IFK Värnamo

IFK Värnamo
Full name Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Värnamo
Founded 1912 (1912)
Ground Finnvedsvallen, Värnamo
Capacity 5,000
Chairman Kaj Larsson
Head coach Roar Hansen
League Superettan
2017 Superettan, 6th

IFK Värnamo is a Swedish football club located in Värnamo. The club is currently playing in the second highest Swedish league, Superettan. The most famous player from the club is Jonas Thern, who was captain of the Swedish national football team when they finished third in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements
1993 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 9th
1994 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 7th
1995 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 12th Relegated
1996 Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland 1st Promoted
1997 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 10th Relegation Playoffs
1998 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 12th Relegated
1999 Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 4th
2000 Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 2nd Promoted
2001 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 8th
2002 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 3rd
2003 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 6th
2004 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 6th
2005 Tier 3 Division 2 Södra Götaland 4th Promoted
2006* Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 10th
2007 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 5th
2008 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 7th
2009 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 7th
2010 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 1st Promoted
2011 Tier 2 Superettan 13th Relegation Playoffs
2012 Tier 2 Superettan 14th Relegation Playoffs
2013 Tier 2 Superettan 14th Relegation Playoffs
2014 Tier 2 Superettan 9th
2015 Tier 2 Superettan 10th
2016 Tier 2 Superettan 11th
2017 Tier 2 Superettan 6th

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [1]

Attendances

In recent seasons IFK Värnamo have had the following average attendances:

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level
2005 278 Div 2 Södra Götaland Tier 3
2006 484 Div 1 Södra Tier 3
2007 378 Div 1 Södra Tier 3
2008 439 Div 1 Södra Tier 3
2009 351 Div 1 Södra Tier 3
2010 874 Div 1 Södra Tier 3
2011 1926 Superettan Tier 2

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [2]

Players

First-team squad

As of 11 August 2018[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Sweden GK Filip Eriksson
2 Sweden DF Jon Birkfeldt
3 Sweden DF Johan Andersson
4 Brazil DF Netinho
5 Brazil MF Fábio Gama
6 New Zealand DF Tyler Lissette
7 Sweden MF Filip Siljander
8 Sweden DF Axel Winberg
9 Sweden FW Pär Cederqvist (captain)
10 Uganda FW Lumala Abdu (on loan from Kalmar FF)
11 Sweden MF Alexander Henningsson
14 Sweden MF Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson
15 Iceland MF Viktor Karl Einarsson
16 Sweden MF Isse Ismail
No. Position Player
17 Sweden DF Aldin Basic
18 Sweden MF Daniel Ask
19 Sweden FW Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul (on loan from Halmstads BK)
20 Sweden DF Freddy Winsth
21 Sweden DF Anton Maikkula (on loan from Kalmar FF)
22 Brazil FW Paulo Marcelo
23 Republic of Macedonia MF Predrag Ranđelović
24 South Africa MF Sameehg Doutie
25 Argentina DF Claudio Pérez
30 Sweden GK Tobias Andersson
31 Sweden GK Morgan Hellman
32 Sweden GK Joakim Wulff
33 Sweden MF Albin Seger

Achievements

League

Footnotes

    References

    1. ↑ "GAIS – Lagfacta – IFK Värnamo". Retrieved 06.09.2010. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
    2. ↑ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-12-09.
    3. ↑ "Trupp 2015" (in Swedish). IFK Värnamo. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
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