity 7,000
Chairman Peter Svensson
Head Coach Eldar Abdulic
League Superettan
2023 Division 1 Norra, 7th
Sandvikens IF League Performance
A chart showing the progress of Sandvikens IF through the swedish football league system. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.
Herbert Sandin
Sandviken playing a 1956–57 Allsvenskan game at home against IFK Norrköping.
Jernvallen
Jernvallen

Sandvikens IF is a Swedish football club located in Sandviken. The club, formed 6 June 1918, has played 21 seasons in the highest Swedish league, but is in the second highest Swedish league, Superettan. Sandvikens IF are affiliated to the Gestriklands Fotbollförbund.

As Sandviken is an industrial community, dominated by the steel and metal corporation Sandvik, the team has been much influenced by this. The name of the home ground, Jernvallen, would translate approximately as The Iron Ground, while the nicknames Järngänget and Stålmännen are self-explaining in Swedish ("The Iron gang" and "The Men of Steel"). Stålmännen has a double meaning, as it also is the plural form of Stålmannen, the Swedish name for Superman.

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements
1993 Tier 4 Division 3 Södra Norrland 1st Promoted
1994 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 11th Relegated
1995 Tier 4 Division 3 Södra Norrland 1st Promoted
1996 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 2nd Promotion Playoffs
1997 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 2nd Promotion Playoffs
1998 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 5th
1999 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 6th
2000 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 8th
2001 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 8th
2002 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 12th Relegated
2003 Tier 4 Division 3 Södra Norrland 1st Promoted
2004 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 6th
2005 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 6th
2006* Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 3rd
2007 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 3rd
2008 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 5th
2009 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 6th
2010 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 5th
2011 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 2nd Promoted
2012 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 9th
2013 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 12th Relegated
2014 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 4th
2015 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 2nd
2016 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 1st Promoted
2017 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 10th
2018 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 6th

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

Current squad

No. Position Player
1 Sweden GK Felix Jakobsson
2 Sweden DF Gustav Thörn
4 Sweden DF Kevin Pacha
6 Sweden MF Liam Vabö
8 Sweden MF Daniel Söderberg
9 United States FW Eric McWoods
10 Sweden FW Mohammad Alsalkhadi
11 Sweden FW Martin Springfeldt
12 Sweden GK Emanuel Sjögren Svedberg
13 Sweden FW Isac Lindholm
14 Rwanda FW Lague Byiringiro
15 Nigeria FW John Junior Igbarumah
16 Ghana MF Mohammed Sadat Abubakari
No. Position Player
17 Mali MF Mamadou Kouyaté
18 Sweden FW Emil Hodin
19 Rwanda MF Yannick Mukunzi
20 Sweden DF William Engstrand Andersson
21 Sweden MF Adam Kiani
22 Sweden FW Ruben Martin
23 Sweden MF Emil Engqvist
24 Sweden FW Lukas Vikgren
33 Sweden GK Tobias Wennergrund
42 Sweden FW Alexandar Mutic
45 Sweden DF Kasper Harletun

Achievements

  • Allsvenskan:
    • Best placement (3rd): 1935–36 – and gained thereby the Little Silver medals.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Sandvikens IF para niños

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