GIF Sundsvall

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Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall (Script error: No such module "IPA".),[1] Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollförbund and plays its home games at NP3 Arena with a capacity of roughly 8,000 spectators.[2] 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.

GIF Sundsvall is placed twenty-second in the overall 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

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A chart showing the progress of GIF Sundsvall through the swedish football league system. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.
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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 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 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.[3] 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

The stadium Idrottsparken, earlier known as Norrporten Arena.
Exterior of Idrottsparken, earlier known as Norrporten Arena.

Script error: No such module "labelled list hatnote". 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.[4]

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. Template:Wide image

Supporters

The official supporter's club of GIF Sundsvall is called Patronerna. Formed in 1999, mostly as a joke by some friends supportingTemplate:Explain their friend, the club has in a short period of time amassed a strong reputationScript error: No such module "Unsubst".. The name is mainly a historical reference to the sawmill owners who were very powerful in Sundsvall during the 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+.

Achievements

Players

First-team squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Template:Country data SWE Jonas Olsson
2 DF Template:Country data SWE Alexandros Pantelidis
3 DF Template:Country data TUN Monir Jelassi
4 DF Template:Country data SWE Ludvig Svanberg
5 DF Template:Country data SWE Dennis Olsson
6 MF Template:Country data ESP Marc Manchón
7 MF Template:Country data SWE Ture Sandberg (on loan from IFK NorrköpingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
8 MF Template:Country data USA Marcelo Palomino
9 FW Template:Country data JPN Taiki Kagayama
11 FW Template:Country data FIN Samuel Tammivuori
14 FW Template:Country data SWE Abdulahi Shino
15 MF Template:Country data TPE Miguel Sandberg
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Template:Country data SWE Nils Eriksson
18 DF Template:Country data SWE Lucas Forsberg
19 MF Template:Country data SWE Yaqub Finey
20 MF Template:Country data SWE Jeremiah Björnler
21 FW Template:Country data SWE Pontus Engblom
22 FW Template:Country data SWE Mille Eriksson
23 MF Template:Country data SWE Hugo Aviander
25 DF Template:Country data GHA Charles Baah
26 DF Template:Country data SWE Edvard Carrick
27 MF Template:Country data SWE Amaro Bahtijar
34 GK Template:Country data SWE Wilmer Bjuhr

Out on loan

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No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Template:Country data SWE Oliver Grenholm (at Kubikenborgs until 30 November 2025Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
— FW Template:Country data HAI Ronaldo Damus (at Legion until 30 November 2025Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
— FW Template:Country data SWE Henrik Bäckström (at Skellefteå until 30 November 2025)
— MF Template:Country data SWE Elvis Hansson (at Team TG FF until 30 November 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Template:Country data SWE Anton Mossnelid (at Team TG FF until 30 November 2025)
— GK Template:Country data SWE Daniel Henareh (at IFK Haninge until 30 November 2025)
— MF Template:Country data SWE Edwin Dellkrans (at Kubikenborgs until 30 November 2025Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)

Retired numbers

10 – Leif Forsberg, forward (1980–1988, 1990–2001)

Managers

Name Year(s)
Template:Flagicon Stig Sundqvist 1955–58
Template:Flagicon Jimmy Meadows 1976
Template:Flagicon Anders Grönhagen 1986–89
Template:Flagicon Jan Mattsson 1990–92
Template:Flagicon Anders Grönhagen 1999–01
Template:Flagicon Per Joar Hansen 2002–03
Template:Flagicon Patrick Walker 2003
Template:Flagicon Rikard Norling 2004
Template:Flagicon Jan Halvor Halvorsen 2005
Template:Flagicon Anders Högman 2005
Template:Flagicon David Wilson 2005–06
Template:Flagicon Mika Sankala 2006–07
Template:Flagicon Per Joar Hansen 2008
Template:Flagicon Sören Åkeby October 2008 – November 12
Template:FlagiconRoger Franzén November 2012 – September 16
Template:Flagicon Joel Cedergren November 2012 – August 19
Template:Flagicon Tony Gustavsson August 2019 – December 2019
Template:Flagicon Henrik Åhnstrand 2019 – July 2022
Template:Flagicon Brian Clarhaut July 2022 – December 2022
Template:Flagicon Douglas Jakobsen January 2023 – June 2024
Template:Flagicon Ion Doros June 2024 – 12 July 2024
Template:Flagicon Erol Ates 12 July 2024–present

Footnotes

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References

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External links

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  3. ↑ Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), p. 469 (in Swedish)
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