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{{Short description|Swedish football club}}
{{Infobox football club
| nickname = ''Giffarna'' <br /> ''Norrlandslaget'' ([[Norrland|Northland team]])
| short name = GIF
| ground   = [[NP3 Arena (Sundsvall)|NP3 Arena]], [[Sundsvall]]
| capacity = 8,000
| season   = [[2024 Superettan|2024]]
| clubname = GIF Sundsvall
| image    = GIF Sundsvall logo.svg
| fullname = Gymnastik- och<br />Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall
| founded  = {{Start date and years ago|1903|8|25|df=y}}
| chairman = 
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager  = [[Erol Ates]]
| league   = [[Superettan]]
| position = Superettan, 13th of 16
| current = 2024 GIF Sundsvall season
| website  = http://www.gifsundsvall.se/
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'''Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall''', more commonly known as '''GIF Sundsvall''' ({{IPA|sv|ˈɡɪfː ˈsɵ̂nː(d)sval}}),<ref>{{cite book|url=https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0027.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter|language=sv|year=1979|page=23|access-date=2019-04-26|archive-date=2020-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329143024/http://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0027.html|url-status=live}}</ref> '''Giffarna'''  or simply '''Sundsvall''', is a Swedish professional [[association football|football club]] based in [[Sundsvall]]. The club is affiliated with [[Medelpads Fotbollförbund]] and plays its home games at [[NP3 Arena (Sundsvall)|NP3 Arena]] with a capacity of roughly 8,000 spectators.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/?ffid=11 |title= Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar&nbsp;– Medelpads Fotbollförbund&nbsp;– Svenskfotboll.se |access-date= 2011-01-12 |archive-date= 2011-12-07 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111207132940/http://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/?ffid=11 |url-status= live }}</ref> Formed on 25 August 1903, the club has played 19 seasons in Sweden's highest football league [[Allsvenskan]], the club's first season in the league was in [[1965 Allsvenskan|1965]].

GIF Sundsvall is placed twenty-second in the overall Allsvenskan table [[Allsvenskan#All-time Allsvenskan table|maratontabellen]]. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are blue, yellow and white. Nevertheless, white is not articulately present in today's kit it has a strong history within the club.

== History ==
[[File:GIF Sundsvall League Performance.png|thumb|240px|right|A chart showing the progress of GIF Sundsvall through the [[swedish football league system]]. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.]]
[[File:Norrporten Arena 49.jpg|thumb|240px|right|GIF Sundsvall in their traditional blue and white kits during an [[Allsvenskan]] game against [[Malmö FF]].]]

The club was formed on August 25, 1903, at Matilda Anderssons Café. At that time, GIF Sundsvall stood for "''Godtemplarnas Idrotts Förening Sundsvall''" which mainly was for [[Teetotalism|Teetotallers]] up until the alcohol demands was lightened in 1920. The initials then came to stand for, to this day still, "''Gymnastik och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall''" (Gymnastics and sports club Sundsvall).

The club reached the first tier of the domestic football in 1965. The club has since been a "[[Yo-yo club|yo-yo team]]" mainly playing in the second division but with Allsvenskan stints in 1975, 1987–89, 1991, 2000–06, 2008, 2012 and 2015–19.

GIF Sundsvall earlier had women's football, bandy and ice hockey on the program. The bandy team became district champions for Västernorrland in 1921.<ref>Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), p. 469 (in Swedish)</ref> The hockey team folded in the late 1960s. In 1985 the women's team was transferred to [[Sundsvalls DFF]]. This mainly because the women's team was disappointed with the lack of support from the men's team.

== Stadium ==
[[File:Norrporten Arena sett från Norrmalmsgatan.jpg|thumb|225px|Exterior of [[NP3 Arena|Idrottsparken]], earlier known as Norrporten Arena.|alt=The stadium Idrottsparken, earlier known as Norrporten Arena.]]
{{Further|NP3 Arena (Sundsvall)}}
GIF Sundsvall's home stadium is ''NP3 Arena'', formerly known as ''Idrottsparken'' and  ''Norrporten Arena.'' It is located in the heart of Sundsvall and was inaugurated on August 6, 1903. It was renovated in 2001–2002 and it can now hold a capacity of 8,000, with 5,000 under roof.<ref>{{cite web |title=NP3 Arena |url=https://gifsundsvall.se/np3-arena/ |publisher=GIF Sundsvall |access-date=9 January 2022 |language=Swedish |archive-date=9 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509160826/https://gifsundsvall.se/np3-arena/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Between 2006 – 2016 the name was changed to Norrporten Arena and during 2017 the club expect to present a new sponsor and name of the stadium. The stadium's grass is [[artificial turf]] since 2004.

