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{{Short description|Swedish football club}}
{{About|GAIS's football section|other sections of the club|GAIS (disambiguation)}}
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| fullname = Göteborgs Atlet- &<br>Idrottssällskap
| nickname = ''Makrillarna'' (the Mackerels)<br />''Grönsvart'' (Green-black)<br />''Gårdakvarnen'' (the Gårda [[Mill (grinding)|Mill]])
| founded = {{Start date and age|1894|3|11|df=y}} <br />{{Start date and age|1897}} (football department)
| ground = [[Gamla Ullevi]], [[Gothenburg]]
| capacity = 18,416
| chairman = [[Stefan Tilk]]
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = Fredrik Holmberg
| league = [[Allsvenskan]]
| season = [[2024 Allsvenskan|2024]]
| position = 6th of 16
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'''Göteborgs Atlet- och Idrottssällskap''' (meaning ''Gothenburg Strongman and Athletics Association''), commonly referred to as '''GAIS''' or '''Gais''',{{efn-ua|In the media, the name of the club is normally abbreviated "Gais", in accordance with Swedish writing standards that state that acronyms that are pronounced as a word, as opposed to letter by letter, should be spelled with the first letter in upper case and the remaining in lower case, thus "Gais". However, some fans of the club, as well as the club itself, prefer to use only uppercase, "GAIS", even though they also pronounce it as a word: {{IPA|sv|ˈɡǎɪs|}}.}} is a Swedish [[association football|football club]] based in [[Gothenburg]]. The club is affiliated to the [[Göteborgs Fotbollförbund]] and play their home games at [[Gamla Ullevi]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/?ffid=7 |title= Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar&nbsp;– Göteborgs Fotbollförbund&nbsp;– Svenskfotboll.se |access-date=10 January 2011}}</ref> Fans also refers to the club as '''Grönsvart''' (green-black), or '''Makrillarna''' (the [[Atlantic mackerel|Mackerels]]) because of the traditional green and black striped shirt and white shorts.

GAIS is one of the oldest football clubs in Sweden. The club was a founding member of [[Allsvenskan]] and also the first champions of the league. They have won a total of four national championship titles, five league championship titles and one national cup title. Even though GAIS have played 49 seasons in Allsvenskan they only spent six years in the top division during a 30-year period from 1976 to 2005, with another six seasons of that time spent as low as the third division. The club thus gained the reputation of being a [[yo-yo club]], constantly going up and down through the league system. After their promotion in 2005 the club played seven straight seasons in Allsvenskan which was a feat not achieved since the degradation in 1955. After relegation in 2012 they finished seventh in [[Superettan]] in 2013, where they stayed until 2021 when they got relegated. After achieving back to back promotions in 2022 and 2023, GAIS played the 2024 season in [[Allsvenskan]] and finished in 6th place.

== History ==

=== Formation and early glory ===
GAIS was founded 11 March 1894 at Ehdlunds Café in the Gothenburg city centre. The founders had created the club for "patriotic purposes and to promote all kinds of sports". Its main activities were [[sport of athletics|athletics]] and an assortment of strength sports. The football department was formed in 1897 and played their first official game against local rivals [[Örgryte IS]] in 1903. GAIS first appearance in the highest league at the time, [[Svenska Serien]], was in 1915/16 where they finished in fourth place. In 1919 the club won its first national championship beating [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]] away in the finals. The same procedure would be repeated in 1922, this time against another Stockholm team, [[Hammarby Fotboll|Hammarby IF]]. GAIS won the first season of the new first tier league [[Allsvenskan]] in 1924/25, two points ahead of local rivals [[IFK Göteborg]]. The feat was to be repeated in 1926/27, this time three points ahead of IFK Göteborg. The league champions was not recognised as national champions until the 1930/31 season. GAIS won this year as well, six points ahead of [[AIK Fotboll|AIK]] and IFK Göteborg.

