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Full name Östers Idrottsförening
Founded 20 April 1930
Ground Visma Arena,
Växjö
Ground Capacity 12,000
Chairman Sven Johannesson
Head coach Srdjan Tufegdzic
League Superettan
2022 3rd

Östers Idrottsförening, commonly known as Östers IF or simply Öster, is a Swedish sports club located in Växjö, specializing in football, and playing in the second tier of Swedish football, Superettan.

The club has previously also competed in ice hockey (see separate article), bandy, and bowling. Öster was formed on 20 April 1930 as Östers Fotbollförening, before adopting the name "Östers IF" in 1932. The club is affiliated to the Smålands Fotbollförbund.

In 1968, their first season in Allsvenskan, Öster became the first team ever to win the national title at their first attempt (newly-promoted IF Elfsborg won the league in 1961 but had played in, and been winners of, the championship in the past). This win ignited the team's 'golden age' which lasted until the early 1980s and saw them win a total of four Swedish championships.

On 31 March 2011, Öster broke ground on their new arena, Myresjöhus Arena, which was inaugurated in August 2012. The arena hosted four games of the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 tournament.

History

Östers IF League Performance
A chart showing the progress of Östers IF through the swedish football league system. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.

Öster (English: "East") was named after a district in the city of Växjö. They were not part of the upper divisions in the early days of swedish football and only made their first appearance in the third tier in 1947. During the 1950s and early-1960s the club made a push to raise the level of football by inviting and playing against foreign teams such as Flamengo, Juventus and Fluminense. This coupled with an increase in the amount of training helped the team establish themselves in the second tier.

In 1961 Öster had their first chance ever to qualify for Allsvenskan but ended up in last place in the four team promotion playoffs. Success in the promotion playoffs would instead come six years later in 1967 when they beat IK Brage in the deciding game in front of a home crowd of 26,404 people. Öster defied the odds during their first season in the top division and won the league on goal difference after a total of four teams had ended the season on exactly the same number of points. Following their championship title the club had ten years of solid Allsvenskan finishes before becoming dominant in the late-1970s and early-1980s where they won the league three times in four years.

After that successful era followed a slow decline over the next couple of decades which culminated in their relegation to the second tier in 1998. After that the club has found it hard to reestablish itself in Allsvenskan and has only made short one year appearances.

Current squad

No. Position Player
2 Sweden MF Mattias Pavić
3 Sweden DF Månz Karlsson
4 Sweden DF John Stenberg
5 Sweden DF Mattis Adolfsson
7 Sweden FW Dženis Kozica
8 Iceland MF Alex Þór Hauksson
9 Denmark MF Marc Rochester Sørensen
10 Sweden FW Jesper Westermark
11 Sweden MF Ahmed Bonnah
12 Sweden GK Victor Stulic
14 Sweden DF Oliver Silverholt
15 Sweden MF Emil Engqvist
No. Position Player
16 Sweden FW Isak Magnusson
17 Sweden FW Teo Brenner Toris
18 Sweden MF Jonathan Drott
19 Sweden FW Adam Bergmark Wiberg
20 Sweden MF Alen Zahirovic
21 Sweden DF Casper Eklund
22 Sweden MF Manasse Kusu
23 Montenegro MF Vladimir Rodić
25 Sweden GK Mathias Nilsson (on loan from Malmö)
33 Finland DF Tatu Varmanen
Sweden DF Theodor Johansson

Personnel

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The team during a pregame warmup in 2012 wearing their traditional red and blue kits.

Current technical staff

Head Coach: Sweden Denis Velić
Assistant Coach: Sweden -
Goalkeeper Coach: Sweden Rasmus Ryden
Physical Coach: Sweden Rikard Engström
Head of youth department: Sweden Peter Wibrån

Coaches

  • Sweden Bertil Bäckvall (1958–63)
  • Hungary Vilmos Varszegi (1967–73)
  • Sweden Bengt "Julle" Gustavsson (1973–74)
  • Sweden Gunnar Nordahl (1975–76)
  • Sweden Lars "Laban" Arnesson (1977–80)
  • Sweden Bo Johansson (1980–82)
  • Sweden Leif Widén (1982–85)
  • Sweden Bo Johansson (1986–88)
  • Sweden Peo Bild (1988–89)
  • Sweden Hans Backe (1989–94)
  • Sweden Nanne Bergstrand (1994–96)
  • Sweden Andreas Ravelli (1997–98)
  • Sweden Bo Axberg (1998)
  • Sweden Jan Mattsson (1998–01)
  • Russia Yevgeni Kuznetsov (2002–03)
  • Sweden Leif Widén (2003–04)
  • Sweden Lars Jacobsson (2005–06)
  • England Giles Stille (1 January 2007 – 31 December 2008)
  • Russia Yevgeni Kuznetsov (2008–09)
  • Sweden Andreas Ottosson (2009–10)
  • Sweden Ludwig Ernstsson (9 July 2010 – 9 September 2010)
  • Sweden Hans Gren (10 September 2010 – 31 December 2010)
  • Sweden Roar Hansen (1 January 2011 – 31 December 2012)
  • Sweden Andreas Thomsson (1 January 2013 – 29 December 2013)
  • Sweden Roberth Björknesjö (30 December 2013 – 31 December 2014)
  • Sweden Thomas Askebrand (1 January 2015 – 4 November 2017)
  • Sweden Christian Järdler (1 January 2018 – Present)

Achievements

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Striker Harry Bild was part of the team that won the club's first title in the 1968 Allsvenskan.
  • Swedish Champions
    • Winners (4): 1968, 1978, 1980, 1981

League

  • Allsvenskan:
    • Winners (4): 1968, 1978, 1980, 1981
    • Runners-up (3): 1973, 1975, 1992
  • Superettan:
    • Winners (2): 2002, 2012
    • Runners-up (1): 2005
  • Division 1 Södra:
    • Winners (3): 1989, 2009, 2016
    • Runners-up (1): 2008

Cups

  • Svenska Cupen:
    • Winners (1): 1977
    • Runners-up (4): 1974, 1982, 1985, 1991
  • Allsvenskan play-offs:
    • Runners-up (1): 1983

Attendances

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Värendsvallen: Öster stadium 1966–2012
120727 MSHArena 8177b
Visma Arena: Öster stadium 2012–

In recent seasons Östers IF have had the following average attendances:

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level
2004 2,670 Superettan Tier 2
2005 3,517 Superettan Tier 2
2006 5,364 Allsvenskan Tier 1
2007 2,791 Superettan Tier 2
2008 1,817 Div 1 Södra Tier 3
2009 1,919 Div 1 Södra Tier 3
2010 2,145 Superettan Tier 2
2011 2,637 Superettan Tier 2
2012 4,733 Superettan Tier 2
2013 5,751 Allsvenskan Tier 1
2014 3,289 Superettan Tier 2

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

See also

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