Football club
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| Full name | Sandvikens Idrottsförening | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Järngänget (The Iron Gang) Stålmännen (The Steel Men) Rödvästarna (The Red Vests) | ||
| Founded | 6 June 1918; 106 years ago (6 June 1918) | ||
| Ground | Jernvallen, Sandviken | ||
| Capacity | 7,000 | ||
| Chairman | Peter Svensson | ||
| Head Coach | Eldar Abdulic | ||
| League | Superettan | ||
| 2024 | 6th of 16 | ||
| Website | www.sandvikensiffotboll.se/ | ||
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Sandvikens IF is a Swedish football club located in Sandviken. The club, formed 6 June 1918, has played 21 seasons in the highest Swedish league, but is in the second highest Swedish league, Superettan. Sandvikens IF are affiliated to the Gestriklands Fotbollförbund.
As Sandviken is an industrial community, dominated by the steel and metal corporation Sandvik, the team has been much influenced by this. The name of the home ground, Jernvallen, would translate approximately as The Iron Ground, while the nicknames Järngänget and Stålmännen are self-explaining in Swedish ("The Iron gang" and "The Men of Steel"). Stålmännen has a double meaning, as it also is the plural form of Stålmannen, the Swedish name for Superman.
Season to season
* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. |
Current squad
- As of 30 August 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Achievements
- Allsvenskan:
- Best placement (3rd): 1935–36 – and gained thereby the Little Silver medals.
External links
- Sandvikens IF – official site
Footnotes
- "Distrikten Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Gestriklands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- "GAIS – Lagfacta – Sandvikens IF". Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- "Norra Svealand — Division 2 – Fotbollsserier 2010 – Fotboll – everysport.com". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
- "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning". Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
- "Herr". Retrieved 17 July 2023.