Sundbybergs IK 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 Sundbyberg.

Background

Sundbyberg IK, (abbreviated as SIK), is a sports club based in Sundbyberg. The club currently has thirteen sections and around 3000 members catering for the sports of football, athletics, bandy, bowling, gymnastics, floorball, handball, orienteering, swimming, skiiing (cross country and slalom), table tennis and general fitness.

The club was formed on the 19th April 1893 by a group of youngsters who had gathered at a cafe in Sundbyberg as the result of an initiative by Gustaf Hammarin. The list of those who attended and the minutes of the meeting have been preserved in the club's archives. Sundbyberg IK has played in Sweden's highest bandy league in the 1948, 1951 and 1953 seasons.

The football section was formed in 1904 and its most successful period was from 1924-25 until 1950-51 during which the club spent 17 seasons in Division 2 which at that time was the second tier of Swedish football. The club's most famous player is Stefan Rehn

Stefan Rehn

Stefan Rehn is a Swedish football midfielder and football manager.After playing for a local club, he joined Djurgårdens IF and later English club Everton F.C. before returning to Sweden and IFK Göteborg in 1990 with which he won five Swedish Championships...

 who moved on to Djurgårdens IF, Everton F.C.

Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

, IFK Göteborg

IFK Göteborg

IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups....

 and Lausanne Sports

Lausanne Sports

Lausanne-Sports is a Swiss sports club based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is most famous for its football department , but the club also had athletics, sport rowing, and rink hockey departments until they split in 2009 over a row about the construction of a new stadium that will be built by...

 and played 45 times for the Swedish national side.

Sundbybergs IK currently plays in Division 4

Swedish football Division 4

Division 4 is the sixth level in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 39 sections with 8 to 12 football teams in each.- The competition :There are 39 groups of 8 to 12 teams each representing a local geographical area...

 Stockholm Norra which is the sixth tier of Swedish football

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...

. They play their home matches at the Sundbybergs IP in Sundbyberg.

The club is affiliated to Stockholms Fotbollförbund. The club's ladies side played one season 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 2000 but at the present time they reside in Ladies Division 5

Swedish Ladies Football Division 5

Division 5 is the sixth level in the league system of Swedish Ladies football and comprises 43 sections with 5-12 football teams in each.-Current sections - 2011 Season:Alingsås - Västergötland...

 Stockholm A.

Season to season

In their most successful period Sundbybergs IK competed in the following divisions:

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1924-25	Tier 2	Division 2	Östsvenska	2nd
1925-26	Tier 2	Division 2	Östsvenska	2nd
1926-27	Tier 2	Division 2	Östsvenska	4th
1927-28	Tier 2	Division 2	Östsvenska	2nd
1928-29	Tier 2	Division 2	Norra	3rd
1929-30	Tier 2	Division 2	Norra	11th	Relegated
1930-31	Tier 3	Division 3	Östsvenska	2nd
1931-32	Tier 3	Division 3	Östsvenska	7th
1932-33	Tier 3	Division 3	Östsvenska	1st	Promoted
1933-34	Tier 2	Division 2	Östra	5th
1934-35	Tier 2	Division 2	Östra	7th
1935-36	Tier 2	Division 2	Östra	9th	Relegated
1936-37	Tier 3	Division 3	Östsvenska	1st	Promoted
1937-38	Tier 2	Division 2	Norra	9th	Relegated
1938-39	Tier 3	Division 3	Östsvenska	3rd
1939-40	Tier 3	Division 3	Östsvenska	1st	Promoted
1940-41	Tier 2	Division 2	Norra	5th
1941-42	Tier 2	Division 2	Norra	7th
1942-43	Tier 2	Division 2	Norra	10th	Relegated
1943-44	Tier 3	Division 3	Östsvenska Södra	1st	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
1944-45	Tier 2	Division 2	Östra	4th
1945-46	Tier 2	Division 2	Östra	9th	Relegated
1946-47	Tier 3	Division 3	Östsvenska	1st	Promotion Playoffs
1947-48	Tier 3	Division 3	Östra	1st	Promoted
1948-49	Tier 2	Division 2	Nordöstra	3rd
1949-50	Tier 2	Division 2	Nordöstra	9th	Relegated
1950-51	Tier 3	Division 3	Östra	8th	Relegated

In recent seasons Sundbybergs IK have competed in the following divisions:

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1999	Tier 5	Division 4	Stockholm Mellersta	2nd
2000	Tier 5	Division 4	Stockholm Mellersta	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
2001	Tier 4	Division 3	Östra Svealand	6th
2002	Tier 4	Division 3	Östra Svealand	11th	Relegated
2003	Tier 5	Division 4	Stockholm Mellersta	10th
2004	Tier 5	Division 4	Stockholm Mellersta	4th
2005	Tier 5	Division 4	Stockholm Mellersta	7th
2006*	Tier 6	Division 4	Stockholm Mellersta	8th
2007	Tier 6	Division 4	Stockholm Mellersta	5th
2008	Tier 6	Division 4	Stockholm Norra	7th
2009	Tier 6	Division 4	Stockholm Norra	7th
2010	Tier 6	Division 4	Stockholm Norra	9th
2011	Tier 6	Division 4	Stockholm Norra

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

External links

• Sundbybergs IK - Official Website