IFK Östersund

Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Östersund were founded on 7 March 1906 at the Café Temperance in Östersund. The club subsequently joined the IFK movement and specialised in a range of sports including football, bandy, ice hockey, handball, downhill skiing, cross country skiing, ski jumping, cycling, athletics, basketball, curling, boxing, wrestling, weightlifting and orienteering.{{cite web |url= http://www2.idrottonline.se/templates/Page.aspx?id=160704 |title= IFK Östersund – Boken "Kamraterna" |access-date=2010-11-21}}

Since their foundation IFK Östersund has participated mainly in the upper and middle divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club's best period was in the 1950s and 1960s when they played a number of seasons in Division 2 Norrland which at that time was the second tier of Swedish football. In May 1959 the club hosted touring Brazilian side CR Vasco de Gama and lost 11–0.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesv/vasco-eurtrip59.html |title=European Trip of CR Vasco da Gama (Rio de Janeiro) 1959 |first=Pablo |last=Ciullini |access-date=2018-12-12}}

The club currently plays in Division 3 Mellersta Norrland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football.{{cite web |url= https://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/?scr=table&ftid=27269 |title= Tabell och resultat – Div 3 Mellersta Norrland, herrar – Svenskfotboll.se |access-date=2010-11-21}} They play their home matches at the Hofvallens IP in Östersund. The ground was first opened in 1917 but its current appearance reflects the work undertaken in 1936 when Hofvallen was redeveloped.{{cite web |url= http://www.fotbollsverige.se/results.html?competition_id=38698 |title= Fotbollsverige.se – Division 3 Mellersta Norrland |access-date=2010-11-21}}

IFK Östersund are affiliated to the Jämtland-Härjedalens Fotbollförbund.{{cite web |url= https://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/?flid=25764 |title= Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – IFK Östersund – Svenskfotboll.se |access-date=2010-11-21}} In 1996/1997 the Ope IF, IFK Östersund, Ostersund / Torvalla FF clubs decided to work together on a joint venture to establish an elite new football club named Östersunds FK.

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* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.{{cite web |url= http://www.gais.se/fotboll/GAIS.nsf/StatisticsByTeam?ReadForm&Lag=IFK%20%D6stersund |title=GAIS – Lagfacta – IFK Östersund |access-date=2010-11-21}}

{{cite web |url= http://www.everysport.com/sport/fotboll/fotbollsserier-2010/division-3-herr/mellersta-norrland/38698 |title= Mellersta Norrland — Division 3 – Fotbollsserier 2010 – Fotboll – everysport.com |access-date=2010-11-21}}

{{cite web|url=http://home.swipnet.se/clasglenning/Sweden/1stpage.htm |title=Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning |access-date=2010-11-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731010524/http://home.swipnet.se/clasglenning/Sweden/1stpage.htm |archive-date=31 July 2010}}

{{cite web |url= http://home.swipnet.se/clasglenning/Sweden/5thlevelandbelow/62012.htm |title= Sweden 2012 Sixth Level (Division IV) |access-date= 2013-10-24 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192100/http://home.swipnet.se/clasglenning/Sweden/5thlevelandbelow/62012.htm |archive-date= 29 October 2013 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://home.swipnet.se/clasglenning/Sweden/5thlevelandbelow/52013.htm |title= Sweden 2013 Fifth Level "Division 3" |access-date= 2013-10-24 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200903/http://home.swipnet.se/clasglenning/Sweden/5thlevelandbelow/52013.htm |archive-date= 29 October 2013 |url-status= dead }}

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In recent seasons IFK Östersund 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 |access-date=2010-11-19}}

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The highest attendance at Hofvallen was 5,355 spectators who attended the match with Marma IF (in Division 2 Norrland) on 5 October 1957.{{cite web |url= http://425740.webshop.eurovator.se/group.asp?group=2037 |title= Lokalfotbollen.se – IFK Östersund |access-date= 2010-11-25 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100828074731/http://425740.webshop.eurovator.se/group.asp?group=2037 |archive-date= 28 August 2010 |url-status= dead }}

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• [http://www.ifkostersund.se/ IFK Östersund] – official website
• [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8431601252 IFK Östersund] on Facebook

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