Lindsdals IF is a Swedish football club located just outside Kalmar in Småland. The club's major sport is football but table tennis is also available.
Background Since their foundation on 26 July 1926 Lindsdals IF has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club currently plays in Division 2 Södra Götaland which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Fjölebro IP in Kalmar.
Thanks to a partnership with Kalmar FF the club hope to be able to take further strides up the league system. Lindsdals IF run a large number of teams with approximately 400 young people active in both boys and girls' teams. The club's ladies team competed in the Damallsvenskan for several years in the 1990s.Their most famous player was Cecilia Sandell who later became an international. English World Cup players Tina Mapes and Karen Farley also played for the club.
Lindsdals IF are affiliated to the Smålands Fotbollförbund.
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1993Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Sydöstra8th1994Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Sydöstra5th1995Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Sydöstra3rd1996Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Sydöstra6th1997Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Sydöstra7th1998Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Sydöstra3rd1999Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Sydöstra6th2000Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Sydöstra5th2001Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Östra Elit4thPromotion Playoffs – Promoted2002Tier 4 Division 3 Sydöstra Götaland8th 2003Tier 4 Division 3 Sydöstra Götaland6th 2004Tier 4 Division 3 Sydöstra Götaland6th 2005Tier 4 Division 3 Sydöstra Götaland8th 2006*Tier 5 Division 3 Sydöstra Götaland2ndPromotion Playoffs – Promoted2007Tier 4 Division 2 Mellersta Götaland10thRelegation Playoffs2008Tier 4 Division 2 Östra Götaland7th2009Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Götaland3rd2010Tier 4 Division 2 Östra Götaland5th2011Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Götaland7th2012Tier 4 Division 2 Östra Götaland3rd2013Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Götaland5th2014Tier 4 Division 2 Östra Götaland10th2015Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Götaland7th2016Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Götaland11th * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
Footnotes
External links Lindsdals IF – Official club website Lindsdals IF – Football website