The record attendance was 16,507 against [[Högadals IS]] on October 15, 1961.
{{wide image|Norrporten Arena 54 (cropped panorama).jpg|650px|align-cap=center|A panorama of NP3 Arena in Sundsvall.}}

== Supporters ==
The official supporter's club of GIF Sundsvall is called Patronerna. Formed in 1999, mostly as a joke by some friends supporting{{explain|date=July 2017}} their friend, the club has in a short period of time amassed a strong reputation{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}. The name is mainly a historical reference to the [[sawmill]] owners who were very powerful in Sundsvall during the [[Post-industrial society|post-industrial-revolution]] era. In 2005, FP-tifo, the group who designs the club's terrace choreography, won the Swedish tifo awards arranged by [[Canal Digital|Canal+]].

== Achievements ==
* '''[[Superettan]]'''
** Runners-up (3): 2011, 2014, 2021
* '''[[Ettan Fotboll|Division 1 Norra]]'''
** '''Winners (2):''' 1990, 1999
* '''[[Norrländska Mästerskapet]]'''
** '''Winners (1):''' 1942
** Runners-up (2): 1928, 1951

== Players ==

=== First-team squad ===
{{Updated|21 April 2025}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gifsundsvall.se/truppen/|publisher=GIF Sundsvall|language=sv|access-date=2 June 2023|title=Truppen|archive-date=3 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503185344/http://gifsundsvall.se/truppen/|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=SWE|pos=GK|name=[[Jonas Olsson (footballer, born 1994)|Jonas Olsson]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Alexandros Pantelidis}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=TUN|pos=DF|name=Monir Jelassi}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=[[Ludvig Svanberg]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=[[Dennis Olsson]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=ESP|pos=MF|name=Marc Manchón}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Ture Sandberg|other={{small|on loan from [[IFK Norrköping]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=USA|pos=MF|name=[[Marcelo Palomino]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=JPN|pos=FW|name=[[Taiki Kagayama]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=FIN|pos=FW|name=[[Samuel Tammivuori]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Abdulahi Shino}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=TPE|pos=MF|name=[[Miguel Sandberg]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Nils Eriksson}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Lucas Forsberg}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Yaqub Finey}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Jeremiah Björnler}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=[[Pontus Engblom]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Mille Eriksson}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Hugo Aviander}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=GHA|pos=DF|name=Charles Baah}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Edvard Carrick}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=[[Amaro Bahtijar]]}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=SWE|pos=GK|name=Wilmer Bjuhr}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Oliver Grenholm|other={{small|at [[Kubikenborgs IF|Kubikenborgs]] until 30 November 2025}}}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=HAI|pos=FW|name=[[Ronaldo Damus]]|other={{small|at [[Birmingham Legion FC|Legion]] until 30 November 2025}}}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Henrik Bäckström|other=at [[Skellefteå FF|Skellefteå]] until 30 November 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Elvis Hansson|other=at [[Team TG FF]] until 30 November 2025}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Anton Mossnelid|other=at [[Team TG FF]] until 30 November 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SWE|pos=GK|name=Daniel Henareh|other=at [[IFK Haninge]] until 30 November 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Edwin Dellkrans|other={{small|at [[Kubikenborgs IF|Kubikenborgs]] until 30 November 2025}}}}
{{Fs end}}

=== Retired numbers ===
10&nbsp;– [[Leif Forsberg]], [[forward (association football)|forward]] (1980–1988, 1990–2001)

==Managers==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! |Name
! |Year(s)
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Stig Sundqvist]]
|1955–58
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Jimmy Meadows]]
|1976
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Anders Grönhagen]]
|1986–89
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Jan Mattsson]]
|1990–92
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Anders Grönhagen]]
|1999–01
|-
|{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Per Joar Hansen]]
|2002–03
|-
|{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Patrick Walker (football manager)|Patrick Walker]]
|2003
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Rikard Norling]]
|2004
|-
|{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Jan Halvor Halvorsen]]
|2005
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} Anders Högman
|2005
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[David Wilson (footballer born 1969)|David Wilson]]
|2005–06
|-
|{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Mika Sankala]]
|2006–07
|-
|{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Per Joar Hansen]]
|2008
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Sören Åkeby]]
|October 2008 – November 12
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}}[[Roger Franzén]]
|November 2012 – September 16
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Joel Cedergren]]
|November 2012 – August 19
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Tony Gustavsson]]
|August 2019 – December 2019
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Henrik Åhnstrand]]
|2019 – July 2022
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Clarhaut]]
|July 2022 – December 2022
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} Douglas Jakobsen
|January 2023 – June 2024
|-
|{{flagicon|Spain}} Ion Doros
|June 2024 – 12 July 2024
|-
|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Erol Ates]]
|12 July 2024–present
|}

== Footnotes ==
{{Reflist|group=upper-alpha}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|GIF Sundsvall}}
* [http://www.allsvenskan.se/ Allsvenskan (Premier league)]&nbsp;– Official site
* [http://www.gifsundsvall.se/ GIF Sundsvall]&nbsp;– Official site
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100812171725/http://patronerna.se/ Patronerna]&nbsp;– Official supporter club site
* [http://www.superettan.se/ Superettan (Second tier league)]&nbsp;– Official site

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