Nybro Idrottsförening (Nybro Athletic Association) is a
Swedish association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
club located in
Nybro
Nybro (, outdatedly ) is a city status in Sweden, city and the seat of Nybro Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 13,583
inhabitants in 2020.
Overview
Nybro was founded as a rest area for travellers on the road between Växjö in the west and ...
.
Background
Nybro IF was founded in 1906 and has played in Sweden's second-highest division in football and men's top division in men's ice hockey. The ice hockey section broke away from the club in 1998 and formed their own club,
Nybro Vikings IF
The Nybro Vikings are an Ice hockey, ice-hockey club from Nybro Municipality, Nybro in Sweden. The team played in the highest league in Sweden for two seasons 1968–69 Swedish Division I season, 1968–69 and 1969–70 Swedish Division I season, ...
.
Since their foundation Nybro IF has participated mainly in the upper and middle divisions of the
Swedish football league system
The Swedish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. ...
. The club currently plays in Division 3 Sydöstra Götaland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Victoriavallen in Nybro.
Players who have turned out in the colours of Nybro IF include Joel Allansson (now IFK Gothenburg),
Christoffer Andersson (Helsingborgs IF),
Peter Abelsson (Trelleborg FF),
David Elm (Fulham FC) and
Viktor Elm
Viktor Sebastian Elm (born 13 November 1985) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back and midfielder. He is best remembered for his time with Kalmar FF with which he won the 2007 Svenska Cupen and 2008 Allsvenska ...
(Heerenveen).
Nybro IF are affiliated to the
Smålands Fotbollförbund
The Smålands Fotbollförbund ''(Småland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical provinces of Småland and Öland.
Background
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Season to season
Footnotes
External links
Nybro IFnbsp;– Official website
Sports clubs and teams in Kalmar County
Football clubs in Kalmar County
Association football clubs established in 1906
1906 establishments in Sweden
Nybro Municipality
20th-century establishments in Kalmar County
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