Sandvikens AIK FK is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club located in Sandviken.

Background

Sandvikens AIK FK currently plays in Division 4 Gestrikland which is the sixth tier of

Swedish football Association football is the most popular sport in Sweden, with over 240,000 licensed players (approximately 56,000 women and 184,000 men) with another 240,000 youth players. There are around 3,200 active clubs fielding over 8,500 teams, which ...

. In 1954–55 season the club played in the

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

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

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 Svenska Cupen (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

Sandvikens AIK FK
nbsp;– Official website Football clubs in Gävleborg County Association football clubs established in 1901 1901 establishments in Sweden Sandvikens AIK {{Sweden-footyclub-stub