Vimmerby IF (founded in 1919) is a Swedish football club located in Vimmerby in Kalmar County. VIF won the 2009–10 Swedish Futsal Championship and were Sweden's representative in the 2010–11 UEFA Futsal Cup.
Background Since their foundation, Vimmerby IF has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club is currently playing in Division 2 Södra Svealand which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Vimarvallen in Vimmerby.
In autumn 2009, the city council made the exciting decision to build an artificial turf training facility in conjunction with current Ceosvallen. The Arena Ceos Project will be the biggest project since the club was formed in 1919. VIF has worked earnestly for decades to bring about a relocation of the main arena and to get proper winter training opportunities. The municipality's commitment is to build and own the facility and to lease it to Vimmerby IF who will manage the operation of both artificial grass and other green spaces in the Ceosvallen.
Vimmerby IF are affiliated to the Smålands Fotbollförbund.
Player
Futsal A great achievement for Vimmerby IF was winning the 2009–10 Swedish Futsal Championship. In the final against IFK Skövde who had won the previous 4 championships, VIK came back from 5–2 down with 5 minutes remaining to win 6–5 with a dramatic last minute winner. The club were Sweden's representative in the 2010–11 UEFA Futsal Cup but were knocked out in the preliminary round in a group held at Hafnarfjörður in Iceland. The group comprised Kremlin-Bicêtre United (France), CFE/VDL Groep (Holland), Keflavík ÍF (Iceland) and Vimmerby IF with the winners Kremlin-Bicêtre United progressing into the next round.
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1993Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Nordöstra2nd1994Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Nordöstra1stPromoted1995Tier 4 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland11thRelegated1996Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Nordöstra8th1997Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Nordöstra9thRelegation Playoffs – Relegated1998Tier 6 Division 5 Promotion Playoffs – Promoted1999Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Nordöstra2nd2000Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Nordöstra2nd2001Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Östra Elit5th2002Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Östra Elit8th2003Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Östra Elit8th2004Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Östra Elit10th2005Tier 5 Division 4 Småland Östra Elit4th2006*Tier 6 Division 4 Småland Norra Elit1stPromoted2007Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland4th2008Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland4th2009Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland1stPromoted2010Tier 4 Division 2 Östra Götaland6th 2011Tier 4 Division 2 Västra Götaland2nd 2012Tier 4 Division 2 Östra Götaland8th 2013Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand8th 2014Tier 4 Division 2 Östra Götaland5th
Attendances
In recent seasons Vimmerby IFs have had the following average attendances:
SeasonAverage attendanceDivision / SectionLevel2006Not available Div Småland Norra Elit Tier 62007397 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 52008406 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 52009480 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 52010589 Div 2 Östra Götaland Tier 4 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.
Footnotes
External links Vimmerby IF – Official website