IFK Luleå is a Swedish professional football club formed in 1900, located in Luleå. The club merged with Luleå FF and played under the name Luleå FF/IFK from 1986 to 1989.
History
IFK Luleå was originally founded in the year 1900, but went dormant after some years. In 1920, the sports club IK Gyltzau won the Norrbotten district championship in bandy and this club was then renamed as a revived IFK Luleå, which continued to play bandy for many years. In 1932 and 1934 the bandy district championship was won again, now under the IFK name.Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), pp. 360-2 (in Swedish)
IFK Luleå played one season in the Allsvenskan in 1971, the top-tier of Swedish football, but after a promising start their stay was short-lived as they were relegated at the end of the season. In the late 1980s and most of the 1990s the club enjoyed their heyday by playing in Division 1 Norra, which at that time was the second tier of Swedish football. Over the last decade IFK Luleå have been competing in the Division 2 Norrland which is now the fourth tier of the Swedish football league system. For 4 consecutive seasons between 2006 and 2009 they have experienced the frustration of finishing in second position and consequently missing out on promotion.
In 2010 under new coach Fredrik Waara did they finally finish in first place and receive promotion to Division 1 Norra where they finished in tenth place during the next two seasons.
The club is affiliated to the Norrbottens Fotbollförbund.
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1993Tier 2Division 1Norra5th1994Tier 2Division 1Norra3rd1995Tier 2Division 1Norra6th1996Tier 2Division 1Norra9th1997Tier 2Division 1Norra7th1998Tier 2Division 1Norra14thRelegated1999Tier 4Division 3Norra Norrland4th2000Tier 4Division 3Norra Norrland1stPromotion play-offs2001Tier 3Division 2Norrland1stPromotion play-offs2002Tier 3Division 2Norrland4th2003Tier 3Division 2Norrland7th2004Tier 3Division 2Norrland3rd2005Tier 3Division 2Norrland7th2006*Tier 4Division 2Norrland2nd2007Tier 4Division 2Norrland2nd2008Tier 4Division 2Norrland2nd2009Tier 4Division 2Norrland2nd2010Tier 4Division 2Norrland1stPromoted2011Tier 3Division 1Norra10th2012Tier 3Division 1Norra10th2013Tier 3Division 1Norra5th2014Tier 3Division 1Norra10th2015Tier 3Division 1Norra3rd2016Tier 3Division 1Norra11thRelegation play-offs2017Tier 3Division 1Norra14thRelegated2018Tier 4Division 2Norrland5th2019Tier 4Division 2Norrland1stPromoted2020Tier 3Division 1Norra * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
Current squad
Attendances
In recent seasons IFK Luleå have had the following average attendances:
SeasonAverage attendanceDivision/sectionLevel2005362 Div 2 Norrland Tier 32006336 Div 2 Norrland Tier 42007487 Div 2 Norrland Tier 42008280 Div 2 Norrland Tier 42009699 Div 2 Norrland Tier 42010485 Div 2 Norrland Tier 42011866 Div 1 Norra Tier 32012441 Div 1 Norra Tier 32013560 Div 1 Norra Tier 32014432 Div 1 Norra Tier 32015774 Div 1 Norra Tier 32016616 Div 1 Norra Tier 32017427 Div 1 Norra Tier 32018? Div 2 Norrland Tier 42019? Div 2 Norrland Tier 42020 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.
Achievements
League Division 1 Norra Runners-up (2): 1991, 1992
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