[[File:Grus 2 193122a.jpg|thumb|[[Sune Sandbring]], [[Malmö FF]] in a game with [[Frank Jacobsson]], GAIS in 1953.]]During the 1930s GAIS slowly lost the dominance the club had exercised over Allsvenskan since its foundation and in 1938 the club was relegated. Having spent three years in the second division GAIS returned with a vengeance for the [[1941–42 Allsvenskan]] where the club finished in second place. Later in 1942 they won [[Svenska Cupen]] for the first, and until today, only time.

The club then stayed in Allsvenskan throughout the 1940s and the early 1950s. They quite unexpectedly won their fourth national championship one single point ahead of [[Helsingborgs IF]] in the season of 1953/54. The clinching game was the last one of the season; a nail biting no score draw at Stadsparksvallen in Jönköping. The following year, equally unexpectedly, when the club finished third last and was relegated.

=== 1960s and 1970s ===
[[File:GAIS 1966 Team Photo.jpg|thumb|240px|right|The newly promoted 1966 GAIS squad who helped reestablish the club in Allsvenskan during the late sixties.]]
GAIS returned to Allsvenskan the following 1955/56 season but from the mid-1950s the club lost its former continuity and never spent more than five consecutive seasons in Allsvenskan until the 2000s. The club was relegated again in 1959 and spent four seasons in the second division before returning briefly to Allsvenskan for one year in 1964. After that relegation they immediately returned to Allsvenskan in 1966. GAIS then remained there during 1966–1975, except for one year in the second division in 1971. In 1975 the club made its first appearance in the [[UEFA Cup]] playing [[Śląsk Wrocław]] in the first leg. GAIS lost out to the Polish club after winning 2–1 at home but losing 2–4 away. The same year GAIS got relegated from Allsvenskan for the sixth time, this time due to scoring two goals less than [[Halmstads BK]].

=== Thirty years of underperformance: 1976–2006 ===
The relegation in 1975 would in retrospect prove to be a turning point for the worse in the history of GAIS. Unable to qualify for Allsvenskan in 1976, and furthermore losing the qualifying spot to now arch-rival [[IFK Göteborg]], they lost the position as Gothenburg's leading team that they had enjoyed throughout the early 1970s. The club then consistently failed to qualify for Allsvenskan during the following five years and in 1981 the club got relegated to the Swedish third division due to economic conditions and a surprisingly weak performance by the squad. The future looked bleak after GAIS failed to return to the second division in 1982 but due to a massive performance on the pitch in the latter part of the 1983 season the club secured the qualifying spot seven points ahead of [[IK Oddevold]] and then beat [[Mönsterås GoIF]] in the promotion playoffs to the second division.
[[File:GAIS League Performance.png|thumb|240px|left|A chart showing the progress of GAIS through the [[Swedish football league system]]. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.]]

In 1984 GAIS made what was to become one of the club's most spectacular signings to this date. Tunisian midfielder [[Samir Bakaou]] left his former club [[Étoile Sportive du Sahel]] to join the Gothenburg side and proved to be the injection of flair and energy that the club had been needing so badly. With "the Black Pearl" as playmaker and notorious goalscorer GAIS was once again a force to be reckoned with and made it to the promotion playoffs to Allsvenskan in 1985, only to lose out to [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]] after a penalty shoot-out in a highly controversial game. GAIS finally made it back to Allsvenskan in 1987 ending eleven long years of struggling in the lower divisions. For the second time in club history GAIS made it to the finals of [[Svenska Cupen]] as well, but lost out 2–0 to opposing side [[Kalmar FF]].

During the late 1980s and early 1990s GAIS mostly fought for its survival in Allsvenskan. With the exception of a third place in 1989 the club had to settle for the lower half of the league table. Relegation followed in the season of 1992 and GAIS yet again had to face a long and tortuous walk through the Swedish second division. The nadir was reached in 1997 when the club had been relegated to the third division and ran a huge economical deficit while only finishing third in the league. This season would be the starting point of possibly the worst [[Yo-yo club|yo-yo experience]] any Swedish football club has ever experienced.

