Götene IF 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 Götene

Götene

Götene is a locality and the seat of Götene Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 4,727 inhabitants in 2005.- References :*...

, Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.The county is the second largest of Sweden's counties and it is subdivided into 49 municipalities . Its population of 1,550,000 amounts to 17% of Sweden's population...

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Background

Since their foundation on 24 July 1924, Götene IF has participated mainly in the lower divisions of the Swedish football league system

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...

. Following two successive promotions in 2008 and 2009, the club currently plays in Division 2 Västra Götaland which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Idrottsparken Västerby in Götene.

Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1993	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	9th
1994	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	6th
1995	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	4th
1996	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	8th
1997	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	6th
1998	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	11th	Relegated
1999	Tier 5	Division 4	Västergötland Norra	1st	Promoted
2000	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	5th
2001	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	5th
2002	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	11th	Relegated
2003	Tier 5	Division 4	Västergötland Norra	1st	Promoted
2004	Tier 4	Division 3	Nordöstra Götaland	10th	Relegated
2005	Tier 5	Division 4	Västergötland Norra	3rd
2006*	Tier 6	Division 4	Västergötland Norra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
2007	Tier 5	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	11th	Relegated
2008	Tier 6	Division 4	Västergötland Norra	1st	Promoted
2009	Tier 5	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	1st	Promoted
2010	Tier 4	Division 2	Västra Götaland	7th
2011	Tier 4	Division 2	Norra Götaland	8th

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

External links

• Götene IF - Official Club Website
• Götene IF Men's Team - Football Website

Footnotes