Vänersborgs IF

The home ground Vänersvallen with the clubhouse at the right.
Vänersborgs IF
Full name Vänersborgs Idrottsförening
Ground Vänersvallen
Vänersborg
Sweden
League Division 2 Norra Götaland

Vänersborgs IF is a Swedish football club located in Vänersborg.[1] The club was founded in 1906. The current men's football team head coach is Frank Rosendahl.

Background

The club was founded in 1906. In the 1940s, it became the first team from Västergötland which made a national impact in bandy,[2] but has since given up this sport.

Vänersborgs IF currently (2017) plays in Division 2 Norra Götaland which is the fourth tier of Swedish football.[3] They play their home matches at Vänersvallen in Vänersborg; the football ground has a capacity of around 2000 people.[1]

The club is affiliated to Västergötlands Fotbollförbund.[4]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Vänersborgs IF". Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  2. ↑ Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), pp. 457f (in Swedish)
  3. ↑ "Norra Götaland - Division 2 – Fotbollsserier 2017". Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  4. ↑ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar 2013 – Vänersborgs IF". Retrieved 2013-06-01.
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