[[File:GAIS-team-crop.png|thumb|240px|right|GAIS wearing their traditional green and black striped shirts during a preseason game in 2008.]]

GAIS was promoted to the second division in 1998 and made it back to Allsvenskan after the season of 1999 by finishing in second place and defeating Kalmar FF in the qualifying round. After finishing second to last in the [[2000 Allsvenskan]] the club continued its fall through the second division [[Superettan]] in 2001 and was relegated to the third division for the 2002 season. From there on things slowed down when GAIS failed to make a quick return during their first season there. Then after a hard-fought battle throughout 2003 against local competitors [[Ljungskile SK]] GAIS finally ended up winning the series by goal difference. In the promotion playoffs to qualify for [[Superettan]] the club faced [[Mjällby AIF]] and defeated them 2–1 away as well as home.

The next year GAIS signed [[Roland Nilsson]] as head coach, and with him at the lead the club finished in sixth place of the [[2004 Superettan]]. During the following season, facing competition from newly relegated [[AIK Fotboll|AIK]] and [[Östers IF]], GAIS managed to finish third and got to play [[Landskrona BoIS]] in the promotion playoffs to Allsvenskan. After beating Landskrona 2–1 at home and drawing them 0–0 in an extremely tight away game, where GAIS forward [[Wilton Figueiredo]] got his second yellow card after 30 minutes of play and manager Roland Nilsson substituted defender [[Kenneth Gustafsson (footballer born 1983)|Kenneth Gustafsson]] for himself during the last 25 minutes, GAIS finally got to make their return to [[Allsvenskan]]. There they would spend their next seven seasons but after a strong fifth-place finish in 2011 they ended up in last place and relegated in 2012. They have since remained in the Swedish second tier until 2021 when they dropped out.
2022 GAIS played in third division only to skyrocket back through the following years and as of 2024 they are back in Allsvenskan.


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== Supporters and rivalries ==

[[File:GAIS-BK Häcken, 9 augusti 2006 (10).jpg|thumb|240px|right|GAIS supporters in 2006.]]

According to polls GAIS are the third most supported club in [[Gothenburg]], with 13% of the people in the city who follow a football team claiming to have GAIS as their favourite side. Their supporters have traditionally been perceived as coming from the working class-districts of Gothenburg and having [[Left-wing politics|left wing sympathies]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.expressen.se/gt/kultur/gais-kanns-mest-hammarby/ |title= Gais känns mest Hammarby! |date= 2 April 2009 |access-date=19 December 2012}}</ref> even though research on the subject couldn't conclude that this were more true than for other clubs.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.goteborgdirekt.se/nyheter/klasskamp-eller-inte-i-kvall-ar-det-derby/reprfl!6UEEF9xuxAkpztONOvxARg/ |title= Klasskamp eller inte – i kväll är det derby |access-date= 11 November 2018 |archive-date= 3 November 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211103031116/https://www.goteborgdirekt.se/nyheter/klasskamp-eller-inte-i-kvall-ar-det-derby/reprfl!6UEEF9xuxAkpztONOvxARg/ |url-status= dead }}</ref> Their supporters are also perceived as being loyal, despite whatever hardships the club may face.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.resume.se/blogg/per-tanker-hogt/2018/09/19/bara-makrillarna-inte-vinner/ |title= Bara makrillarna inte vinner! |access-date=11 November 2018}}</ref> The oldest and primary GAIS supporter group is called Makrillarna (meaning ''the Mackerels'') and was founded in 1961.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://makrillarna.com/ |title= GAIS Supporterklub |access-date=11 March 2015}}</ref>

