Lerums IS is a Swedish

Sweden

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 football club located in Lerum

Lerum

Lerum is a locality and the seat of Lerum Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 15,819 inhabitants in 2005.-Overview:Lerum has a station on the Gothenburg commuter rail system and is a suburb of Gothenburg....

 in Lerum Municipality

Lerum Municipality

Lerum Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden, situated just east of Gothenburg. Its seat is located in the town of Lerum....

, Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County

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Background

Lerum IS is a sports club that was formed in 1927 and specialises in football. "LIS" run a ladies team and a large and relatively successful youth section that has over 1000 members and is one of the biggest clubs in the Göteborg area.

Since their foundation Lerums IS 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 Mellersta Götaland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Aspevallen in Lerum.

Lerums 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	Tier 4	Division 3	Nordvästra Götaland	7th
1994	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	8th
1995	Tier 4	Division 3	Sydvästra Götaland	12th	Relegated
1996	Tier 5	Division 4	Göteborg A	3rd
1997	Tier 5	Division 4	Göteborg A	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
1998	Tier 5	Division 4	Göteborg A	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
1999	Tier 5	Division 4	Göteborg A	5th
2000	Tier 5	Division 4	Göteborg A	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
2001	Tier 4	Division 3	Nordvästra Götaland	6th
2002	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	9th	Relegation Playoffs - Relegated
2003	Tier 5	Division 4	Göteborg B	10th
2004	Tier 5	Division 4	Göteborg B	10th
2005	Tier 5	Division 4	Göteborg B	8th
2006*	Tier 6	Division 4	Göteborg B	4th
2007	Tier 6	Division 4	Göteborg B	3rd
2008	Tier 6	Division 4	Göteborg A	1st	Promoted
2009	Tier 5	Division 3	Nordvästra Götaland	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
2010	Tier 5	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	6th
2011	Tier 5	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	2nd	Promotion Playoffs

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

Attendances

In recent seasons Lerums IS have had the following average attendances:

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Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2008	Not available	Div 4 Göteborg A	Tier 6
2009	120	Div 3 Nordvästra Götaland	Tier 5
2010	104	Div 3 Mellersta Götaland	Tier 5

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

External links

• Lerums IS - Official Website