IF_Älgarna
Älgarna-Härnösand IF
Association football club in Härnösand, Sweden
Älgarna-Härnösand IF is a Swedish football team from Härnösand currently playing in Division 2 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]
| Full name | Älgarna-Härnösand Idrottsförening | ||
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| Founded | 19 February 1919 | ||
| Ground | Ängevallen, Härnösand | ||
| Capacity | 2,500 | ||
| Coordinates | 62°38′10″N 17°56′28″E | ||
| Coach |  Lars Göran Wiklund | ||
| League | Division 2 Norrland | ||
| 2022 | Division 2 Norrland, 9th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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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.
* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [4] [5] [6] ** Though the team placed low enough to be relegated, they were effectively merged with Härnösands FF at the end of the season resulting in their assumption of Härnösands FF's place in Division 3.[7] |
In recent seasons the club have had the following average attendances:
* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [8] |
- President: Christer Solgevik
- Vice President: Håkan Lönnefors
- Treasurer : Bo Westin
- "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Ångermanlands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- "Älgarna-Härnösand IF" (in Swedish). Älgarna-Härnösand IF. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), pp. 469-471 (in Swedish)
- "GAIS – Lagfacta – IF Älgarna". Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- "Norrland - Division 2 – Fotbollsserier 2010 – Fotboll – everysport.com". Retrieved 2010-09-16.
- "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning". Archived from the original on 2010-07-31. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
- "Älgarna-Härnösand IF". Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-11-14.