Sandviks 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 Holmsund

Holmsund

Holmsund is a locality situated in Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 5,482 inhabitants in 2005. It is located 18 km south of the city of Umeå and serves as a port for Umeå. Holmsund lies at the mouth of the Ume River. To the west, across the river estuary, is a town called Obbola....

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Background

The club was formed on the 7th July 1905 and is currently active in the sports of football, handball, swimming, modern pentathlon, running and cross country. Past activities that can be traced in the club's history include triathlon, gymnastics, bandy, wrestling, hockey, table tennis, cycling, walking, boxing and figure skating.

Since their foundation Sandviks 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 Norrland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Sandviks IP in Holmsund.

Sandviks IK are affiliated to Västerbottens Fotbollförbund

Västerbottens Fotbollförbund

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

. The club were runners-up in the Norrländska Mästerskapet

Norrländska Mästerskapet

Norrländska Mästerskapet was a Swedish football cup held to decide the Champions of Norrland. As teams from a large part of northern Sweden, approximately above the province of Medelpad, were not allowed to play in the Swedish league system until the 1952–53 season, the best team from the...

in 1937.

Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1998	Tier 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Södra	3rd
1999	Tier 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Södra	6th
2000	Tier 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Södra	6th
2001	Tier 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Södra	9th
2002	Tier 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Södra	1st	Promoted
2003	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Norrland	11th	Relegated
2004	Tier 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Södra	6th
2005	Tier 5	Division 4	Västerbotten Södra	3rd
2006*	Tier 6	Division 4	Västerbotten Södra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
2007	Tier 6	Division 4	Västerbotten Södra	5th
2008	Tier 6	Division 4	Västerbotten Södra	9th
2009	Tier 6	Division 4	Västerbotten Södra Vår	12th
2009	Tier 6	Division 4	VästerbottenHöstfyran	5th
2010	Tier 6	Division 4	Västerbotten Södra	1st	Promoted
2011	Tier 5	Division 3	Mellersta Norrland

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

External links

• Sandviks IK - Official Website
• Sandviks IK - Official Football Website