Bälinge IF is a sports club from Bälinge, a village 10 kilometres north-west of Uppsala, Sweden.
Background Bälinge Idrottsförening was established on 15 March 1936 and is currently active in men's and ladies' football, cross-country skiing, floorball, and table tennis. In the past the club has also run an ice hockey section. In the first years of Bälinge IF's history their sportsmen wore blue and yellow team colours. It was then decided that these colours could only be used by a Swedish national team so BIF had to switch to black and yellow.
Since 1942 Bälinge IF has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club currently plays in Division 4 Uppland which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Bälinge IP in Bälinge.
The club is most famous for its women's football team which participated in the Women's Premier Division (Damallsvenskan) for thirteen seasons since it was established in 1978. The team has never won the Swedish championships but it contributed with players to the Swedish national team, among these Josefine Öqvist who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. The team now play at a much lower level: in Division 4 Uppland.
Bälinge IF women's football team played their home games at Studenternas IP Stadium in Uppsala, since the sports field in Bälinge was far too small to host premier games. The team colours are black and yellow.
Bälinge IF are affiliated to the Upplands Fotbollförbund.
Season to season
Men's team SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1993Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand5th1994Tier 4 Division 3 Södra Norrland10thRelegated1995Tier 5 Division 4 Uppland1stPromoted1996Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand7th1997Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand6th1998Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand4th1999Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand7th2000Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand11th Relegated2001Tier 5 Division 4 Uppland3rd2002Tier 5 Division 4 Uppland3rd2003Tier 5 Division 4 Uppland1stPromoted2004Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand9thRelegated2005Tier 5 Division 4 Uppland6th2006*Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland3rd2007Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland1stPromoted2008Tier 5 Division 3 Norra Svealand10thRelegated2009Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland8th2010Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland4th2011Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland2nd2012Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland1stPromoted2013Tier 5 Division 3 Östra Svealand11thRelegated2014Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland7th2015Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland5th2016Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland5th2017Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland6th2018Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland5th2019Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland10thRelegated2020Tier 7 Division 5 Uppland Norra3rd2021Tier 7 Division 5 Uppland Norra2nd2022Tier 7 Division 5 Uppland Norra1stPromoted2023Tier 6 Division 4 Uppland3rd * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
Ladies' team SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1995Tier 1 Damallsvenskan 5th1996Tier 1 Damallsvenskan 6th1997Tier 1 Damallsvenskan 3rd1998Tier 1 Damallsvenskan 3rd1999Tier 1 Damallsvenskan 5th2000Tier 1 Damallsvenskan 8th2001Tier 1 Damallsvenskan 7th2002Tier 1 Damallsvenskan 7th2003Tier 1 Damallsvenskan 5th2004Tier 1 Damallsvenskan 11thRelegated2005Tier 2Division 1Norrettan 1stPromoted2006Tier 1 Damallsvenskan 9th2007Tier 1 Damallsvenskan 9th2008Tier 1 Damallsvenskan 12th Relegated2009 Withdrew2010Tier 5 Division 4 Uppland Västra7th
Footnotes
External links Bälinge IF – Official website