Huddinge IF is a Swedish

Sweden

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 football club located in Huddinge, a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

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 in Stockholm County

Stockholm County

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 in east central Sweden

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Background

Huddinge Idrottsförening is the municipality's oldest sports club. Inspired by the Olympics in Stockholm in 1912, Otto Hellsten founded the club in the same year. For several decades the club had many sections, including bandy, table tennis, cycling, athletics and skiing. Today Huddinge IF is purely a football club and is one of Stockholm's largest with about 1,200 active members and 70 teams. Successful clubs in Huddinge that owe their origins as sections within Huddinge IF before breaking away from the parent club include Huddinge IK

Huddinge IK

Huddinge IK is a Swedish ice hockey team from Huddinge, a southern suburb of Stockholm. The team is currently playing in the third highest league in Sweden, Division 1...

 (ice-hockey) and Huddinge BT (tennis).

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

Swedish football league system

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. The club currently plays in Division 3 Östra Svealand which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Källbrinks IP in Huddinge.

Huddinge IF are affiliated to the Stockholms Fotbollförbund

Stockholms Fotbollförbund

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Recent history

In recent seasons Huddinge IF have competed in the following divisions:

2010 - Division III, Östra Svealand

2009 - Division III, Södra Svealand

2008 - Division III, Södra Svealand

2007 - Division III, Östra Svealand

2006 - Division III, Östra Svealand

2005 - Division IV, Stockholm Södra

2004 - Division III, Östra Svealand

2003 - Division III, Östra Svealand

2002 - Division III, Östra Svealand

2001 - Division III, Östra Svealand

2000 - Division III, Östra Svealand

1999 - Division IV, Stockholm Södra

1998 - Division III, Östra Svealand

1997 - Division III, Östra Svealand

1996 - Division II, Östra Svealand

1995 - Division III, Östra Svealand

1994 - Division III, Östra Svealand

1993 - Division III, Östra Svealand

External links

• Huddinge IF - Official Website
• Huddinge IF Facebook