Ljungskile SK is a Swedish

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

located in Ljungskile, a town within

Uddevalla Municipality Uddevalla Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Uddevalla. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Uddevalla'' (which had absorbed the rural mun ...

. They currently play in the Swedish third tier, Division 1.

History

Ljungskile SK, formed in 1926, is famous for their promotions between 1990 and 1997. In 1990, Ljungskile SK was playing in Swedish Division 5 and gained promotion to

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, Division 3, Division 2, Division 1 until they reached

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

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. The club soon gained sponsorship by the swimwear producer Panos Emporio after advancing for the first time to

(LSK defeated

Umeå FC Umeå FC is a Swedish professional football club located in Umeå, Sweden. The club, formed in 1987, is currently playing in the third tier of the Swedish league, Ettan. The club is affiliated to the Västerbottens Fotbollförbund. Season to se ...

when attending the qualifying round in November 1996), and played under the name Panos Ljungskile SK from 1997 to 2002. The club was relegated two times (1997 and 2000) during these years, and played some years in Division 2 Västra Götaland before they managed to gain promotion back to

Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...

in late 2004, defeating Väsby IK in the qualifying round. On October 21, 2007, the club gained promotion for the second time ever to

by defeating

Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Boll och Idrottsällskap (, locally referred to as BoIS) is a Swedish professional football club located in Landskrona, Scania, which currently plays in Superettan, the second league tier of football in Sweden. The club was formed ...

away. During

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the club managed to replace

IFK Uddevalla IFK Uddevalla is a Swedish Association football, football club located in Uddevalla and played two seasons in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, in 1925-26 in Swedish football, 1925–26 and 1926-27 in Swedish football, 1926–27. Backgro ...

as Bohuslän's most successful club in the history of Allsvenskan.

Season-to-season

Players

First-team squad

Former coaches

* Johan Brinck (1995) * Lars-Olof Mattsson (1996–97, 2006) * Bo Wålemark (1998) *

Jan Jönsson Jan Jönsson (born 24 May 1960) is a Swedish football manager and former player. Career Playing career He spent most of his playing career with Halmstads BK. Coaching career Between 1993 and 1994 he was the Sanfrecce Hiroshima assistant coac ...

(1998–2000) * Lars-Gunnar Hermansson (2001–02) * David Wilson (2003–05, 2006–08) * Gudmundur Magnusson (2009)

Achievements

League

: ** ''Runners-up (1):'' 2007 *

Division 1 Södra Ettan Fotboll, or simply Ettan (), which also is its common name in everyday speech, is the third level in the Swedish football league system and consists of 32 Swedish football teams. It was formerly simply known as ''Division 1''. Division 1 ...

: ** ''Runners-up (1):'' 1996

Footnotes

References

External links

Ljungskile SK
nbsp;– official site
Svenskafans.com
nbsp;– Supporter site (Swedish) Football clubs in Västra Götaland County Allsvenskan clubs Association football clubs established in 1926 1926 establishments in Sweden Uddevalla Municipality 1920s establishments in Gothenburg and Bohus County {{Sweden-footyclub-stub