Degerfors IF is a professional football club located in Degerfors, Sweden. The club was formed on 13 January 1907, and is currently playing in the highest tier in Swedish football, Allsvenskan.
Fans Being a club in a town with a big iron industry, the club has a lot of politically progressive fans. In their away game versus GAIS on the 13th of April 2025, the away fans displayed a banner saying “ultra rossoblaco - Against Fascism.” And in 2024 they had another banner saying “no style, just working class”.
Background
Degerfors IF first played in the Allsvenskan in 1939, making use of their new home ground at Stora Valla. Up until 1966, the club regularly appeared in the Allsvenskan; however, in recent decades they have played at the highest level for 5 seasons from 1993 to 1997. Their record attendance is 21,065 spectators when Degerfors IF played IFK Norrköping in 1963.
The club is affiliated to the Värmlands Fotbollförbund.
Season to season
SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1993Tier 1 Allsvenskan 12th 1994Tier 1 Allsvenskan 8th 1995Tier 1 Allsvenskan 9th 1996Tier 1 Allsvenskan 9th 1997Tier 1 Allsvenskan 13th Relegated1998Tier 2Division 1Norra 8th 1999Tier 2Division 1Norra 9th Relegated2000Tier 3Division 2Västra Svealand4th2001Tier 3Division 2Västra Svealand4th2002Tier 3Division 2Västra Svealand3rd2003Tier 3Division 2Västra Svealand2nd2004Tier 3Division 2Västra Svealand1stPromoted2005Tier 2Superettan13th2006*Tier 2Superettan11th2007Tier 2Superettan8th2008Tier 2Superettan16thRelegated2009Tier 3Division 1Norra1stPromoted2010Tier 2 Superettan10th2011Tier 2 Superettan5th2012Tier 2 Superettan12th2013Tier 2 Superettan4th2014Tier 2 Superettan7th2015Tier 2 Superettan9th2016Tier 2 Superettan12th2017Tier 2 Superettan8th2018Tier 2 Superettan7th2019Tier 2 Superettan5th2020Tier 2 Superettan2ndPromoted2021Tier 1 Allsvenskan 13th2022Tier 1 Allsvenskan 13th2023Tier 1 Allsvenskan 15th Relegated2024Tier 2 Superettan1stPromoted2025Tier 1 Allsvenskan 13th * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
Players
Out on loan
Staff
Current technical staff
Managers
Arnold Andersson-Tagner (1936–37) István Wampetits (1937–44) Einar Skeppstedt (1945–47) Edmund Crawford (1948–49) Karl-Erik Jakobsson (1950) Imre Markos (1951–53) Gunnar Andersson (1953) Karl Neschy (1954–57) Olle Åhlund (1957–59) Bill Burnikell (1960–61) Tore Karlsson (1961) Gunnar Nordahl (1961–64) Vilmos Varszegi (1965–66) Ernst Bohlin (1961–67) Tore Karlsson (1968) Åke Klintberg (1969) Olle Åhlund (1970) Tore Karlsson (1971–72) Håkan Höglander (1973–74) Curt Edenvik (1975) Tord Grip (1976) Sven-Göran Eriksson (1977–78) Lars-Åke Bäckström (1979–80) Peter Pallman (1980) Janusz Pekowski (1981–82) Dave Mosson (1983–85) Björn Juhlin (1986–87) Lars Henriksson (1988) Kenneth Sundkvist (1989) Sören Cratz (1990–92) Börje Andersson (1993) Erik Hamrén (1994) Sören Cratz (1995–96) Bosse Nilsson (1997) Örjan Glans (1998) Kenneth Norling (1999–2001) Dave Mosson (2002–04) Tony Gustavsson (2005–06) Mark Selmer (2007) Milenko Vukčević (2007) Jan Stahre (2008) Patrik Werner (2009–2016)http://www.nwt.se/sport/folj_degerfors/article1116863.ece?service=mobile Stefan Jacobsson (2016–2019) Tobias Solberg and Andreas Holmberg (2020–2023) William Lundin (2024–)
Honours
League Allsvenskan: Runners-up: 1940–41, 1963
Superettan: Winners: 2024
Division 1 Norra: Winners: 2009
Cups Svenska Cupen: Winners: 1992–93
Footnotes
External links
Degerfors IF – official site Vulkanerna – official supporter club site Degerfors IF J – official site for the junior team (archived 13 March 2007)