Sandvikens AIK FK is a Swedish

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club located in

Sandviken Sandviken is a locality and the seat of Sandviken Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden with 26,438 inhabitants in 2023. It is situated about 25 km west of Gävle and lies approximately 190 km north of Stockholm. The rail journey t ...

Background

Sandvikens AIK FK currently plays in

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Gestrikland which is the sixth tier of

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. In 1954–55 season the club played in the

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. They play their home matches at the Arena Jernvallen in Sandviken. The club is affiliated to

Gestriklands Fotbollförbund The Gestriklands Fotbollförbund ''(Gestrikland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football (soccer), football in Gästrikland in Norrland. Background ...

Achievements

League

Best position: 12th place in

in 1955 1st in Division 2: 1913, 1954 1st in Division 3 (4 times): 1929, 1939, 1961, 1992 1st District Series (5 times): 1981, 1985, 1999, 2003, 2008

Cup

Quarter-Finalist in the

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(9 times): 1912, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924 1st in Distriktsmästerskapet (District Championship) (19 times): 1907, 1908, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1951, 1961

Club history

1901–1904 – did not participate in the league 1905–1908 – Gävleserien 1909–1910 – did not participate in the league 1911–1913 – Gävleserien 1913–1917 – Div 2 Uppsvenskan 1918–1922 – did not participate in the league 1923–1928 – Div 2 Uppsvenskan 1928–1929 – Div 3 Uppsvenskan 1929–1933 – Div 2 Norra 1933–1934 – Div 3 Uppsvenskan 1934–1939 – Div 3 Uppsvenskan, västra 1939–1947 – Div 2 Norra 1947–1952 – Div 2 Nordöstra 1952–1953 – Div 3 Norra 1953–1954 – Div 2 Norrland 1954–1955 – Allsvenskan 1955–1956 – Div 2 Norrland 1956–1960 – Div 3 Södra Norrland 1961 – Div 3 Norra Svealand 1962–1964 – Div 2 Svealand 1965–1967 – Div 2 Norrland 1968–1971 – Div 3 Södra Norrland, nedre 1972–1975 – Div 3 Norra Svealand 1976–1979 – Div 3 Södra Norrland 1980–1985 – Div 4 Gästrikland 1986–1990 – Div 3 Södra Norrland Vår 1991 – Div 2 Södra Norrland Höst 1991 – Div 2 Norrland Vår 1992 – Div 3 Södra Norrland B 1992–1994 – Div 3 Södra Norrland 1995–1999 – Div 4 Gästrikland 2000 – Div 3 Norra Svealand 2001–2002 – Div 3 Södra Norrland 2003 – Div 4 Gästrikland 2004–2005 – Div 3 Södra Norrland 2006–2008 – Div 4 Gästrikland 2009 – Div 3 Norra Svealand 2010 – Div 4 Gestrikland

Footnotes

External links

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