Degerfors IF

Degerfors
Full name Degerfors Idrottsförening
Founded 13 January 1907 (1907-01-13)
Ground Stora Valla, Degerfors
Ground Capacity 7,500
Chairman Suzanne Hellström
Head coach Patrik Werner
League Superettan
2016 Superettan, 12th
A chart showing the progress of Degerfors IF through the swedish football league system. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.
The Degerfors team celebrating a 2010 Superettan goal while wearing their traditional red and white home kit.

Degerfors IF is a Swedish football club located in Degerfors. The club, formed 13 January 1907, is currently playing in the second highest Swedish league, Superettan.

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 but 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.[1]

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

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [2]

Players

First-team squad

As of 9 March, 2016[3][4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Finland GK Jesse Öst
2 Sweden DF Jonathan Azulay
3 Sweden DF Hampus Zackrisson
4 Sweden DF Marcus de Bruin
5 Nigeria MF Lawal Ismail
6 Norway FW Magnus Solum
7 Sweden MF Ronny Sabo
8 Sweden DF Andreas Holmberg (vice captain)
9 Sweden FW Alexander Andersson
10 Sweden FW Peter Samuelsson
11 Sweden MF Tobias Solberg (captain)
No. Position Player
13 Sweden MF Boris Lumbana
14 Sweden DF Erik Sachs
15 Sweden MF Sebastian Ohlsson
16 Sweden MF Govend Haidar
17 Sweden DF Emil Johansson
18 Sweden FW Amor Layouni
19 Kosovo MF Fuad Hyseni
20 Sweden DF Christoffer Wiktorsson
24 Sweden MF Ludvig Fritzson
25 Sweden GK Oscar Klasson
26 Serbia DF Nikola Jovanson

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2014–15.

Retired numbers

12 – Fans of the club

Managers

  • Sweden Arnold Andersson-Tagner (1936–37)
  • Hungary István Wampetits (1937–44)
  • 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)

Degerfors 42–43 Allsvenskan squad with Gunnar Nordahl.

Achievements

League

Cups

Footnotes

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