IFK Fjärås 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 Fjärås in Kungsbacka Municipality

Kungsbacka Municipality

Kungsbacka Municipality is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast, some 30 km south of Gothenburg. The municipal seat is located in the town Kungsbacka....

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Background

Idrottsföreningen Fjärås was formed in 1932 at Westergård by some lads who wanted to start a football club. The oldest archived annual meeting minutes from the end of the 1930s indicate that the club activities included not only football but also walking, hiking and cross-country training for its members.

IFK Fjärås now has over 800 members and is organised into three sections, namely men's, women's and a youth section. The club runs 25-30 teams and has around 350 active players. The main operations are based in Ögärdets IP at the Fjärås Fritidscentrum (Fjärås Leisure Centre). This is where the clubhouse is located along with two grass pitches for 11-a-side teams and a pitch for the seven-a-side teams.

Since their foundation IFK Fjärås 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 Sydvästra Götaland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. Their best season was in 1998 when they finished 11th in Division 2 Västra Götaland, which was then the third tier of Swedish football. The club play their home matches at the Ögärdets IP in Fjärås.

IFK Fjärås are affiliated to Hallands Fotbollförbund

Hallands Fotbollförbund

The Hallands Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical province of Halland.- Background :...

. The ladies team played in the Damallsvenskan

Damallsvenskan

The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ladies' all-Swedish, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred as to the women's Allsvenskan, this term being used alone to refer to the men's division....

 in 1978 and 1979.

Recent History

In recent seasons IFK Fjärås have competed in the following divisions:

2011 - Division III, Sydvästra Götaland

2010 - Division III, Sydvästra Götaland

2009 - Division III, Sydvästra Götaland

2008 - Division III, Sydvästra Götaland

2007 - Division III, Sydvästra Götaland

2006 - Division IV, Halland

2005 - Division III, Sydvästra Götaland

2004 - Division III, Mellersta Götaland

2003 - Division III, Sydvästra Götaland

2002 - Division III, Nordvästra Götaland

2001 - Division IV, Halland

2000 - Division III, Nordvästra Götaland

1999 - Division III, Nordvästra Götaland

1998 - Division II, Västra Götaland

1997 - Division III, Mellersta Götaland

Attendances

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

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Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2005	182	Div 3 Sydvästra Götaland	Tier 4
2006	Not available	Div 4 Halland	Tier 6
2007	249	Div 3 Sydvästra Götaland	Tier 5
2008	207	Div 3 Sydvästra Götaland	Tier 5
2009	222	Div 3 Sydvästra Götaland	Tier 5
2010	213	Div 3 Sydvästra Götaland	Tier 5

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

The attendance record of around 1,200 was set on the 5th September 1998 against GAIS

GAIS

Göteborgs Atlet- och Idrottssällskap is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg, currently playing in Allsvenskan. The club is commonly referred to simply as GAIS, while its fans also refers to the club as grönsvart or the mackerels because of the traditional shirt colours...

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External links

• IFK Fjärås - Official Website