GIF Sundsvall
| Full name | Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall |
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| Nickname(s) | Giffarna Norrlandslaget (Northland team) |
| Short name | GIF |
| Founded | 25 August 1903; 121 years ago (1903年08月25日) |
| Ground | NP3 Arena, Sundsvall |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
| Head coach | Erol Ates |
| League | Superettan |
| 2024 | Superettan, 13th of 16 |
| Website | http://www.gifsundsvall.se/ |
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Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡɪfːˈsɵ̂nː(d)sval] ),[1] Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollförbund and plays its home games at NP3 Arena with a capacity of roughly 8,000 spectators.[2] Formed on 25 August 1903, the club has played 19 seasons in Sweden's highest football league Allsvenskan, the club's first season in the league was in 1965.
GIF Sundsvall is placed twenty-second in the overall Allsvenskan table maratontabellen. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are blue, yellow and white. Nevertheless, white is not articulately present in today's kit it has a strong history within the club.
History
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The club was formed on August 25, 1903, at Matilda Anderssons Café. At that time, GIF Sundsvall stood for "Godtemplarnas Idrotts Förening Sundsvall" which mainly was for Teetotallers up until the alcohol demands was lightened in 1920. The initials then came to stand for, to this day still, "Gymnastik och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall" (Gymnastics and sports club Sundsvall).
The club reached the first tier of the domestic football in 1965. The club has since been a "yo-yo team" mainly playing in the second division but with Allsvenskan stints in 1975, 1987–89, 1991, 2000–06, 2008, 2012 and 2015–19.
GIF Sundsvall earlier had women's football, bandy and ice hockey on the program. The bandy team became district champions for Västernorrland in 1921.[3] The hockey team folded in the late 1960s. In 1985 the women's team was transferred to Sundsvalls DFF. This mainly because the women's team was disappointed with the lack of support from the men's team.
Stadium
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GIF Sundsvall's home stadium is NP3 Arena, formerly known as Idrottsparken and Norrporten Arena. It is located in the heart of Sundsvall and was inaugurated on August 6, 1903. It was renovated in 2001–2002 and it can now hold a capacity of 8,000, with 5,000 under roof.[4]
Between 2006 – 2016 the name was changed to Norrporten Arena and during 2017 the club expect to present a new sponsor and name of the stadium. The stadium's grass is artificial turf since 2004.
The record attendance was 16,507 against Högadals IS on October 15, 1961.
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Supporters
[edit ]The official supporter's club of GIF Sundsvall is called Patronerna. Formed in 1999, mostly as a joke by some friends supporting[further explanation needed ] their friend, the club has in a short period of time amassed a strong reputation[citation needed ]. The name is mainly a historical reference to the sawmill owners who were very powerful in Sundsvall during the post-industrial-revolution era. In 2005, FP-tifo, the group who designs the club's terrace choreography, won the Swedish tifo awards arranged by Canal+.
Achievements
[edit ]- Superettan
- Runners-up (3): 2011, 2014, 2021
- Division 1 Norra
- Winners (2): 1990, 1999
- Norrländska Mästerskapet
- Winners (1): 1942
- Runners-up (2): 1928, 1951
Players
[edit ]First-team squad
[edit ]- As of 1 September 2024[5]
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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Out on loan
[edit ]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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Retired numbers
[edit ]10 – Leif Forsberg, forward (1980–1988, 1990–2001)
Managers
[edit ]| Name | Year(s) |
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| Sweden Stig Sundqvist | 1955–58 |
| England Jimmy Meadows | 1976 |
| Sweden Anders Grönhagen | 1986–89 |
| Sweden Jan Mattsson | 1990–92 |
| Sweden Anders Grönhagen | 1999–01 |
| Norway Per Joar Hansen | 2002–03 |
| Republic of Ireland Patrick Walker | 2003 |
| Sweden Rikard Norling | 2004 |
| Norway Jan Halvor Halvorsen | 2005 |
| Sweden Anders Högman | 2005 |
| England David Wilson | 2005–06 |
| Finland Mika Sankala | 2006–07 |
| Norway Per Joar Hansen | 2008 |
| Sweden Sören Åkeby | October 2008 – November 12 |
| Sweden Roger Franzén | November 2012 – September 16 |
| Sweden Joel Cedergren | November 2012 – August 19 |
| Sweden Tony Gustavsson | August 2019 – December 2019 |
| Sweden Henrik Åhnstrand | 2019 – July 2022 |
| United States Brian Clarhaut | July 2022 – December 2022 |
| Sweden Douglas Jakobsen | January 2023 – June 2024 |
| Spain Ion Doros | June 2024 – 12 July 2024 |
| Finland Erol Ates | 12 July 2024–present |
Footnotes
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 23. Archived from the original on 2020年03月29日. Retrieved 2019年04月26日.
- ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Medelpads Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 2011年12月07日. Retrieved 2011年01月12日.
- ^ Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), p. 469 (in Swedish)
- ^ "NP3 Arena" (in Swedish). GIF Sundsvall. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Truppen" (in Swedish). GIF Sundsvall. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
External links
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- Allsvenskan (Premier league) – Official site
- GIF Sundsvall – Official site
- Patronerna – Official supporter club site
- Superettan (Second tier league) – Official site
- GIF Sundsvall
- Allsvenskan clubs
- Sport in Sundsvall
- Football clubs in Västernorrland County
- Association football clubs established in 1903
- Bandy clubs established in 1903
- Ice hockey clubs established in 1903
- 1903 establishments in Sweden
- Defunct bandy clubs in Sweden
- Defunct ice hockey teams in Sweden