IK Östria Lambohov was a Swedish football club located in Linköping in Östergötland County.
Background Idrottsklubben Östria Lambohov was founded on 24 January 1937 as Klints IK and in September of the same year changed their name to Bjärka Säby Östra IK.
Since their foundation IK Östria Lambohov participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club's last season was in Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Lambohovsvallen in Linköping.
IK Östria Lambohov were affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund. The club currently has around 1,500 members of which about 700 are active players. The club runs teams throughout the age groups from the youngest (Soccer for fun) through to the men's and ladies senior sides. The catchment area for the youth section is essentially Lambohov, Slaka and Skeda.
In 2013 the team merged with BK Kenty to form AFK Linköping. In 2018 the team was re-founded.
Recent history In recent seasons IK Östria Lambohov have competed in the following divisions:
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements2007Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland7th2008Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland8thRelegation Playoffs - Not Relegated2009Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland3rd2010Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland5th2011Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland4th2012Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland3rd2018Tier 8 Division 6 Östergötland Mellersta1stPromoted2019Tier 7 Division 5 Östergötland Västra1stPromoted2020Tier 6 Division 4 Östergötland Västra * 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 Östria Lambohov have had the following average attendances:
SeasonAverage attendanceDivision / SectionLevel2006Not available Div 4 Östergötland Västra Tier 62007117 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 52008121 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 52009120 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 52010169 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 52011186 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 52012203 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 52013 Did not compete 2014 Did not compete 2015 Did not compete 2016 Did not compete 2017 Did not compete201846 Div 6 Mellersta Östergötland Tier 8 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.
Footnotes
External links IK Östria Lambohov – Official website IK Östria Lambohov on Facebook SvenskaFans.com | IK Östria Lambohov – at SvenskaFans.com