Gällstads FK is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 football club located in Gällstad

Gällstad

Gällstad is a locality situated in Ulricehamn Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 494 inhabitants in 2005....

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Background

Gällstads FK were formed on the ist October 2001 following the amalgamation of Gällstads AIS & Gällstads IF.

Gällstads FK currently plays in Division 4

Swedish football Division 4

Division 4 is the sixth level in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 39 sections with 8 to 12 football teams in each.- The competition :There are 39 groups of 8 to 12 teams each representing a local geographical area...

 Västergötland Södra which is the sixth tier of Swedish football

Swedish football league system

The Swedish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Sweden which is controlled by the Swedish Football Association and consists of 276 teams in 22 leagues divided into five levels...

. They play their home matches at the Åvalla in Gällstad.

The club is affiliated to Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. GFK has played prestigious friendly games against Aston Villa FC in 2005 and Reading FC in 2006.

Season to season

Gällstads AIS played in Västergötland Södra until the end of the 2001 season.

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1999	Tier 5	Division 4	Västergötland Södra	4th
2000	Tier 5	Division 4	Västergötland Södra	5th
2001	Tier 5	Division 4	Västergötland Södra	5th

Gällstads FK took the place of Gällstads AIS for the 2002 season.

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
2002	Tier 5	Division 4	Västergötland Södra	9th
2003	Tier 5	Division 4	Västergötland Södra	12th	Relegated
2004	Tier 6	Division 5	Västergötland Södra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
2005	Tier 5	Division 4	Västergötland Södra	9th
2006*	Tier 6	Division 4	Västergötland Södra	5th
2007	Tier 6	Division 4	Västergötland Södra	6th
2008	Tier 6	Division 4	Västergötland Södra	2nd
2009	Tier 6	Division 4	Västergötland Södra	2nd
2010	Tier 6	Division 4	Västergötland Södra	5th
2011	Tier 6	Division 4	Västergötland Södra

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.

External links

• Gällstads FK - Official Website
• Gällstads FK Facebook