Hjärnarps GIF is a Swedish

Sweden

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 football club located in Hjärnarp

Hjärnarp

Hjärnarp is a locality situated in Ängelholm Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 871 inhabitants in 2005....

 in Ängelholm Municipality

Ängelholm Municipality

Ängelholm Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Ängelholm....

, Skåne County

Skåne County

Skåne County is the southernmost administrative county or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the town of Malmö...

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Background

Hjärnarps Gymnastik-och Idrottsförening were founded in 1926 and currently have around 250 members and 17 teams.

Since their foundation Hjärnarps GIF has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system

Swedish football league system

The Swedish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Sweden which is controlled by the Swedish Football Association and consists of 276 teams in 22 leagues divided into five levels...

. The club currently plays in Division 7 Skåne Nordvästra which is the ninth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Hjärnarps IP in Hjärnarp.

Hjärnarps GIF are affiliated to the Skånes Fotbollförbund

Skånes Fotbollförbund

The Skånes Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the non-administrative province of Scania.- Background :...

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Season to season

In their successful period in the 1970s and 1980s Hjärnarps GIF competed in the following divisions:

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1975	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Nordvästra	10th
1976	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Nordvästra	8th
1977	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Nordvästra	6th
1978	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Nordvästra	6th
1979	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Nordvästra	6th
1980	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Nordvästra	6th
1981	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Nordvästra	8th
1982	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Nordvästra	6th
1983	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Nordvästra	9th
1984	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Nordvästra	2nd
1985	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Nordvästra	7th
1986	Tier 4	Division 4	Skåne Nordvästra	6th

In recent seasons Hjärnarps GIF have competed in the following divisions:

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1999	Tier 6	Division 5	Skåne Nordvästra	9th
2000	Tier 6	Division 5	Skåne Nordvästra	5th
2001	Tier 6	Division 5	Skåne Nordvästra	10th	Relegation Playoffs
2002	Tier 6	Division 5	Skåne Nordvästra	10th
2003	Tier 6	Division 5	Skåne Nordvästra A	12th	Relegated
2004	Tier 7	Division 6	Skåne Nordvästra A	1st	Promoted
2005	Tier 6	Division 5	Skåne Nordvästra	9th	Relegation Playoffs - Relegated
2006*	Tier 8	Division 6	Skåne Nordvästra A	8th
2007	Tier 8	Division 6	Skåne Nordvästra A	6th
2008	Tier 8	Division 6	Skåne Nordvästra	11th	Relegated
2009	Tier 9	Division 7	Skåne Nordvästra	7th
2010	Tier 9	Division 7	Skåne Nordvästra	5th
2011	Tier 9	Division 7	Skåne Nordvästra

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.

External links

• Hjärnarps GIF - Official Website
• Hjärnarps GIF Facebook