During the 2018 season the club chose to allow a supporter to act as an assisting manager for a single game, against [[Halmstads BK]] in September, which at the time were unique among Swedish football clubs.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/ngxBEm/gais-tar-in-supporter-i-tranarstaben-fatt-positiv-respons-fran-spel |title= Gais tar in supporter i tränarstaben: "Fått positiv respons från spelarna" |date= 18 September 2018 |access-date=11 November 2018}}</ref>

The club and its supporters harbour a fierce [[GAIS-IFK Göteborg rivalry|rivalry]] with Gothenburg's other traditional working-class team [[IFK Göteborg]]. Attendance rates are normally around 4500–7000 when playing in top tier Allsvenskan and 3000–4000 in second tier Superettan with greater numbers attending against local rivals IFK Göteborg, [[Örgryte IS]] and [[IF Elfsborg]] as well as the biggest teams from [[Stockholm]] and [[Scania|Skåne]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/nav/attnswe.htm |title= Swedish attendances |access-date=19 December 2012}}</ref>

== Players ==

=== First-team squad ===
{{Updated|8 May 2025}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gais.se/vara-lag/laget|publisher=GAIS |language=sv |access-date=7 May 2025|title=A-Laget}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=SWE|pos=GK|name=[[Mergim Krasniqi]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=CAN|pos=DF|name=[[Matteo de Brienne]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=[[Oskar Ågren]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Robin Wendin Thomasson}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=August Wängberg}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=[[Joackim Åberg]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=[[William Milovanovic]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Gustav Lundgren}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Amin Boudri}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Edvin Becirovic}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=[[Robin Frej]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=NZL|pos=GK|name=[[Kees Sims]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=[[Filip Gustafsson]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=[[Rasmus Niklasson Petrovic]]}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=ISL|pos=MF|name=Róbert Frosti Þorkelsson}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=[[Kevin Holmén]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=CIV|pos=FW|name=[[Ibrahim Diabate]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Chisomnazu Chika Chidi}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=[[Axel Henriksson]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=BIH|pos=DF|name=[[Anes Čardaklija]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=[[Filip Beckman]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=[[Jonas Lindberg]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=SMA|pos=FW|name=[[Chovanie Amatkarijo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=[[Lucas Hedlund]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Daniel Bengtsson}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=SWE|pos=GK|name=Victor Astor}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Simon Sjöholm}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Harun Ibrahim}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Mohamed Bawa|other=at [[Östersunds FK|Östersund]] until 30 November 2025}}
{{Fs end}}

=== Retired numbers ===
15&nbsp;– [[Fredrik Lundgren]], [[Defender (association football)|defender]] and [[midfielder]] (1999–2002, 2003–2012)

