IK Franke is a

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sports club located in

Västerås Västerås ( , , ) is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 154,049. Västerås is the se ...

Västmanland Västmanland ( or ), is a historical Swedish province, or ''landskap'', in middle Sweden. It borders Södermanland, Närke, Värmland, Dalarna and Uppland. Västmanland means "(The) Land of the Western Men", where the "western men" (''väste ...

Background

Idrottsklubben Franke was formed in 1943 and its main activity has been football despite the initial success came in

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

when the club won the national juniors championship in 1958. At youth level the football club has fostered future national team players such as

Gary Sundgren Kari Juhani "Gary" Sundgren (born 25 October 1967) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as either a right back or a central defender. He played professionally with AIK and Zaragoza, in a 15-year career. A Swedish international f ...

and

Pontus Kåmark Sven Pontus Kåmark (born 5 April 1969) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for Västerås SK, IFK Göteborg, Leicester City, and AIK, and won 57 caps for the Sweden national team. He was a part of ...

. In 2010 the first team has been coached by Peter Markstedt, the former

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...

player. Since their foundation IK Franke has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the

Swedish football league system The Swedish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Sweden which is controlled by the Swedish Football Association and consists of 288 teams in 22 leagues divided into five levels. Below those five leve ...

. The men's team currently plays in Division 3 Västra Svealand which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. The women's team plays at a similar level. The teams play their home matches at the Råby IP in Västerås. IK Franke are affiliated to the

Västmanlands Fotbollförbund The Västmanlands Fotbollförbund ''(Västmanland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier and youth football in the eastern half of the historical province of ...

Season to season

Attendances

In recent seasons IK Franke have had the following average attendances:

Footnotes

External links

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