Juventus 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 Västerås

Västerås

Västerås is a city in central Sweden, located on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province Västmanland, some 100 km west of Stockholm...

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Background

Juventus Idrottsförening (Juventus Athletic Association) was formed in 1948 in Vasteras as a fan club to one of the world's biggest football teams, Juventus FC from Torino in Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. Juventus IF was founded by Italians who came to Sweden in the 1940s and is considered the oldest football club in Europe that was started by immigrants.

Their biggest sporting success came under the current management team headed by chairman Franco Pertunaj. In 2008 Juventus IF won the "triple" by gaining promotion to 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...

, winning the VLT Cup and also winning the DM (district championship) in Futsal. In 2011 another significant achievement was made by gaining promotion via the play-offs to Division 3.

Juventus IF currently plays in Division 3 which is the fifth 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 Råby IP in Västerås.

The club is affiliated to Västmanlands Fotbollförbund

Västmanlands Fotbollförbund

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

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Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1999	Tier 7	Division 6	Västmanland Östra	2nd
2000	Tier 7	Division 6	Västmanland	11th	Relegated
2001	Tier 8	Division 7	Västmanland	1st	Promoted
2002	Tier 7	Division 6	Västmanland	6th
2003	Tier 7	Division 6	Västmanland	1st	Promoted
2004	Tier 6	Division 5	Västmanland	4th	Promoted
2005	Tier 5	Division 4	Västmanland	12th	Relegated
2006*	Tier 7	Division 5	Västmanland	10th
2007	Tier 7	Division 5	Västmanland	5th
2008	Tier 7	Division 5	Västmanland	2nd	Promoted
2009	Tier 6	Division 4	Västmanland	5th
2010	Tier 6	Division 4	Västmanland	5th
2011	Tier 6	Division 4	Västmanland	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
2012	Tier 5	Division 3	TBD

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

External links

• Juventus IF - Official Website