Gunnilse IS is a Swedish

Sweden

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 football club

Football (soccer)

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 located in Angered

Angered

Angered is a suburb in Gothenburg Municipality, Sweden. Angered is the biggest Million Programme area in Gothenburg, and one of the biggest in the country with 40 000 inhabitants....

, a suburb of Gothenburg

Gothenburg

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Background

Since their foundation on 16 September 1950 Gunnilse IS has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system

Swedish football league system

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. The club currently plays in Division 2 Norra Götaland which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. Their best achievement was in 2000 when they played one season in the Superettan

Superettan

Superettan is the second highest league in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 16 Swedish football teams. It was created in 2000. Before that, the second level league in Sweden had been Division 1....

. They play their home matches at the Hjällbovallen, in Angered, Gothenburg.

Gunnilse IS are affiliated to the Göteborgs Fotbollförbund

Göteborgs Fotbollförbund

The Göteborgs Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Göteborg.- Background :...

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Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1993 Division 1 1993 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1993.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and Hammarby IF and Landskrona BoIS won the championship.-Norra:-Södra:-References:*...	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	7th
1994 Division 1 1994 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1994.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and Djurgårdens IF and Örgryte IS won the championship.-Norra:-Södra:-References:*...	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	8th
1995 Division 1 1995 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1995.-Norra:-Södra:-References:*...	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	6th
1996 Division 1 1996 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1996.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and Västerås SK and IF Elfsborg won the championship.-Norra:-Södra:-References:*...	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	7th
1997 Division 1 1997 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1997.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and Hammarby IF and Västra Frölunda IF won the championship.-Norra:-Södra:-References:*...	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	3rd
1998 Division 1 1998 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1998.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and Djurgårdens IF and Kalmar FF won the championship.-Norra:-Södra:-References:*...	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	8th
1999 Division 1 1999 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1999.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and GIF Sundsvall and BK Häcken won the championship.-Norra:-Södra:-References:*...	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	6th
2000	Tier 2	Superettan		16th	Relegated
2001 Division 2 2001 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2001.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Västra Götaland	3rd
2002 Division 2 2002 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2002.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Västra Götaland	4th
2003 Division 2 2003 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2003.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Västra Götaland	3rd
2004 Division 2 2004 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2004.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Västra Götaland	6th
2005 Division 2 2005 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2005.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Norra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Mellersta Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Västra Götaland	9th
2006 Division 2 2006 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2006.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Norra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Mellersta Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:... *	Tier 4	Division 2	Västra Götaland	6th
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	Västra Götaland	9th
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	Västra Götaland	2nd
2009	Tier 4	Division 2	Västra Götaland	5th
2010	Tier 4	Division 2	Västra Götaland	3rd
2011	Tier 4	Division 2	Norra Götaland	6th

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

Notable Players

Jeffrey Aubynn

Jeffrey Aubynn

Jeffrey Aubynn-Obeng is a Swedish football player of Ghanaian descent, playing offensive midfielder and forward.-Club career:...

 Kenneth Gustafsson

Kenneth Gustafsson

Kenneth Gustafsson is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for Swedish side Gunnilse IS in the Swedish second division, which is the 4th highest in Sweden. He has earlier represented clubs in the top leagues in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland....

 Martin Smedberg

Martin Smedberg

Martin Smedberg-Dalence is a Swedish football midfielder currently playing for IFK Norrköping. Although born in Norrköping, his family moved to Gothenburg when he was very young and he was subsequently raised there....

 Jozo Matovac

Jozo Matovac

Jozo Matovac was a professional Swedish international football defender, who was capped 8 times for Sweden. The clubs he represented were Helsingborgs IF, Aalborg BK, Örgryte IS, BK Häcken and Gunnilse IS. He played mostly as central-back. Today he is manager of Swedish club Gunnilse IS.-External...

 Risto Kallaste

Risto Kallaste

Risto Kallaste is a former Estonian professional footballer. He was playing the position of defender and midfielder. He won a total of 36 international caps for the Estonia national football team. Kallaste earned his first official cap on 3 June 1992, when Estonia played Slovenia in a friendly...

Current squad

As of 1 January 2010:

Footnotes