IF VP Uppsala, earlier called IF Vindhemspojkarna, is a Swedish football club located in Uppsala.
Background The club started as a bandy club but branched out into many other sports. However, now all departments but the football has been terminated.
Since their foundation IF Vindhemspojkarna has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. IF VP played in the Swedish second division in 2000 and 2001. The club currently plays in Division 5 Uppland Västra which is the seventh tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Ekebydalen in Uppsala.
IF Vindhemspojkarna are affiliated to the Upplands Fotbollförbund. Their home colours are orange shirts, blue shorts with blue socks.
During the 2003–2004 season, the men's bandy team qualified for the upcoming season edition of Allsvenskan. However, in August 2004 the club had to withdraw before the premiere following lack of players. The club was replaced in Allsvenskan with Västanfors IF from Fagersta. Following disappointment, it was announced in August 2004 that the club's bandy representation team would be dissolved. The youth bandy activity was merged with Danmarks IF as "VP/Danmark", before ending up dissolved.
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1996Tier 5 Division 4 Uppland4th1997Tier 5 Division 4 Uppland1stPromoted1998Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand6th1999Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand1stPromoted2000Tier 3Division 2Östra Svealand6th2001Tier 3Division 2Östra Svealand11thRelegated2002Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand8th2003Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand5th2004Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand11thRelegated2005Tier 5 Division 4 Uppland9th2006*Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland4th2007Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland4th2008Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland12thRelegated2009Tier 7 Division 5 Uppland Norra5th2010Tier 7 Division 5 Uppland Västra7th2011Tier 7 Division 5 Uppland Östra10th * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
Attendances
In recent seasons IF Vindhemspojkarna have had the following average attendances:
SeasonAverage attendanceDivision / SectionLevel2009Not available Div 5 Uppland Norra Tier 7201030 Div 5 Uppland västra Tier 7 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.
Footnotes
External links IF Vindhemspojkarna – Official website