Torns 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 Lund

Lund

-Main sights:During the 12th and 13th centuries, when the town was the seat of the archbishop, many churches and monasteries were built. At its peak, Lund had 27 churches, but most of them were demolished as result of the Reformation in 1536. Several medieval buildings remain, including Lund...

 in Skåne County

Skåne County

Skåne County is the southernmost administrative county or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the town of Malmö...

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Background

Torns Idrottsförening was formed in 1965 and is based in Stångby

Stångby

Stångby is a locality situated in Lund Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 677 inhabitants in 2005....

, just north of the city of Lund

Lund

-Main sights:During the 12th and 13th centuries, when the town was the seat of the archbishop, many churches and monasteries were built. At its peak, Lund had 27 churches, but most of them were demolished as result of the Reformation in 1536. Several medieval buildings remain, including Lund...

. Torns IF is an expanding club with football as its primary focus. The club serves children and youngsters in Stångby, Vallkärra, Håstad, Västra Hoby, Odarslöv and Annehem in Lund city. Several of the club's members also come from Helsingborg.

The club has owned and operated since 1983 Tornhallen, their own full-sized indoor hall and cafeteria. Together the club arrange each year both the Stångby Fair in the autumn with arts and crafts exhibitors and the Torn indoor tournament for girls and boys from aged 7 to seniors and veterans at weekends from October to February.

Since their foundation Torns IF 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 Södra Götaland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Tornvallen, Stångby in Lund.

Torns IF are affiliated to Skånes Fotbollförbund

Skånes Fotbollförbund

The Skånes Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the non-administrative province of Scania.- Background :...

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Recent History

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

2011 - Division 3 södra Götaland

2010 - Division 4 Skåne sydvästra

2009 - Division 4 Skåne södra

2008 - Division 4 Skåne västra

2007 - Division 5 Skåne mellersta

2006 - Division 5 Skåne mellersta

2005 - Division 5 Skåne mellersta

2004 - Division 5 Skåne mellersta

2003 - Division 6 Skåne mellersta

2002 - Division 7 Skåne Sydvästra C

2001 - Division 7 Skåne Mellersta B

2000 - Division 6 Skåne Mellersta

1999 - Division 6 Skåne Mellersta A

Attendances

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

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Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2009	Not available	Div 4 Skåne södra	Tier 6
2010	62	Div 4 Skåne sydvästra	Tier 6

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

External links

• Torns IF - Official Website
• Torns IF Facebook