Smedby AIS is a Swedish football club located in Norrköping.
Background Smedby AIS (or SAIS for short) is a football club from southeast Norrköping based in the district of Smedby. The club was founded on 3 October 1929 and played in the third tier of Swedish football for the first time in 1961 and again in 1967–70, 1978, 1980–81 and 2003.
Since their foundation Smedby AIS has participated mainly in the lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club currently plays in Division 2 Södra Svealand which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the PreZero Arena in Norrköping.
Smedby AIS are affiliated to the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund. With an active youth section the club has over 1,500 members and has produced players like Hasan Cetinkaya, Niclas Fredriksson, Linus Hellman, Christos Christoforidis and Hampus Näsström.
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1993Tier 4 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland10thRelegated1994Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Östra1stPromoted1995Tier 4 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland4th1996Tier 4 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland10thRelegated1997Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Östra3rd1998Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Östra7th1999Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Östra2nd2000Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Östra2ndPromotion Playoffs – Promoted2001Tier 4 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland9thRelegation Playoffs2002Tier 4 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland1st Promoted2003Tier 3Division 2Östra Svealand12thRelegated2004Tier 4 Division 3 Västra Svealand9th Relegation Playoffs – Relegated2005Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Östra1stPromoted2006*Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland1stPromoted2007Tier 4 Division 2 Mellersta Götaland5th2008Tier 4 Division 2 Östra Götaland4th2009Tier 4 Division 2 Östra Götaland2nd2010Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand8th2011Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand11thRelegated2012Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland1stPromoted2013Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand7th2014Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand12thRelegation Playoffs – Relegated2015Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland1stPromoted2016Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand13thRelegated2017Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland7th2018Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland2ndPromotion Playoffs – Not Promoted2019Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland2ndPromotion Playoffs – Not Promoted2020Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland2ndPromotion Playoffs – Promoted2021Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand8th2022Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand6th2023Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand10th2024Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand11th2025Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
Current squad
Attendances
In recent seasons Smedby AIS have had the following average attendances:
SeasonAverage attendanceDivision / SectionLevel2005Not available Div 4 Östergötland Östra Tier 52006106 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 52007121 Div 2 Mellersta Götaland Tier 42008124 Div 2 Östra Götaland Tier 4200999 Div 2 Östra Götaland Tier 42010114 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 42011173 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 42012124 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 52013138 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 42014126 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 42015119 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 52016161 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 42017158 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 52018136 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 52019? Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 52020 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.
Footnotes
External links Smedby AIS – official website