Sandvikens IF

Sandvikens IF

Full name	Sandvikens Idrottsförening
Nickname(s)	Järngänget (The Iron Gang) Stålmännen (The Steel Men) Rödvästarna (The Red Vests)
Founded	1918
Ground	Jernvallen, Sandviken
Capacity	7,000
Chairman	Peter Svensson
Head Coach	Tony Andersson
Coach	Mats Axelsson
League	Division 2 Norra Svealand
2013	Division 1 Norra, 12th (Relegated)
Home colours Away colours

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.

Jernvallen

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 currently playing in the third highest Swedish league, Division 1. Sandvikens IF are affiliated to the Gestriklands Fotbollförbund.^[1]

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 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 1999 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 6th 2000 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 8th 2001 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 8th 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 2005 Tier 3 Division 2 Norrland 6th 2006* Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 3rd 2007 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 3rd 2008 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 5th 2009 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 6th 2010 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 5th 2011 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 2nd Promoted 2012 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 9th 2013 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 12th Relegated * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [2] [3] [4]

Current squad

As of 11 April 2013^[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Rickard Andersson 2 DF Jimmy Hansson 3 DF Oskar Vejlo 4 DF David Svanberg 5 DF Sereya Mobaraki 6 DF Jesper Karlsson 7 MF Hjalmar Öhagen 8 MF Jens Åberg 9 MF Andreas Gillström 10 FW Joel Stillmark 11 MF Marcus Olofsson

No. Position Player 12 FW Emil Wigren 13 DF Jonathan Hellström 14 FW Björn Berglund 15 MF Andreas Sipuri 17 MF Linus Larsson 18 MF Oliver Ekroth 19 MF Gustav Källberg 20 FW Seth Rudolph 22 MF Tobias Wanke 23 DF Jack Sharples 30 GK Tobias Wennergrund

Achievements

• Allsvenskan:
  • Best placement (3rd): 1935–36 – and gained thereby the Little Silver medals.

External links

• Sandvikens IF – official site

Footnotes

1. "Distrikten Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Gestriklands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2011-01-10.
2. "GAIS – Lagfacta – Sandvikens IF". Retrieved 2010-09-21.
3. "Norra Svealand — Division 2 – Fotbollsserier 2010 – Fotboll – everysport.com". Retrieved 2010-09-22.
4. "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning". Retrieved 2010-09-22.
5. "Truppen 2013". Retrieved 2013-04-11.