Ulvåkers IF is a Swedish football club located in Skövde in Skövde Municipality, Västra Götaland County.
Background Ulvåkers Idrottsförening is a sports club located in Skövde that was formed in 1946. Their main local rivals in the town are Skövde AIK and IFK Skövde. Ulvåker is located about north of Skövde and the club has around 500 members covering men's, ladies and junior football.
Since their foundation Ulvåkers IF has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club in 2010 have competed in Division 3 Mellersta Götaland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football but have been relegated following the Relegation/Promotion Playoffs. Their place in Division 3 has been taken by IFK Skövde FK who won the playoff group. They play their home matches at the Åbrovallen in Skövde. A huge project for the club was the official opening of Ulvåker IF's new indoor hall on 25 November 2000. This complex is the first football hall in the Municipality of Skövde.
Ulvåkers IF are affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund.
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1993Tier 3Division 2Västra Götaland3rd1994Tier 3Division 2Västra Götaland5th1995Tier 3Division 2Västra Götaland8th1996Tier 3Division 2Västra Götaland12thRelegated1997Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland2ndPromotion Playoffs1998Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland1stPromoted1999Tier 3Division 2Västra Götaland12thRelegated2000Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland6th2001Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland7th2002Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland8th2003Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland10th Relegated2004Tier 5 Division 4 Västergötland Norra3rd2005Tier 5 Division 4 Västergötland Norra7th2006*Tier 6 Division 4 Västergötland Norra6th2007Tier 6 Division 4 Västergötland Norra2ndPromotion Playoffs – Promoted2008Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland6th2009Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland7th2010Tier 5 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland9thRelegation Playoffs – Relegated * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
Attendances
In recent seasons Ulvåkers IF have had the following average attendances:
SeasonAverage attendanceDivision / SectionLevel2007Not available Div 4 Västergötland Norra Tier 62008158 Div 3 Mellersta Götaland Tier 52009173 Div 3 Mellersta Götaland Tier 52010166 Div 3 Mellersta Götaland Tier 5 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.
Footnotes
External links Ulvåkers IF – Official website Ulvåkers IF Facebook