IFK Västerås
| IFK Västerås | |||
| Basic data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Surname | Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Västerås | ||
| Seat | Västerås , Sweden | ||
| founding | 1898 | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Venue | Solid Park Arena | ||
| Places | 7,044 | ||
| league | Division 4 Västmanland | ||
| 2019 | 5th place | ||
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IFK Västerås is a Swedish football club from Västerås . The team played over 30 seasons in the Swedish second division, most recently in 1987.
history
IFK Västerås was founded in 1898. Even in the early days, the team distinguished itself as multiple district champions and in 1913 provided Oskar Berg, the first Swedish national player . In 1920 she reached the final of the Kamratmästerskapen , but finished the competition after a 1: 2 defeat by IFK Göteborg in second place.
After IFK Västerås had not qualified at the start of the Allsvenskan in the 1924/25 season , the club belonged to the first unofficial second division. In 1927 he just missed the promotion games as runner-up in the season Mellansvenska series behind IK City . As runner-up behind Hallstahammars SK in the following year, they qualified for the now official second-highest division. The team occupied mainly places in the midfield, in 1935 succeeded behind IK Brage the runner-up - but ten points behind. At first she was unable to build on this success and in the early 1940s was increasingly in danger of relegation. 1945 and 1946 each managed a third place, then followed without a game win in the season 1947/48 as bottom of the table with two season points of relegation to the third division. In the following years, the team fell into the fifth division.
At the end of the 1961 season, IFK Västerås returned to the third division. After several third places in Division 3 Norra Svealand , the team rose in 1968 as a season winner in the second division, but missed relegation. In the following years she stayed in the front area of the league without being able to intervene in the promotion race. 1977 succeeded again the relay win in Division 3 Norra Svealand , in the subsequent play-off round, the club prevailed without defeat before Kramfors-Alliansen , Ope IF and Gammelstads IF . Initially, the team played in the second division against relegation and occupied the last non-relegation place in the first two years. In 1981 she had to compete in the relegation, but was able to prevail. After the fifth place was occupied in 1984 and 1986, the club had to relegate again in 1987.
IFK Västerås sat down in the midfield of the third division Västra Svealand . In 1995 the club was second behind Hertzöga BK and qualified for the promotion round. After he had prevailed in the first round against Tyresö FF , he failed in the second round to IK Sirius . The team could not confirm the success and slipped into the lower regions of the table. In 1998 she entered the relegation, but was able to manage relegation. In the 2000 season, only two victories of the season get, so that the club as bottom of the table was relegated to fourth division before it was passed through to fifth division.
At the end of the 2004 season, IFK Västerås rose to fourth division, but was downgraded to the fifth division as a table ninth victim of a league reform. The team missed relegation and was relegated to the sixth division.