IFK Uppsala is a Swedish

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, and the football section (the other one is

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) of IFK Uppsala, located in

Uppsala Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Loc ...

. The club, formed 1895, was one of the leading Swedish clubs in the early 20th century. They played two seasons in the highest league at the time,

Svenska Serien Svenska Serien (literally, "The Swedish Series", also Svenska Fotbollserien, "The Swedish Football Series") was the highest league in Swedish football and was played since 1910–1917, 1920–1921, and 1922–1924. It was then replace ...

, and also played three Swedish Championship finals, losing all. IFK Uppsala currently plays in the lower leagues of Swedish football.

Achievements

* Svenska Mästerskapet: **Runners-up (3):

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Moment magnitude scale, Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 9 – The "Mud March (suffragists), Mud March", the ...

1908 This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time. Events January * January ...

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* Corinthian Bowl: **Runners-up (1): 1909 * Kamratmästerskapen: **Runners-up (1): 1902

External links

IFK Uppsala
nbsp;– official site Football clubs in Uppsala County

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