Lindsdals IF is a

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club located just outside Kalmar in

Småland Småland () is a historical province () in southern Sweden. Småland borders Blekinge, Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means ''Small Lands''. The Latinized fo ...

. The club's major sport is football but table tennis is also available.

Background

Since their foundation on 26 July 1926 Lindsdals IF has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the

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. The club currently plays in Division 2 Södra Götaland which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Fjölebro IP in Kalmar. Thanks to a partnership with Kalmar FF the club hope to be able to take further strides up the league system. Lindsdals IF run a large number of teams with approximately 400 young people active in both boys and girls' teams. The club's ladies team competed in the Damallsvenskan for several years in the 1990s. Their most famous player was

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who later became an international. English World Cup players Tina Mapes and

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also played for the club. Lindsdals IF are affiliated to the

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Season to season

Footnotes

External links

Lindsdals IF
nbsp;– Official club website
Lindsdals IF
nbsp;– Football website Football clubs in Kalmar County Association football clubs established in 1926 1926 establishments in Sweden {{Sweden-footyclub-stub