Västra Frölunda IF

Västra Frölunda IF is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. The club is best known for his handball, football and ice hockey teams, all of whom played in the respective first Swedish League. The latter, in 1965 the Swedish championship in 1984 broke away from the club and became an independent Frölunda HC.

History

Västra Frölunda IF was founded in 1930. Managed the football team in the late 1940s for a short time, the rise in the Division 3, so it took but a short time until the club made ​​national attention. 1953, the handball team for the Allsvenskan could qualify. Six years later, pulled the ice hockey team and played according henceforth also top-notch.

Also for the football team Västra Frölunda IF it went up again and at the end of the season in 1962 was the rise in the second division. However followed with three points on Halmstad BK immediate relegated again as third from bottom of the table. And while the ice hockey team celebrated its first championship managed the football department to return to the second division. However, this was immediately followed by disillusionment, again to avoid relegation behind Varberg BoIS was missed.

The chances of promotion of footballers almost followed the walkthrough in the Allsvenskan. Behind the enteilten with seven points Åtvidabergs FF took one second place. In the following years, the club managed to stick a few years in the second division. 1971 could be stopped only on the relegation zone the championship again. But by a second place in the rise of games behind IFK Kristianstad the club managed to immediate recurrence.

From the beginning, the team played against relegation, which could not be prevented in 1975. Although successful in the third division again the immediate season victory, in the rise of games which, however, failed third behind the rising stars Mjallby AIF and IFK Ulricehamn. Then Västra Frölunda IF always played forward with the ascension, but it took until 1980 before again succeeded the season victory. Subsequently, the team placed first as a group by the rise in games against Trelleborg FF, Alvesta GIF and BK Astrio and returned to the second division.

This time it managed Västra Frölunda IF, to establish itself in the second division. In 1986 the squadron winning the Division 2 Södraund so that the rise in the Allsvenskan. There could be earned in the first season, seventh place, qualifying for the championship final was missed by only three points. In the second year, the club was in the relegation battle again. The league was managed by a single point on Östers IF. 1989 one was, however, with only three wins this season Table and dismounted in the second division.

With two points behind the winner Season Västra Frölunda IF finished behind BK Hacken Helsingborgs IF and only the third place and thus missed the direct resurgence. In 1991, the team qualified as the winner of the Spring series for the Kvalsvenskan. There she was only fourth and had to play in the rise of games against Helsingborgs IF. After a 2:4 away defeat was achieved with a 3-1 win on away goals rule, the resurgence in the Swedish Elite Series.

In the Allsvenskan, the club finished only second to last place and had thus compete in the Kvalsvenskan. Here again was only seventh place, so that the club had in the play-offs. After a 1-2 defeat and a 4-2 win over IFK Luleå, however, the league was managed. 1994 had once again competing in the relegation against Umeå FC handed a 2-0 first-leg win, since you broke up 0-0 on foreign space the team. A year later she got a table last again.

In the first year in the second division only a mid-table was occupied, in 1997 came the team as the season winner again in the first division. Västra Frölunda IF in fifth knew to surprise as intermediates. After a seventh place in the following season, the club adopted for the third time from the elite league.

Västra Frölunda IF 2001 was only ninth. In the following season the team qualified in third place for the relegation matches against IFK Norrköping. After a 2-1 home success un a 1:3 away defeat but both clubs remained in their respective leagues. Then we went to the club but downhill and at the end of the 2005 season was the relegation to the third tier. Initially to the resurgence of playing, the club slipped increasingly into the table. The 2010 season ended, the club finally the relegation zone and got together with Torslanda IK and Ytterby IS in the fourth league from.

Known player

Superettan Halmstads BK Varbergs BoIS FC Ulricehamns IFK Trelleborgs FF
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