Sävast 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 Sävast

Sävast

Sävast is a locality situated in Boden Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 3,121 inhabitants in 2005....

 which is a neighbourhood of Boden

Boden, Sweden

Boden is a locality and the seat of Boden Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 18,680 inhabitants in 2005.- History :The town of Boden started as a railway junction where the Northern Line met with the Ore Line from the rich iron ore fields in northern Sweden.The town experienced...

, Norrbotten County

Norrbotten County

Norrbotten County is the northernmost county or län of Sweden. It borders Västerbotten County to the southwest, the Gulf of Bothnia to the southeast. It also borders the counties of Nordland and Troms in Norway to the northwest, and Lapland Province in Finland to the northeast.The name...

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Background

Sävast AIF was formed in 1977 with five sections covering Skiing, Tennis, Basketball, Footballand Orienteering. In 1996 the separate sports split away from the club, partly because it was difficult to form a main board. Everyone wanted to work with their own sport leaving football to maintain the identity of Sävast AIF.

Sävast AIF has at most run 17 teams catering for approximately 400 young people. Today Sävast AIF caters for approximately 230 young people in training with girls and boys teams in addition to the senior team.

Since their foundation Sävast AIF 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 Norra Norrland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Boden Arena in Boden.

Sävast AIF are affiliated to the Norrbottens Fotbollförbund

Norrbottens Fotbollförbund

The Norrbottens 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
1998	Tier 5	Division 4	Norrbotten Södra	4th
1999	Tier 5	Division 4	Norrbotten Södra	9th	Relegated
2000	Tier 6	Division 5	Norrbotten Mellersta	1st	Promoted
2001	Tier 5	Division 4	Norrbotten Södra	6th
2002	Tier 5	Division 4	Norrbotten Södra	1st	Promoted
2003	Tier 4	Division 3	Norra Norrland	7th
2004	Tier 4	Division 3	Norra Norrland	7th
2005	Tier 4	Division 3	Norra Norrland	3rd	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	Norrland	11th	Relegated
2007	Tier 5	Division 3	Norra Norrland	5th
2008	Tier 5	Division 3	Norra Norrland	3rd
2009	Tier 5	Division 3	Norra Norrland	4th
2010	Tier 5	Division 3	Norra Norrland	9th	Relegation Playoffs - Relegated

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

Attendances

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

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Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2005	140	Div 3 Norra Norrland	Tier 4
2006	146	Div 2 Norrland	Tier 4
2007	139	Div 3 Norra Norrland	Tier 5
2008	172	Div 3 Norra Norrland	Tier 5
2009	172	Div 3 Norra Norrland	Tier 5
2010	78	Div 3 Norra Norrland	Tier 5

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

External links

• Sävast AIF - Official Website