Akropolis IF

Acropolis Idrottsförening is a Swedish football club based in Sundbyberg. 2011 plays club for the first time in their history in the third-tier Division 1 The now independent basketball team played after the separation times in the Svenska Basketligan.

History

Akropolis IF was founded in 1968 by Greek immigrants as a basketball club, one year later, soccer added as another sport. Until 1980, the football team marched through the lower leagues and reached the first time in 1980 Viertklassigkeit, coupled with increased interest in the Swedish press, due to the immigrant background. The basketball players were successful in the 1980s and rose in 1987 to the third tier. Then the team split off under the name acropolis BBK.

The footballers of Akropolis IF had established themselves in the middle part of the Swedish league pyramid, the team for the 2000 season returned again in the Viertklassigkeit. After re- direct descent, it took until the next climb four years as victims of a league reform lasted stay again only one season. About the relegation matches against Bollnäs GIF and Älvsjö AIK succeeded this time the immediate return, and in the following years, the club sat firmly in the upper middle. With seven points ahead of Enskede IK, the team placed in the 2010 at the top of their fourth league season and made ​​the first ascent in the third division.