Östers IF

File:Östers IF League Performance.png. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.]]

Öster (English: "East") was named after a district in the city of Växjö. They were not part of the upper divisions in the early days of swedish football and only made their first appearance in the third tier in 1947. During the 1950s and early-1960s the club made a push to raise the level of football by inviting and playing against foreign teams such as Flamengo, Juventus and Fluminense. This coupled with an increase in the amount of training helped the team establish themselves in the second tier.

In 1961 Öster had their first chance ever to qualify for Allsvenskan but ended up in last place in the four team promotion playoffs. Success in the promotion playoffs would instead come six years later in 1967 when they beat IK Brage in the deciding game in front of a home crowd of 26,404 people. Öster defied the odds during their first season in the top division and won the league on goal difference after a total of four teams had ended the season on exactly the same number of points. Following their championship title the club had ten years of solid Allsvenskan finishes before becoming dominant in the late-1970s and early-1980s where they won the league three times in four years.

After that successful era followed a slow decline over the next couple of decades which culminated in their relegation to the second tier in 1998. After that the club has found it hard to reestablish itself in Allsvenskan and has only made short one year appearances.

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{{Updated|1 April 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://ostersif.se/truppen|publisher=Östers IF|title=Truppen|accessdate=7 May 2025}}

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{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Axel Lindahl}}

{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=GHA|pos=DF|name=Kingsley Gyamfi|other={{small|on loan from Hammarby}}}}

{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Sebastian Starke Hedlund}}

{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Mattis Adolfsson}}

{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Noah Söderberg}}

{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=David Seger}}

{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Daniel Ask}}

{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Niklas Söderberg}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Albin Mörfelt}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=SWE|pos=GK|name=Robin Wallinder}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Dennis Olsson}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=SRB|pos=DF|name=Ivan Kričak}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Raymond Adjei}}

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{{Fs player|no=17|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Vincent Poppler}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Daniel Ljung}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=FIN|pos=MF|name=Matias Tamminen}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Alibek Aliev}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=SWE|pos=DF|name=Lukas Bergquist}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Oskar Gabrielsson}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=MNE|pos=MF|name=Vladimir Rodić}}

{{Fs player|no=25|nat=SEN|pos=FW|name=Youssoupha Sanyang}}

{{Fs player|no=26|nat=DEN|pos=MF|name=Magnus Christensen}}

{{Fs player|no=29|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Christian Kouakou}}

{{Fs player|no=30|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Al-Hussein Shakir}}

{{Fs player|no=32|nat=SWE|pos=GK|name=Carl Lundahl Persson}}

{{Fs player|no=33|nat=FIN|pos=DF|name=Tatu Varmanen}}

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{{Fs player|no=12|nat=SWE|pos=GK|name=Lukas Pihlblad|other={{small|at Husqvarna FF until 30 November 2025}}}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=BIH|pos=GK|name=Mirsad Bašić|other={{small|at Oskarshamns AIK until 30 November 2025}}}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Hannes Bladh Pijaca|other={{small|at Ängelholms FF until 30 June 2025}}}}

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{{Fs player|no=28|nat=SWE|pos=MF|name=Philipp Berndt|other={{small|at Räppe GoIF until 30 November 2025}}}}

{{Fs player|no=31|nat=SWE|pos=FW|name=Gustav Fälth|other={{small|at Räppe GoIF until 30 November 2025}}}}

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File:ÖstersIF värmer upp 120131 Länslaget-Öster 1-3 2283.jpg

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{{See also|Category:Östers IF managers}}

• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Bertil Bäckvall (1958–1963)
• {{flagicon|Hungary}} Vilmos Varszegi (1967–1973)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Bengt "Julle" Gustavsson (1973–1974)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Gunnar Nordahl (1975–1976)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Lars "Laban" Arnesson (1977–1980)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Bo Johansson (1980–1982)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Leif Widén (1982–1985)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Bo Johansson (1986–1988)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Peo Bild (1988–1989)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Hans Backe (1989–1994)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Nanne Bergstrand (1994–1996)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Andreas Ravelli (1997–1998)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Bo Axberg (1998)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Jan Mattsson (1998–2001)
• {{flagicon|Russia}} Yevgeni Kuznetsov (2002–2003)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Leif Widén (2003–2004)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Lars Jacobsson (2005–2006)
• {{flagicon|England}} Giles Stille (2007 – 2008)
• {{flagicon|Russia}} Yevgeni Kuznetsov (2008–2009)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Andreas Ottosson (2009–2010)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Ludwig Ernstsson (2010)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Hans Gren (2010)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Roar Hansen (2011 – 2012)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Andreas Thomsson (2013)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Roberth Björknesjö (2013 – 2014)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Thomas Askebrand (2015 – 2017)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Christian Järdler (2018 – 2019)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Denis Velic (2019 – 2021)
• {{flagicon|Serbia}} Srdjan "Tufa" Tufegdzic (2022 – 2023)
• {{flagicon|England}} Martin Foyston (2024 –)
• Sourse:http://www.osterfotboll.com/uploads/publiktrycket_april_2007.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}

File:BildBörjesson1959.jpg was part of the team that won the club's first title in the 1968 Allsvenskan.]]

• Swedish Champions{{ref label|Swedish Champions|B|}}
• Winners (4): 1968, 1978, 1980, 1981

• Allsvenskan:
• Winners (4): 1968, 1978, 1980, 1981
• Runners-up (3): 1973, 1975, 1992
• Superettan:
• Winners (2): 2002, 2012
• Runners-up (2): 2005, 2024
• Division 1 Södra:
• Winners (3): 1989, 2009, 2016
• Runners-up (1): 2008

• Svenska Cupen:
• Winners (1): 1977
• Runners-up (4): 1974, 1982, 1985, 1991
• Allsvenskan play-offs:
• Runners-up (1): 1983

File:120603 Värendsvallen 4589.jpg: Öster stadium 1966–2012]]

File:120727 MSHArena 8177b.jpg: Öster stadium 2012–]]

In recent seasons Östers IF have had the following average attendances:

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.{{cite web |url= https://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/ |title= Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se |accessdate=9 December 2010}}

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:A {{note|Youth players}}Current youth players who at least have sat on the bench in a competitive match.

:B. {{note|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 clubs 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 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.{{Cite web| url=https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/historik/ | title=Svenska mästare 1896–1925, 1931– |work=svenskfotboll.se|accessdate=25 November 2009|language=sv}}

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• [http://www.ostersif.se/ Östers IF] – official site
• [http://www.svenskafans.com/fotboll/oster/ Östers IF] – supporter site

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