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GAIS
Full name Göteborgs Atlet &
Idrottssällskap
Founded 1897
Ground Gamla Ullevi,
Gothenburg
Ground Capacity 18,800
Chairman Christer Wallin
Manager Alexander Axén
League Allsvenskan
2008 Allsvenskan, 11th

GAIS is an association football club in the town of Gothenburg in Sweden. The club won the Swedish national championship in 1919, 1922, 1931 and 1954.

Images for kids

  • Sanny Jacobsson Gais

    GAIS playing against Malmö FF in the 1952–53 Allsvenskan.

  • GAIS 1966 Team Photo

    The newly promoted 1966 GAIS squad who helped reestablish the club in Allsvenskan during the late sixties.

  • GAIS League Performance

    A chart showing the progress of GAIS through the swedish football league system. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.

  • GAIS-team-crop

    GAIS wearing their traditional green and black striped shirts during a preseason game in 2008.

  • GAIS-BK Häcken, 9 augusti 2006 (10)

    Modern day GAIS supporters.

  • Gamla ullevi goteborg gren

    Gunnar Gren won the award as player manager in 1963 after helping the club advance to Allsvenskan. His statue currently stands outside of the Gamla Ullevi stadium.

  • Wánderson do Carmo 2013

    Wánderson became the tied top goalscorer of the 2012–13 Russian Premier League after leaving GAIS.

  • Roland Nilsson

    1994 FIFA World Cup bronze medalist Roland Nilsson is the manager who most recently brought the club back up into Allsvenskan.


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