Degerfors IF is a Swedish professional football club located in Degerfors. The club, formed 13 January 1907, is currently playing in the second highest tier in Swedish football, Superettan.
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| Full name | Degerfors Idrottsförening | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Bruket | ||
| Founded | 13 January 1907 | ||
| Ground | Stora Valla, Degerfors | ||
| Capacity | 7,500 | ||
| Chairman | Fredrik Rakar | ||
| Head coach | William Lundin | ||
| League | Superettan | ||
| 2023 | Allsvenskan 15th (relegation) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Background edit
Degerfors IF first played in the Allsvenskan in 1939, making use of their new home ground at Stora Valla. Up until 1966, the club regularly appeared in the Allsvenskan; however, in recent decades they have played at the highest level for 5 seasons from 1993 to 1997. Their record attendance is 21,065 spectators when Degerfors IF played IFK Norrköping in 1963.
The club is affiliated to the Värmlands Fotbollförbund.[1]
Season to season edit
* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.[2] |
Players edit
First-team squad edit
- As of 13 February, 2024[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Staff edit
Current technical staff edit
| Position | Staff |
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| Manager |  Tobias Solberg & Andreas Holmberg
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| Technical Director | Patrik Werner
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| Goalkeeping Coach | Maria Busk Madland
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| Team Manager | Stig Ekman
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Source: [citation needed]
Managers edit
Arnold Andersson-Tagner (1936–37)
István Wampetits (1937–44)- Einar Skeppstedt (1945–47)
Edmund Crawford (1948–49)- Karl-Erik Jakobsson (1950)
- Imre Markos (1951–53)
- Gunnar Andersson (1953)
Karl Neschy (1954–57)- Olle Åhlund (1957–59)
- Bill Burnikell (1960–61)
- Tore Karlsson (1961)
- Gunnar Nordahl (1961–64)
- Vilmos Varszegi (1965–66)
- Ernst Bohlin (1961–67)
- Tore Karlsson (1968)
- Åke Klintberg (1969)
- Olle Åhlund (1970)
- Tore Karlsson (1971–72)
- Håkan Höglander (1973–74)
- Curt Edenvik (1975)
- Tord Grip (1976)
- Sven-Göran Eriksson (1977–78)
- Lars-Åke Bäckström (1979–80)
- Peter Pallman (1980)
Janusz Pekowski (1981–82)
Dave Mosson (1983–85)- Björn Juhlin (1986–87)
- Lars Henriksson (1988)
- Kenneth Sundkvist (1989)
- Sören Cratz (1990–92)
- Börje Andersson (1993)
- Erik Hamrén (1994)
- Sören Cratz (1995–96)
- Bosse Nilsson (1997)
- Örjan Glans (1998)
- Kenneth Norling (1999–2001)
- Dave Mosson (2002–04)
- Tony Gustavsson (2005–06)
- Mark Selmer (2007)
Milenko Vukčević (2007)- Jan Stahre (2008)
- Patrik Werner (2009–2016)[4]
- Stefan Jacobsson (2016–2019)
- Tobias Solberg and Andreas Holmberg (2020–)
Achievements edit
League edit
- Allsvenskan:
- Runners-up (2): 1940–41, 1963
- Division 1 Norra:
- Winners (1): 2009
Cups edit
- Svenska Cupen:
- Winners (1): 1992–93
Footnotes edit
- ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Värmlands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
- ^ "GAIS – Lagfacta – Degerfors IF". Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ^ "Spelartrupp" (in Swedish). Degerfors IF. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ http://www.nwt.se/sport/folj_degerfors/article1116863.ece?service=mobile [dead link]
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Degerfors IF.
- Degerfors IF – official site
- Vulkanerna – official supporter club site
- Degerfors IF J – official site for the junior team (archived 13 March 2007)