Älgarna-Härnösand IF

Älgarna-Härnösand IF is a Swedish football team from Härnösand currently playing in Division 3 Mellersta Norrland. The club is affiliated to the Ångermanlands Fotbollförbund.[1] The club was originally called IF Älgarna before changing name during the annual meeting on 29 March 2020.[2]

Älgarna-Härnösand IF
Full nameÄlgarna-Härnösand Idrottsförening
Founded1919
GroundÄngevallen, Härnösand
Capacity2,500
Coordinates62°38′10″N 17°56′28″E
Coach Lars Göran Wiklund
LeagueDivision 3 Mellersta Norrland
2011Division 2 Norrland, 11th (Relegated)
WebsiteClub website

History

In the early years, the club also had a bandy section. the club dominated bandy in Västernorrland in the 1920s and 1930s, winning the district championship in this sport in 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, and then again in 1946.[3]

The club played at their highest level in Division II, which was then the second tier of Swedish football, in seasons 1953/1954-1954/1955, 1959 and 1960. In 1941 and again in 1952 the club lost the final of the Norrland championship.

Season to season
Season Level Division Section Position Movements
1993 Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 7th
1994 Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 8th
1995 Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 9th Relegation Playoffs – Relegated
1996 Tier 5 Division 4 Ångermanland 1st Promotion Playoffs – Promoted
1997 Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 8th
1998 Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 7th
1999 Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 6th
2000 Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 10th Relegated
2001 Tier 5 Division 4 Ångermanland 6th
2002 Tier 5 Division 4 Ångermanland 4th
2003 Tier 5 Division 4 Ångermanland 10th
2004 Tier 5 Division 4 Ångermanland 1st Promoted
2005 Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 11th Relegated
2006* Tier 6 Division 4 Ångermanland 2nd
2007 Tier 6 Division 4 Ångermanland 1st Promoted
2008 Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 1st Promoted
2009 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 7th
2010 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 6th
2011 Tier 4 Division 2 Norrland 11th Relegated

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [4] [5] [6]

Attendances

In recent seasons the club have had the following average attendances:

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level
2005 177 Div 3 Mellersta Norrland Tier 4
2006 Not available Div 4 Ångermanland Tier 6
2007 Not available Div 4 Ångermanland Tier 6
2008 225 Div 3 Mellersta Norrland Tier 5
2009 285 Div 2 Norra Svealand Tier 4
2010 273 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4
2011 209 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [7]

Staff and board members
  • President: Christer Solgevik
  • Vice President: Håkan Lönnefors
  • Treasurer : Bo Westin

Footnotes
  1. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Ångermanlands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  2. "Älgarna-Härnösand IF" (in Swedish). Älgarna-Härnösand IF. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  3. Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), pp. 469-471 (in Swedish)
  4. "GAIS – Lagfacta – IF Älgarna". Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  5. "Norrland - Division 2 – Fotbollsserier 2010 – Fotboll – everysport.com". Retrieved 2010-09-16.
  6. "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning". Archived from the original on 2010-07-31. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
  7. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-11-14.
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