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Lindsdals IF is a Swedish
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club located just outside
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in
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. 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
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. They play their home matches at the Fjölebro IP in
Kalmar Kalmar (, , ) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 41,388 inhabitants in 2020 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of ...
. Thanks to a partnership with
Kalmar FF Kalmar Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Kalmar FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar, Sweden. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1 ...
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 Cecilia Sandell who later became an international. English
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players Tina Mapes and Karen Farley also played for the club. Lindsdals IF are affiliated to the
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.


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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 Kalmar Municipality 20th-century establishments in Kalmar County {{Sweden-footyclub-stub