Mariedals IK 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 Borås

Borås

Borås is a locality and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 63,441 inhabitants in 2005.- Geography :Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them the railway between Gothenburg and Kalmar, and is often considered the Swedish city gaining the...

 in Borås Municipality

Borås Municipality

Borås Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Borås.In 1971 the City of Borås was made a municipality when the unitary type of local government unit was introduced in Sweden. Three years later a lot of surrounding...

, 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

Mariedals IK began operating in Borås on 30 March 1931 under the name IK Söderhov. The name Mariedal appeared for the first time a year later, when a couple of school boys, Kurt Johansson and Rickard Ödéhn, started the boys' football section. At the same time IK Viking was active and later changed their name to Borås AIK. On 13 April 1938 the two clubs merged to form Mariedals IK. The club now specialises in football and table-tennis but its activities in the past have also included bandy and floorball.

Since their foundation Mariedals IK has participated mainly in the middle and 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...

. The club currently plays in Division 3 Mellersta Götaland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football but have finished in a relegation position. They play their home matches at the Borås Arena

Borås Arena

Borås Arena is a football stadium in Borås, Sweden. It is the home ground of IF Elfsborg and Norrby IF and was opened in 2005. Borås Arena has an artificial turf pitch, Playfoot XM40 by FieldTurf, and has a capacity of 14,500–17,800 depending on usage. Both clubs presently using the stadium...

 or Kransmossens IP in Borås.

Mariedals IK are affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund

Västergötlands Fotbollförbund

The Västergötlands 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
1993	Tier 4	Division 3	Sydvästra Götaland	11th	Relegated
1994	Tier 5	Division 4	Västergötland Södra	3rd
1995	Tier 5	Division 4	Västergötland Södra	5th
1996	Tier 5	Division 4	Västergötland Södra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
1997	Tier 4	Division 3	Sydvästra Götaland	11th	Relegated
1998	Tier 5	Division 4	Västergötland Södra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
1999	Tier 5	Division 4	Västergötland Södra	1st	Promoted
2000	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	3rd
2001	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	6th
2002	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	4th
2003	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	4th
2004	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	12th	Relegated
2005	Tier 5	Division 4	Västergötland Södra	1st	Promoted
2006*	Tier 5	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	7th
2007	Tier 5	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	5th
2008	Tier 5	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	7th
2009	Tier 5	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	6th
2010	Tier 5	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	12th	Relegated
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.

Attendances

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

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Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2005	Not available	Div 4 Västergötland Södra	Tier 5
2006	137	Div 3 Mellersta Götaland	Tier 5
2007	126	Div 3 Mellersta Götaland	Tier 5
2008	134	Div 3 Mellersta Götaland	Tier 5
2009	121	Div 3 Mellersta Götaland	Tier 5
2010	130	Div 3 Mellersta Götaland	Tier 5

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

External links

• Mariedals IK - Official Website
• Mariedals IK Facebook