Sollefteå GIF is a Swedish

Sweden

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 football club located in Sollefteå

Sollefteå

Sollefteå is a locality and the seat of Sollefteå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 8,530 inhabitants in 2005.The earliest written account on Sollefteå is found in a script dating back to 1270. During this time the name of the village was given as De Solatum - a name that can be...

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Background

The club was founded in 1898 catering for a variety of sports. From 1905 the club gradually developed its football section. In the 1953/54 season the club played in Division 2 Norrland for the first time. This achievement was repeated in 1955/56 and 1961. In 2010 the club is again playing in Division 2 Norrland but this now represents fourth tier football in 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...

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For long periods in recent decades Sollefteå GIF has under-achieved and as recently as 2007 were playing in Division 4 Ångermanland before two successive promotions brought Division 2 Norrland football in 2009.

The club is affiliated to the Ångermanlands Fotbollförbund

Ångermanlands Fotbollförbund

The Ångermanlands Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association...

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Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1993	Tier 5	Division 4	Ångermanland	3rd
1994	Tier 5	Division 4	Ångermanland	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
1995	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Norrland	8th
1996	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Norrland	10th	Relegated
1997	Tier 5	Division 4	Ångermanland	5th
1998	Tier 5	Division 4	Ångermanland	9th
1999	Tier 5	Division 4	Ångermanland	2nd
2000	Tier 5	Division 4	Ångermanland	3rd
2001	Tier 5	Division 4	Ångermanland	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
2002	Tier 5	Division 4	Ångermanland	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
2003	Tier 5	Division 4	Ångermanland	9th
2004	Tier 5	Division 4	Ångermanland	4th
2005	Tier 5	Division 4	Ångermanland	2nd	Promoted
2006*	Tier 5	Division 3	Mellersta Norrland	9th	Relegated
2007	Tier 6	Division 4	Ångermanland	2nd	Promoted
2008	Tier 5	Division 3	Mellersta Norrland	2nd	Promoted
2009	Tier 4	Division 2	Norrland	7th
2010	Tier 4	Division 2	Norrland	4th
2011	Tier 4	Division 2	Norrland	10th	Relegation Playoffs

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

Attendances

In recent seasons Sollefteå GIF have had the following average attendances:

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Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2005	Not available	Div 4 Ångermanland	Tier 5
2006	221	Div 3 Mellersta Norrland	Tier 5
2007	Not available	Div 4 Ångermanland	Tier 6
2008	154	Div 3 Mellersta Norrland	Tier 5
2009	283	Div 2 Norrland	Tier 4
2010	298	Div 2 Norrland	Tier 4

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