IFK Kalix 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 Kalix

Kalix

Kalix is a locality and the seat of the Kalix Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. The name Kalix is believed to have come from nomadic tribes, possibly of Sapmí origin, and is derived from the word "Kalasätno", meaning "The cold river"...

 in Norrbotten County

Norrbotten County

Norrbotten County is the northernmost county or län of Sweden. It borders Västerbotten County to the southwest, the Gulf of Bothnia to the southeast. It also borders the counties of Nordland and Troms in Norway to the northwest, and Lapland Province in Finland to the northeast.The name...

.

Background

IFK Kalix currently plays in Division 3 Norra Norrland 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 Furuvallen in Kalix.

The club is affiliated to Norrbottens Fotbollförbund

Norrbottens Fotbollförbund

The Norrbottens Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association...

. IFK Kalix won the Midnattsolscupen

Midnattsolscupen

Midnattsolscupen is a football tournament which is played annually in July in the Tornedalen in northern Sweden.-Background:...

 (Midnight Sun Cup) in 1998.

Season to season

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

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

Attendances

In recent seasons IFK Kalix have had the following average attendances:

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Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2008	Not available	Div 4 Norrbotten Norra	Tier 6
2009	208	Div 3 Norra Norrland	Tier 5
2010	139	Div 4 Norrbotten Norra	Tier 6

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website and European Football Statistics website.

External links

• IFK Kalix - Official Website