=== Notable players ===
[[Karl-Alfred Jacobsson]] has been selected as both player of the century"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gais.se/Fotboll/gais.nsf/0/EA571E9371BDC274C125753E0073BEF1|title=GAIS störste fyller 83 år|author=Tony Balogh|date=15 January 2009|publisher=GAIS|language=sv|access-date=31 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002015651/http://www.gais.se/fotboll/gais.nsf/0/EA571E9371BDC274C125753E0073BEF1|archive-date=2 October 2013}}</ref> and player of the millennium<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gais.se/Fotboll/gais.nsf/0/1CB43E285D40117AC1256F87007152E5 |title=Profiler vi minns |publisher=GAIS |language=sv |access-date=31 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929074746/http://www.gais.se/Fotboll/gais.nsf/0/1CB43E285D40117AC1256F87007152E5 |archive-date=29 September 2013}}</ref> by GAIS fans. The GAIS [[player of the year award]] "The Honorary Mackerel" has presented by the supporter group Makrillarna at the end of each season since 1961. The following players have received the award:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gais.se/Fotboll/gais.nsf/0/4C267B830B78E04CC1256F1500505694 |title=GAIS&nbsp;– Hedersmakrillen |access-date=27 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929074234/http://www.gais.se/Fotboll/gais.nsf/0/4C267B830B78E04CC1256F1500505694 |archive-date=29 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://makrillarna.com/hedersmakrillarna.html|title=Hedersmakrillen |publisher=Makrillarna |language=sv |access-date=11 March 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Gamla ullevi goteborg gren.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Gunnar Gren]] won the award as [[Player-coach|player manager]] in 1963 after helping the club advance to [[Allsvenskan]]. His statue currently stands outside of the [[Gamla Ullevi]] stadium.]]
[[File:Wánderson do Carmo 2013.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Wánderson (footballer, born 1986)|Wánderson]] became the tied top goalscorer of the [[2012–13 Russian Premier League]] after leaving GAIS.]]
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*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frank Jacobsson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Leif Andersson (football goalkeeper)|Leif Andersson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bo Palle]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gunnar Gren]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Leif Forsberg (footballer born 1932)|Leif Forsberg]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Leif Wendt]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kurt Axelsson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kent Grek]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jan Olsson (footballer born 1944)|Jan Olsson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hasse Samuelsson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hasse Johansson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sten Pålsson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kjell Uppling]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Eine Fredriksson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sune Persson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Nils Norlander]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Mikael Johansson (footballer)|Mikael Johansson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Mikael Berthagen]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} Morgan Lagemyr
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Osborn Larsson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lallo Fernandez]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Håkan Lindman]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Niklas Sjöstedt]]
*{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Samir Bakaou]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sören Järelöv]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ulf Johansson (footballer)|Ulf Johansson]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Steve Gardner (footballer born 1958)|Steve Gardner]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tony Persson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jens Wålemark]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lenna Kreivi]]
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Erik Holmgren]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tinos Lappas]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Thomas Hallberg]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} Stefan Martinsen
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Niclas Johansson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} Mårten Jonsson
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Per Johansson (footballer born 1975)|Per Johansson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Magnus Gustafsson (footballer)|Magnus Gustafsson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Thomas Hvenfelt]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anders Holmberg (footballer)|Anders Holmberg]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ivan Ottordahl]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Mathias Gravem]]
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Ville Viljanen]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Stefan Vennberg]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Fredrik Lundgren]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Dime Jankulovski]]
*{{flagicon|DRC}} [[Richard Ekunde]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bobbie Friberg da Cruz]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Wánderson do Carmo|Wánderson]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kenneth Gustafsson (footballer born 1983)|Kenneth Gustafsson]]
*{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Eric Bassombeng]]
*{{flagicon|SWE}} Lars Göthfelt
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Joel Anell]]
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== Managers ==
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gais.se/Fotboll/gais.nsf/0/9FB144F5CDDE488DC1256F19005ADEC1 |title=GAIS&nbsp;– Tränare och lagledare 1924– |access-date=27 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001193921/http://www.gais.se/Fotboll/gais.nsf/0/9FB144F5CDDE488DC1256F19005ADEC1 |archive-date=1 October 2013}}</ref>
[[File:Roland Nilsson.jpeg|thumb|200px|right|[[1994 FIFA World Cup]] bronze medalist [[Roland Nilsson]] is the manager who most recently brought the club back up into [[Allsvenskan]].]]
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*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Knut Holmberg]] (1938–42)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gösta Holmberg]] (1940–41)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Helge Liljebjörn]] (1941–43)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Holger Jernsten]] (1943–49)
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[George Raynor]] (1947–48)
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Willy Wolf]] (1949–51)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Helge Ahlström]] (1951–52)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sven Jacobsson]] (1952–54)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gösta Hallberg (football manager)|Gösta Hallberg]] (1954–56)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sixten Rosenqvist]] (1955–57)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Karl-Erik Grahn]] (1956–59)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Curt Thorstensson]] (1960–61)
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[István Takács]] (1962)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gunnar Gren]] (1963–64)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Holger Hansson]] (1965–67)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gunnar Gren]] (1968–69)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Holger Hansson]] (1970–72)
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Vilmos Várszegi]] (1973–76)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Rune Jingård]] (1976)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} Arne Lindqvist (1977)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lars Hedén]] (1978–79)
*{{flagicon|NOR}} Tom Lilledal (1980)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bosse Nilsson]] (1981)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bo Falk]] (1982–92)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bengt-Arne Strömberg]] (1993–96)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hans Gren]] (1997–98)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lennart Ottordal]] (1999–00)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kent Kierdorf]] (2001)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Lennart Ottordal]] (2001–02)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} Roberto Jacobsson (2003)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Roland Nilsson]] (2004–07)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Magnus Pehrsson]] (2008)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Alexander Axén]] (2009 – Jul 2012)
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Jan Mak]] (Aug–Oct 2012)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Benjamin Westman]] (Oct–Dec 2012)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Thomas Askebrand]] (2013–2014)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Per-Ola Ljung]] (2014 – Aug 2015)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jesper Ljung]] (Aug–Dec 2015)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Benjamin Westman]] (2016–2017)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Patrik Ingelsten]] (Jun–Jul 2017)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Bosko Orovic]] (2017 – Jul 2019)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Patrik Ingelsten]] (Jul–Sep 2019)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tomas Erixon]] (Sep–Dec 2019)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} Stefan Jacobsson (Dec 2019 – Nov 2021) 
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Fredrik Holmberg]] (Nov 2021–June 2025) 
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Aubrey Graham]] (June 2025-)
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== Achievements ==

