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Sandvikens IF
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| Full name |
Sandvikens Idrottsförening |
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| Nickname(s) |
Järngänget (The Iron Gang)
Stålmännen (The Steel Men)
Rödvästarna (The Red Vests) |
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| Founded |
6 June 1918; 104 years ago (6 June 1918) |
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| Ground |
Jernvallen,
Sandviken |
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| Ground Capacity |
7,000 |
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| Chairman |
Peter Svensson |
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| Head Coach |
Thomas Gabrielsson |
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| League |
Division 1 Norra |
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| 2019 |
Division 1 Norra, 7th |
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A chart showing the progress of Sandvikens IF through the swedish football league system. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.
Sandviken playing a 1956–57 Allsvenskan game at home against
IFK Norrköping.
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 third highest Swedish league, Division 1. 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. 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 1999 |
Tier 3 |
Division 2 |
Östra Svealand |
6th |
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| 2000 |
Tier 3 |
Division 2 |
Östra Svealand |
8th |
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| 2001 |
Tier 3 |
Division 2 |
Östra Svealand |
8th |
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| 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 |
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| 2005 |
Tier 3 |
Division 2 |
Norrland |
6th |
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| 2006* |
Tier 4 |
Division 2 |
Norra Svealand |
3rd |
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| 2007 |
Tier 4 |
Division 2 |
Norra Svealand |
3rd |
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| 2008 |
Tier 4 |
Division 2 |
Norra Svealand |
5th |
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| 2009 |
Tier 4 |
Division 2 |
Norra Svealand |
6th |
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| 2010 |
Tier 4 |
Division 2 |
Norra Svealand |
5th |
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| 2011 |
Tier 4 |
Division 2 |
Norra Svealand |
2nd |
Promoted |
| 2012 |
Tier 3 |
Division 1 |
Norra |
9th |
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| 2013 |
Tier 3 |
Division 1 |
Norra |
12th |
Relegated |
| 2014 |
Tier 4 |
Division 2 |
Norrland |
4th |
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| 2015 |
Tier 4 |
Division 2 |
Norra Svealand |
2nd |
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| 2016 |
Tier 4 |
Division 2 |
Norrland |
1st |
Promoted |
| 2017 |
Tier 3 |
Division 1 |
Norra |
10th |
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| 2018 |
Tier 3 |
Division 1 |
Norra |
6th |
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* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
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Current squad
| No. |
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Position |
Player |
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| 1 |
 |
GK |
Pontus Norrby |
| 2 |
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DF |
Gustav Thörn |
| 3 |
|
DF |
Emil Molin |
| 4 |
|
DF |
Mohammed Kamara |
| 5 |
|
DF |
Niclas Håkansson |
| 6 |
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MF |
Sebastian Vigerbäck |
| 7 |
 |
MF |
Vyacheslav Koydan |
| 8 |
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MF |
Jens Åberg |
| 9 |
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FW |
Irhan Smajić |
| 10 |
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FW |
Namir Alispahić |
| 11 |
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MF |
Kyria Kambusi |
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| No. |
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Position |
Player |
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| 13 |
|
DF |
Jonathan Hellström |
| 16 |
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MF |
Melker Dahlqvist |
| 19 |
|
DF |
Aram Abed |
| 20 |
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FW |
Rasmus Eriksson |
| 21 |
|
DF |
Christoffer Aspgren |
| 22 |
|
DF |
Jimmy Hansson |
| 23 |
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DF |
Olof Mård |
| 30 |
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FW |
Marcus Hägg |
| 31 |
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GK |
Elias Lindgren |
| 52 |
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GK |
Tim Markström |
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Achievements
- Allsvenskan:
- Best placement (3rd): 1935–36 – and gained thereby the Little Silver medals.
