IK Tord 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 Rosenlund in Jönköping

Jönköping

-Notable people:*Lillian Asplund, RMS Titanic survivor*John Bauer, illustrator, painter*Amy Diamond, singer*Agnetha Fältskog, ABBA*Carl Henrik Fredriksson, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Eurozine*Anders Gustafsson, kayaker, Olympian...

. The club was formed on the 10th September 10, 1919 and has specialised in football and baseball.

Background

Since their foundation IK Tord has participated mainly in the middle 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...

. The club currently plays in Division 2 Östra Götaland which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Stadsparksvallen

Stadsparksvallen

Stadsparksvallen is a classic sports facility located in Jönköping, Sweden.Stadsparksvallen was inaugurated in 1902 and is located on a beautiful spot in Jönköping's town park. Vallen functions as the football club Jönköpings Södra IF's home arena , but as late as 1981 it was used for track and...

 in Rosenlund (Jönköping

Jönköping

-Notable people:*Lillian Asplund, RMS Titanic survivor*John Bauer, illustrator, painter*Amy Diamond, singer*Agnetha Fältskog, ABBA*Carl Henrik Fredriksson, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Eurozine*Anders Gustafsson, kayaker, Olympian...

) while other club operations take place at Rosenlunds IP.

IK Tord have a thriving youth sectiom running many youth teams of various age groups, from toddlers to juniors. They also ran ladies teams before this section broke away in 1990 to form IFK Jönköping.

IK Tord are affiliated to the Smålands Fotbollförbund

Smålands Fotbollförbund

The Smålands Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical province of Småland.- Background :...

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Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1993	Tier 4	Division 3	Sydvästra Götaland	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
1994	Tier 4	Division 3	Sydvästra Götaland	4th
1995	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	1st	Promoted
1996 Division 2 1996 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1996.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Götaland	8th
1997 Division 2 1997 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1997.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Götaland	6th
1998 Division 2 1998 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1998.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Götaland	9th
1999 Division 2 1999 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1999.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Götaland	8th
2000 Division 2 2000 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2000.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Götaland	3rd
2001 Division 2 2001 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2001.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Götaland	3rd
2002 Division 2 2002 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2002.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Götaland	4th
2003 Division 2 2003 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2003.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Götaland	7th
2004 Division 2 2004 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2004.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Götaland	10th	Relegation Playoffs - Relegated
2005	Tier 4	Division 3	Nordöstra Götaland	2nd	Promoted
2006 Division 2 2006 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2006.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Norra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Mellersta Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:... *	Tier 4	Division 2	Mellersta Götaland	6th
2007 Division 2 2007 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2007.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Norra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Mellersta Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 4	Division 2	Mellersta Götaland	9th
2008 Division 2 2008 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2008.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Norra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 4	Division 2	Östra Götaland	12th	Relegated
2009	Tier 5	Division 3	Nordöstra Götaland	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
2010	Tier 4	Division 2	Östra Götaland	4th
2011	Tier 4	Division 2	Västra Götaland	6th

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

Attendances

In recent seasons IK Tord have had the following average attendances:

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Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2005	140	Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland	Tier 3
2006	199	Div 2 Mellersta Götaland	Tier 4
2007	166	Div 2 Mellersta Götaland	Tier 4
2008	120	Div 2 Östra Götaland	Tier 4
2009	156	Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland	Tier 5
2010	178	Div 2 Östra Götaland	Tier 4

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.

External links

• IK Tord - Official Website