IFK Falköping FF is a Swedish football club located in Falköping in Falköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County.
Background IFK Falköping is a sports club from Falköping that was founded in 1921 under the name Falköpings BK. The name was changed to IFK Falköping in 1925. The club runs sections covering table tennis, football and ice-hockey and previously provided for bandy. The club originally comprised a main board representing the various sections but at the AGM in 1988 was transformed into an alliance of clubs.
Since their foundation IFK Falköping FF has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. In their early years the club played in the Skaraborgsserien and Västgötaserien. A notable Division 3 match was in 1957 when IFK Falköping lost to Tidaholms GIF in front of 2,291 spectators. In 1974 the club played at their highest level for one season in Division 2 Södra which at that time was the second tier of Swedish football. The club currently plays in Division 3 Mellersta Götaland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football but have finished in a relegation position. They play their home matches at the Odenplan in Falköping.
IFK Falköping FF are affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund.
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1993Tier 4 Division 3Mellersta Götaland3rd1994Tier 4 Division 3Mellersta Götaland3rd1995Tier 4 Division 3Mellersta Götaland3rd1996Tier 4 Division 3Mellersta Götaland10th Relegated1997Tier 5 Division 4 Västergötland Norra1stPromoted1998Tier 4 Division 3Mellersta Götaland4th1999Tier 4 Division 3Mellersta Götaland8th2000Tier 4 Division 3Mellersta Götaland7th2001Tier 4 Division 3Mellersta Götaland11th Relegated2002Tier 5 Division 4 Västergötland Norra3rd2003Tier 5 Division 4 Västergötland Norra2ndPromotion Playoffs – Promoted2004Tier 4 Division 3Nordöstra Götaland6th2005Tier 4 Division 3Mellersta Götaland8th2006*Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland4th2007Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland4th2008Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland10thRelegated2009Tier 6 Division 4 Västergötland Norra1stPromoted2010Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland10thRelegated * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
Attendances
In recent seasons IFK Falköping FF have had the following average attendances:
SeasonAverage attendanceDivision / SectionLevel2005235 Div 3 Mellersta Götaland Tier 42006128 Div 3 Mellersta Götaland Tier 52007145 Div 3 Mellersta Götaland Tier 52008169 Div 3 Mellersta Götaland Tier 52009Not available Div 4 Västergötland Norra Tier 62010155 Div 3 Mellersta Götaland Tier 5 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.
Footnotes
External links Falköping FF – Official website