Visby AIK 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 Visby

Visby

-See also:* Battle of Visby* Gotland University College* List of governors of Gotland County-External links:* - Visby*...

 on the island of Gotland

Gotland

Gotland is a county, province, municipality and diocese of Sweden; it is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 3,140 square kilometers in area, the region makes up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area...

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Background

Visby AIK currently plays in Division 4

Swedish football Division 4

Division 4 is the sixth level in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 39 sections with 8 to 12 football teams in each.- The competition :There are 39 groups of 8 to 12 teams each representing a local geographical area...

 Gotland, sometimes called "Gotlandsfyran", which is the sixth tier of Swedish football

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...

. They play their home matches at the Gutavallen

Gutavallen

Gutavallen is an outdoor sports stadium located in Visby, Sweden. It was built in 1929 and is used for football as well as athletics, but occasionally the arena is also used for concerts. Gutavallen is the home arena of FC Gute and Visby AIK....

 arena in Visby.

The club is affiliated to Gotlands Fotbollförbund

Gotlands Fotbollförbund

The Gotlands Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football on the island of Gotland.- Background :...

. Visby AIK have competed in the Svenska Cupen

Svenska Cupen

Svenska Cupen , is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 98 teams compete, comprising the 16 teams from Allsvenskan and the 16 teams of Superettan...

 on 25 occasions and have played 37 matches in the competition.

The club were close to earning promotion to the fifth tier, Division 3, and led the Gotland section for a good part of the 2011 season but fell short of the section title by a single goal

Goal difference

In sports such as ice hockey and association football, goal difference is often the first tiebreaker used to rank teams which finish a league competition with an equal number of points....

 despite winning their last game of the season 1–0.

Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1999	Tier 5	Division 4	Gotland	4th	Vårserier (Spring Series)
	Tier 5	Division 4	Gotland	2nd	Höstserier (Autumn Series)
2000	Tier 5	Division 4	Gotland	4th	Vårserier (Spring Series)
	Tier 5	Division 4	Gotland	1st	Höstserier (Autumn Series)
2001	Tier 5	Division 4	Gotland	3rd	Vårserier (Spring Series)
	Tier 5	Division 4	Gotland	2nd	Slutspel A (Playoff A)
2002	Tier 5	Division 4	Gotland	1st	Promoted
2003	Tier 4	Division 3	Norra Svealand	12th	Relegated
2004	Tier 5	Division 4	Gotland	1st	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
2005	Tier 4	Division 3	Norra Svealand	12th	Relegated
2006*	Tier 6	Division 4	Gotland	4th
2007	Tier 6	Division 4	Gotland	3rd
2008	Tier 6	Division 4	Gotland	8th	Relegation Playoffs
2009	Tier 6	Division 4	Gotland	4th
2010	Tier 6	Division 4	Gotland	3rd
2011	Tier 6	Division 4	Gotland	2nd	Missed section title by one goal
2012	Tier 6	Division 4	Gotland

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

External links

• Visby AIK - Official Website
• Visby AIK - Football Website
• Visby AIK Facebook