=== Domestic ===
* '''[[Swedish football champions|Swedish Champions]]'''{{efn-ua|name=Swedish Champions}}
** '''Winners (4):''' [[1919 in Swedish football|1919]], [[1922–23 in Swedish football|1922]], [[1930–31 Allsvenskan|1930–31]], [[1953–54 Allsvenskan|1953–54]]

=== League ===

* '''[[Allsvenskan]]:'''
** '''Winners (4):''' 1924–25, 1926–27, 1930–31, 1953–54
** '''Runners-up (4):''' 1925–26, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1941–42
* '''[[Superettan]]:'''
** '''Runner-up (1):''' 2023
* '''[[Division 1 Södra]]:'''
** '''Winners (1):''' 1987, 2022
** '''Runners-up (2):''' 1995, 1999
* '''[[Svenska Serien]]:'''
** '''Winners (1):''' 1923–24

=== Cups ===

* '''[[Svenska Cupen]]:'''
** '''Winners (1):''' [[1942 Svenska Cupen|1942]]
** '''Runners-up (1):''' 1986–87
* '''[[Svenska Mästerskapet]]:'''
** '''Winners (2):''' 1919, 1922

=== European ===
* '''[[Intertoto Cup]]:'''
** '''Winners (1):''' 1990

== Footnotes ==
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{{efn-ua|name=Swedish Champions|The title of "Swedish Champions" has been awarded to the winner of four different competitions over the years. Between 1896 and 1925 the title was awarded to the winner of [[Svenska Mästerskapet]], a stand-alone cup tournament. No club were given the title between 1926 and 1930 even though the first-tier league [[Allsvenskan]] was played. In 1931 the title was reinstated and awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan. Between 1982 and 1990 a [[Allsvenskan play-offs|play-off]] in cup format was held at the end of the league season to decide the champions. After the play-off format in 1991 and 1992 the title was decided by the winner of [[Mästerskapsserien]], an additional league after the end of Allsvenskan. Since the 1993 season the title has once again been awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/historik/ | title=Svenska mästare 1896–1925, 1931– |work=svenskfotboll.se|access-date=25 November 2009|language=sv}}</ref>}}
}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{official website|http://www.gais.se/}} of GAIS
* [http://www.gronsvartgbg.se/ Gronsvartgbg.se] ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312232406/http://www.gronsvartgbg.se/ |date=12 March 2012 }}) – Supporters' site

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