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Degerfors
Degerfors IF logo.svg
Full name Degerfors Idrottsförening
Nickname(s) Bruket
Founded 13 January 1907; 118 years ago (1907-01-13)
Ground Stora Valla, Degerfors
Ground Capacity 7,500
Chairman Fredrik Rakar
Head coach William Lundin
League Allsvenskan
2024 Superettan, 1st of 16 (Promoted)
Degerfors IF League Performance
A chart showing the progress of Degerfors IF through the swedish football league system. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.
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The Degerfors team celebrating a 2010 Superettan goal while wearing their traditional red and white home kit.

Degerfors IF is a Swedish professional football club located in Degerfors. The club, formed 13 January 1907, is currently playing in the highest tier in Swedish football, Allsvenskan.

Background

Degerfors IF first played in the Allsvenskan in 1939, making use of their new home ground at Stora Valla. Up until 1966, the club regularly appeared in the Allsvenskan; however, in recent decades they have played at the highest level for 5 seasons from 1993 to 1997. Their record attendance is 21,065 spectators when Degerfors IF played IFK Norrköping in 1963.

The club is affiliated to the Värmlands Fotbollförbund.

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements
1993 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 12th
1994 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 8th
1995 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 9th
1996 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 9th
1997 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 13th Relegated
1998 Tier 2 Division 1 Norra 8th
1999 Tier 2 Division 1 Norra 9th Relegated
2000 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Svealand 4th
2001 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Svealand 4th
2002 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Svealand 3rd
2003 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Svealand 2nd
2004 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Svealand 1st Promoted
2005 Tier 2 Superettan 13th
2006* Tier 2 Superettan 11th
2007 Tier 2 Superettan 8th
2008 Tier 2 Superettan 16th Relegated
2009 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 1st Promoted
2010 Tier 2 Superettan 10th
2011 Tier 2 Superettan 5th
2012 Tier 2 Superettan 12th
2013 Tier 2 Superettan 4th
2014 Tier 2 Superettan 7th
2015 Tier 2 Superettan 9th
2016 Tier 2 Superettan 12th
2017 Tier 2 Superettan 8th
2018 Tier 2 Superettan 7th
2019 Tier 2 Superettan 5th
2020 Tier 2 Superettan 2nd Promoted
2021 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 13th
2022 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 13th
2023 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 15th Relegated

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

Players

No. Position Player
1 Sweden GK Wille Jakobsson
2 Mali DF Mamadouba Diaby
4 Sweden DF Johan Mårtensson
6 Spain DF Carlos Moros Gracia
7 Sweden MF Sebastian Ohlsson
8 Sweden MF Kevin Holmén (on loan from Elfsborg)
9 Sweden FW Gustav Lindgren
10 Sweden FW Dijan Vukojević
11 Sweden FW Adi Fišić
12 Sweden DF Erik Lindell
15 Ghana DF Nasiru Moro
No. Position Player
17 Ivory Coast MF Luc Kassi
18 Sweden MF Teo Grönborg
19 Sweden FW Jamie Bichis
20 Sweden MF Christos Gravius
21 Sweden MF Elias Pihlström
22 Sweden MF Nahom Girmai
23 Sweden MF Alexander Hedén Lindskog
25 Sweden GK Rasmus Forsell
26 Sweden GK Filip Järlesand
30 Portugal DF Bernardo Morgado

Staff

Current technical staff

Position Staff
Manager Sweden Tobias Solberg & Andreas Holmberg
Technical Director Sweden Patrik Werner
Goalkeeping Coach Sweden Maria Busk Madland
Team Manager Sweden Stig Ekman

Source:

Managers

See also: Category:Degerfors IF managers
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Degerfors 42–43 Allsvenskan squad with Gunnar Nordahl.
  • Sweden Arnold Andersson-Tagner (1936–37)
  • Hungary István Wampetits (1937–44)
  • Sweden Einar Skeppstedt (1945–47)
  • England Edmund Crawford (1948–49)
  • Sweden Karl-Erik Jakobsson (1950)
  • Hungary Imre Markos (1951–53)
  • Sweden Gunnar Andersson (1953)
  • Austria Karl Neschy (1954–57)
  • Sweden Olle Åhlund (1957–59)
  • England Bill Burnikell (1960–61)
  • Sweden Tore Karlsson (1961)
  • Sweden Gunnar Nordahl (1961–64)
  • Hungary Vilmos Varszegi (1965–66)
  • Sweden Ernst Bohlin (1961–67)
  • Sweden Tore Karlsson (1968)
  • Sweden Åke Klintberg (1969)
  • Sweden Olle Åhlund (1970)
  • Sweden Tore Karlsson (1971–72)
  • Sweden Håkan Höglander (1973–74)
  • Sweden Curt Edenvik (1975)
  • Sweden Tord Grip (1976)
  • Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson (1977–78)
  • Sweden Lars-Åke Bäckström (1979–80)
  • Sweden Peter Pallman (1980)
  • Poland Janusz Pekowski (1981–82)
  • Scotland Dave Mosson (1983–85)
  • Sweden Björn Juhlin (1986–87)
  • Sweden Lars Henriksson (1988)
  • Sweden Kenneth Sundkvist (1989)
  • Sweden Sören Cratz (1990–92)
  • Sweden Börje Andersson (1993)
  • Sweden Erik Hamrén (1994)
  • Sweden Sören Cratz (1995–96)
  • Sweden Bosse Nilsson (1997)
  • Sweden Örjan Glans (1998)
  • Sweden Kenneth Norling (1999–2001)
  • Scotland Dave Mosson (2002–04)
  • Sweden Tony Gustavsson (2005–06)
  • Sweden Mark Selmer (2007)
  • Montenegro Milenko Vukčević (2007)
  • Sweden Jan Stahre (2008)
  • Sweden Patrik Werner (2009–2016)
  • Sweden Stefan Jacobsson (2016–2019)
  • Sweden Tobias Solberg and Sweden Andreas Holmberg (2020–)

Achievements

Stora Valla sommaren 2005
Stora Valla

League

  • Allsvenskan:
    • Runners-up (2): 1940–41, 1963
  • Division 1 Norra:
    • Winners (1): 2009
  • Superettan:
    • Winners (1): 2024

Cups

  • Svenska Cupen:
    • Winners (1): 1992–93

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Degerfors IF para niños

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