Värmbols FC 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 Katrineholm

Katrineholm

Katrineholm is a locality and the seat of Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 21,386 inhabitants in 2005.-Early history:The name Katrineholm comes from a ducal residence with this name, after Catherina Gyllenhorn who lived there...

 in Södermanland County

Södermanland County

Södermanland County is a county or län on the south east coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Östergötland, Örebro, Västmanland, Uppsala, Stockholm and to the Baltic sea....

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Background

Värmbols Gymnastik och Idrottsförening (Värmbols GoIF) was formed in 1927 and became best known for its bandy

Bandy

Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...

 activities with the club playing several seasons in the top division of the Swedish national league. During the 1970s and 1980s the club won the bandy league title on three occasions in 1969, 1970 and 1972. The football team in contrast peaked in Division 3.

In 1990 it was decided to divide Värmbols GoIF into 3 clubs, namely FC Värmbols, DFK Värmbol (Värmbol Women's Football Club) and KVBK (Katrineholm Värmbol Bandyklubb). Värmbols Football Club was formed on 3 December 1990.

Since their foundation Värmbols FC has participated mainly in the 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...

 including a spell in Division 5 from 2000 to 2002. The club currently plays in Division 2 Södra Svealand which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Backavallen in Katrineholm.

The club is affiliated to the Södermanlands Fotbollförbund

Södermanlands Fotbollförbund

The Södermanlands 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	Östra Svealand	12th	Relegated
1994	Tier 5	Division 4	Södermanland	4th
1995	Tier 5	Division 4	Södermanland	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
1996	Tier 5	Division 4	Södermanland	3rd
1997	Tier 5	Division 4	Södermanland	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
1998	Tier 5	Division 4	Södermanland	4th
1999	Tier 5	Division 4	Södermanland	11th	Relegated
2000	Tier 6	Division 5	Södermanland	4th
2001	Tier 6	Division 5	Södermanland	3rd
2002	Tier 6	Division 5	Södermanland	2nd	Promoted
2003	Tier 5	Division 4	Södermanland	6th
2004	Tier 5	Division 4	Södermanland	4th	Promoted
2005	Tier 4	Division 3	Västra Svealand	7th
2006*	Tier 5	Division 3	Östra Svealand	1st	Promoted
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	Östra Svealand	6th
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 Svealand	6th
2009	Tier 4	Division 2	Östra Svealand	2nd
2010	Tier 4	Division 2	Södra Svealand	6th
2011	Tier 4	Division 2	Södra Svealand	4th

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

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