Östers IF

Östers IF is a Swedish football club based in Växjö. The club also has sections in ice hockey and bowling. Austria IF was four times Swedish champion football and plays in the 2014 season in the second-rate Superettan.

History

The club was founded in 1930 and reached 1958 for the first time the Swedish second division. After the 1961 team failed in their first qualifying matches for the Fotbollsallsvenskan, they had more success in 1967 and rose to. In the first year in the top division could win the title. Further championships followed in 1978, 1980 and 1981. Aus 1977 won the national cup competition. The big man of the Association ( " Mr. Austria " ) was Stig Svensson. After the club was demoted in 1988, he reached again in 1990, the Allsvenskan. In the following years, Austria IF was followed to a lift team 1 to 2 league until the 2007 season, the descent into the third-class Division 1. 2008, the return to the second division was missed until the rise of the game, when Jönköping Södra IF prevailed with a 3-0 victory. 2009 succeeded Östers then first to rise again in the Superettan and 2012 the return to the Allsvenskan, but from which they descended into the following season in 2013 as Penultimate again.

Known player

• Björn Andersson - FC Bayern München 1974-1977 ( National players, including 1974 World Cup )
• Freddy Borg - played seven years for Östers before he moved to Hansa Rostock
• January Mattsson - top scorer in the 70's, Professional at Fortuna Dusseldorf and Bayer Uerdingen
• Thomas Ravelli - most capped player with 143 appearances for Sweden
• Tommy Svensson - ( National Player, including the 1970 World Cup and Swedish national team coach at the 1994 World Cup )
• Peter Wibrån - Hansa Rostock 1998-2003