Motala AIF 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 Motala

Motala

Motala is a locality and the seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 29,798 inhabitants in 2005. It is the third largest city of Östergötland, following Linköping and Norrköping...

 in Östergötland

Östergötland

Östergötland, English exonym: East Gothland, is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland, and the Baltic Sea. In older English literature, one might also encounter the Latinized version, Ostrogothia...

. Other sports that the club promotes include athletics, orienteering

Orienteering

Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...

, ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

, road cycling

Road cycling

Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling. It includes recreational, racing, and utility cycling. Road cyclists are generally expected to obey the same rules and laws as other vehicle drivers or riders and may also be vehicular cyclists....

 and skiing

Skiing

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Background

Since their foundation on 29 August 1907 Motala AIF has participated mainly in the upper and middle 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 highlight was in 1957/1958 when the club played one season in the Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...

. During this season MAIF's attendance record was broken when 13,058 spectators watched the match with Örgryte IS

Örgryte IS

Örgryte IS, also commonly referred to as ÖIS, is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg.-History:The club was founded on 4 December 1887 and participated in the first football match in Sweden on 22 May 1892. Örgryte IS has won 12 national championship titles and one national cup title. After...

. In more recent years a source of pride was when MAIF played in the Superettan

Superettan

Superettan is the second highest league in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 16 Swedish football teams. It was created in 2000. Before that, the second level league in Sweden had been Division 1....

 in the 2001 season. However, in total the club has played 25 seasons in the Swedish second tier. The club currently plays in Division 2 Östra Götaland which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Idrottsparken Motala.

Motala AIF are affiliated to the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund

Östergötlands Fotbollförbund

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

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Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1993 Division 2 1993 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1993.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Götaland	3rd
1994 Division 2 1994 The 1994 Swedish Division 2 season.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Götaland	3rd
1995 Division 2 1995 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1995.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Götaland	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
1996 Division 1 1996 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1996.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and Västerås SK and IF Elfsborg won the championship.-Norra:-Södra:-References:*...	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	9th
1997 Division 1 1997 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1997.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and Hammarby IF and Västra Frölunda IF won the championship.-Norra:-Södra:-References:*...	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	8th
1998 Division 1 1998 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1998.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and Djurgårdens IF and Kalmar FF won the championship.-Norra:-Södra:-References:*...	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	10th
1999 Division 1 1999 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1999.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and GIF Sundsvall and BK Häcken won the championship.-Norra:-Södra:-References:*...	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	13th	Relegated
2000 Division 2 2000 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2000.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Götaland	1st	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
2001	Tier 2	Superettan		16th	Relegated
2002 Division 2 2002 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2002.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Götaland	9th
2003 Division 2 2003 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2003.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Götaland	12th	Relegated
2004	Tier 4	Division 3	Nordöstra Götaland	3rd
2005	Tier 4	Division 3	Nordöstra Götaland	1st	Promoted
2006 Division 2 2006 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2006.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Norra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Mellersta Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:... *	Tier 4	Division 2	Mellersta Götaland	4th
2007 Division 2 2007 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2007.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Norra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Mellersta Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 4	Division 2	Mellersta Götaland	1st	Promoted
2008 Division 1 2008 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 2008.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and Syrianska FC and FC Trollhättan won the championship.-Division 1 Norra:-Division 1 Södra:-References:*...	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	6th
2009	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	12th	Relegated
2010	Tier 4	Division 2	Östra Götaland	1st	Promoted
2011	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra

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

Current squad

Out on loan

Attendances

In recent seasons Motala AIF have had the following average attendances:

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Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2005	279	Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland	Tier 4
2006	250	Div 2 Mellersta Götaland	Tier 4
2007	374	Div 2 Mellersta Götaland	Tier 4
2008	400	Div 1 Södra	Tier 3
2009	395	Div 1 Södra	Tier 3
2010	311	Div 2 Östra Götaland	Tier 4

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.

Notable players

Gösta Löfgren

Gösta Löfgren

Karl Gösta Herbert Löfgren was a Swedish footballer.-Career:Gösta played for Motala AIF and took the team to allsvenskan in 1957. In 1960 he began playing for IFK Norrköping and became Swedish champion...

 Tomas Nordahl

Tomas Nordahl

Thomas Nordahl is a Swedish footballer and sportscaster. He is the son of famous footballer Gunnar Nordahl.Nordahl played his club football for Örebro SK, RSC Anderlecht. He was also a member of the Swedish squad of the 1970 FIFA World Cup...

 Mikael Rosén

Mikael Rosén

Mikael Rosén is a Swedish football player, who plays defender for Halmstads BK.-Career:Started his career in Motala AIF in 1992, he then moved in 1997 to Halmstads BK and played with the club until 2000, during this time he gained 1 medal every season of different values, in 2001 he signed for the...

 Jarle Wee

Jarle Wee

Jarle Wee is a Norwegian football striker who currently plays for SK Vard Haugesund.In his early career he played for SK Haugar. The team played in the second highest league in Norway, but performed badly in the 1992 season, conceding 97 goals. When the club FK Haugesund was formed through a...

 Ibrahim Koroma

Ibrahim Koroma

Ibrahim Marcel Koroma is a Sierra Leonean footballer.-Career:Koroma is commonly known by his nickname Marcel .-Kallon F.C.:...

 Ishmail Kamara

Ishmail Kamara

Foday Ishmail Kamara is a football player currently playing for Isthmian League Premier Division club Margate. He has gained Five international caps for Sierra Leone....

External links

• Motala AIF - Official Club Website
• Motala AIF FK - Football Club Website