IK Franke is a Swedish sports club located in Västerås in Västmanland.
Background Idrottsklubben Franke was formed in 1943 and its main activity has been football despite the initial success came in bandy when the club won the national juniors championship in 1958. At youth level the football club has fostered future national team players such as Gary Sundgren and Pontus Kåmark. In 2010 the first team has been coached by Peter Markstedt, the former Hammarby IF player.
Since their foundation IK Franke has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The men's team currently plays in Division 3 Västra Svealand which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. The women's team plays at a similar level. The teams play their home matches at the Råby IP in Västerås.
IK Franke are affiliated to the Västmanlands Fotbollförbund.
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1993Tier 4 Division 3Västra Svealand6th1994Tier 4 Division 3Östra Svealand9th Relegation Playoffs – Relegated1995Tier 5 Division 4 Västmanland6th1996Tier 5 Division 4 Västmanland1stPromoted1997Tier 4 Division 3Norra Svealand9th Relegation Playoffs – Relegated1998Tier 5 Division 4 Västmanland1stPromoted1999Tier 4 Division 3Västra Svealand8th2000Tier 4 Division 3Västra Svealand7th2001Tier 4 Division 3Västra Svealand8th2002Tier 4 Division 3Västra Svealand10th Relegated2003Tier 5 Division 4 Västmanland8th2004Tier 5 Division 4 Västmanland4th2005Tier 5 Division 4 Västmanland1stPromoted2006*Tier 5 Division 3 Västra Svealand7th2007Tier 5 Division 3 Västra Svealand11thRelegated2008Tier 6 Division 4 Västmanland2nd2009Tier 6 Division 4 Västmanland1stPromoted2010Tier 5 Division 3 Västra Svealand5th2011Tier 5 Division 3 Norra Svealand4th2012Tier 5 Division 3 Södra Svealand3rd2013Tier 5 Division 3 Södra Svealand8th2014Tier 5 Division 3 Västra Svealand8th2015Tier 5 Division 3 Västra Svealand2ndPromotion Playoffs – Promoted2016Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand13th Relegated2017Tier 5 Division 3 Västra Svealand4th2018Tier 5 Division 3 Norra Svealand4th2019Tier 5 Division 3 Norra Svealand5th2020Tier 5 Division 3 Norra Svealand * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
Attendances
In recent seasons IK Franke have had the following average attendances:
SeasonAverage attendanceDivision / SectionLevel2005Not available Div 4 Västmanland Tier 52006110 Div 3 Västra Svealand Tier 52007115 Div 3 Västra Svealand Tier 52008Not available Div 4 Västmanland Tier 62009Not available Div 4 Västmanland Tier 62010120 Div 3 Västra Svealand Tier 5201187 Div 3 Norra Svealand Tier 5201299 Div 3 Södra Svealand Tier 5201394 Div 3 Södra Svealand Tier 5201494 Div 3 Västra Svealand Tier 52015? Div 3 Västra Svealand Tier 52016208 Div 2 Norra Svealand Tier 42017119 Div 3 Västra Svealand Tier 52018108 Div 3 Norra Svealand Tier 52019? Div 3 Norra Svealand Tier 52020 Div 3 Norra Svealand Tier 5 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.
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