IK Tellus is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 football club located in Tellusborg, Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

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Background

Tellusborgs IF was formed on the 11th April 1921 and brought together several disparate groups of youngsters in Tellusborg after much negotiation. However, controversy about the club name remained and at a Sunday meeting at the Dövas Café on 11 April 1923 the name was changed to IK Tellus.

Since their foundation IK Tellus 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 3 Östra Svealand which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Aspuddens IP in Tellusborg.

IK Tellus are affiliated to the Stockholms Fotbollförbund

Stockholms Fotbollförbund

The Stockholms Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Stockholm County.- Background :...

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Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1999	Tier 5	Division 4	Stockholm Mellersta	12th	Relegated
2000	Tier 6	Division 5	Stockholm Södra	2nd	Promoted
2001	Tier 5	Division 4	Stockholm Mellersta	5th
2002	Tier 5	Division 4	Stockholm Mellersta	10th
2003	Tier 5	Division 4	Stockholm Mellersta	9th
2004	Tier 5	Division 4	Stockholm Mellersta	11th	Relegated
2005	Tier 6	Division 5	Stockholm Södra	3rd	Promoted
2006*	Tier 6	Division 4	Stockholm Södra	1st	Promoted
2007	Tier 5	Division 3	Östra Svealand	3rd
2008	Tier 5	Division 3	Södra Svealand	9th
2009	Tier 5	Division 3	Södra Svealand	9th
2010	Tier 5	Division 3	Östra Svealand	8th
2011	Tier 5	Division 3	Södra Svealand	10th	Relegated

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

External links

• IK Tellus - Official Club Website
• IK Tellus Fotboll - Official Football Website