Saxemara IF 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 Ronneby

Ronneby

Ronneby is a locality and the seat of Ronneby Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 11,767 inhabitants in 2005.Ronneby is regarded as the heart of "the Garden of Sweden", and in 2005 the park "Brunnsparken" in Ronneby was voted Sweden's most beautiful park. 2006 the park was voted Europe's...

 in Blekinge County

Blekinge County

Blekinge County is a county or län in the south of Sweden. It borders the Counties of Skåne, Kronoberg, Kalmar and the Baltic Sea. The capital is Karlskrona...

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Background

Saxemara Idrottsförening was founded on the 29th August 1949. The club's first chairman was Charles Månsson. The club initially conducted lots of activities including bandy, athletics, table tennis, orienteering and football. However SIF fairly quickly becamea purely a football club.

Since their foundation Saxemara IF has participated mainly in the 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 club currently plays in Division 3 Sydöstra Götaland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. SIF played two seasons in Division 2 Södra Götaland, which was then the third tier of Swedish football, in 1993 and 1994. They play their home matches at the Brunnsvallen in Ronneby.

Saxemara IF are affiliated to Blekinge Fotbollförbund

Blekinge Fotbollförbund

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

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Recent History

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

2011 - Division III, Sydöstra Götaland

2010 - Division III, Sydöstra Götaland

2009 - Division III, Sydöstra Götaland

2008 - Division III, Sydöstra Götaland

2007 - Division III, Sydöstra Götaland

2006 - Division III, Sydöstra Götaland

2005 - Division III, Sydöstra Götaland

2004 - Division III, Sydöstra Götaland

2003 - Division III, Sydöstra Götaland

2002 - Division IV, Blekinge

2001 - Division IV, Blekinge

2000 - Division III, Sydöstra Götaland

1999 - Division III, Sydöstra Götaland

1998 - Division III, Sydöstra Götaland

1997 - Division II, Södra Götaland

1996 - Division II, Södra Götaland

1995 - Division III, Sydöstra Götaland

1994 - Division III, Sydöstra Götaland

1993 - Division III, Sydöstra Götaland

Attendances

In recent seasons Saxemara IF have had the following average attendances:

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Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2005	167	Div 3 Sydöstra Götaland	Tier 4
2006	224	Div 3 Sydöstra Götaland	Tier 5
2007	105	Div 3 Sydöstra Götaland	Tier 5
2008	275	Div 3 Sydöstra Götaland	Tier 5
2009	290	Div 3 Sydöstra Götaland	Tier 5
2010	214	Div 3 Sydöstra Götaland	Tier 5

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

Saxemara IF played a friendly match against the English club Wolverhampton Wanderers FC in 1993 at Brunnsvallen front of nearly 1,600 spectators. The match ended with a 3-1 victory for Wolverhampton.

External links

• Saxemara IF - Official Website
• Saxemara IF Facebook