Norsjö 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 Norsjö

Norsjö

Norsjö is a locality and the seat of Norsjö Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden with 2,102 inhabitants in 2005. It is the birthplace of Swedish writer Torgny Lindgren and American author Charlotte Agell, who currently resides in Maine....

 in Västerbotten County

Västerbotten County

Västerbotten County is a county or län in the north of Sweden. It borders the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bothnia.- Provinces :...

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Background

Since their foundation in 1919 Norsjö IF 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...

. In 2010 the club played in Division 3 Norra Norrland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football but finished in last position and will play in 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...

 Västerbotten Norra for the 2011 season. They play their home matches at the Rännaren in Norsjö.

Norsjö IF are affiliated to the Västerbottens Fotbollförbund

Västerbottens Fotbollförbund

The Västerbottens 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 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Norra	2nd
1994	Tier 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Norra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
1995	Tier 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Norra	4th
1996	Tier 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Norra	5th
1997	Tier 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Norra	4th
1998	Tier 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Norra	7th
1999	Tier 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Norra	1st	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
2000	Tier 4	Division 3	Norra Norrland	10th	Relegated
2001	Tier 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Norra	6th
2002	Tier 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Norra	6th
2003	Tier 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Norra	8th
2004	Tier 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Norra	6th
2005	Tier 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Norra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
2006*	Tier 6	Division 4	Västerbotten Norra	7th
2007	Tier 6	Division 4	Västerbotten Norra	7th
2008	Tier 6	Division 4	Västerbotten Norra	1st	Promoted
2009	Tier 5	Division 3	Norra Norrland	6th
2010	Tier 5	Division 3	Norra Norrland	12th	Relegated
2011	Tier 6	Division 4	Västerbotten Norra

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

Attendances

In recent seasons Norsjö IF have had the following average attendances:

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Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2008	Not available	Div 4 Västerbotten Norra	Tier 6
2009	246	Div 3 Norra Norrland	Tier 5
2010	108	Div 3 Norra Norrland	Tier 5

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

External links

• Norsjö IF - Official Website