{{Short description|Swedish football club}} {{infobox football club | clubname = Gantofta IF | image = Gantofta IF.png | caption = | fullname = Gantofta Idrottsförening | nickname = | motto = | shortname = | founded = 1942 | ground = Stendösvallen<br />[[Gantofta]] <br /> [[Sweden]] | capacity = | chairman = Kenny Norbeck | mgrtitle = Head coach | manager = | coach = | league = [[Swedish football Division 5|Division 5]] Skåne Västra | season = | position = | pattern_la1= | pattern_b1= | pattern_ra1= | pattern_sh1= | pattern_so1= | leftarm1=0000FF | body1=0000FF | rightarm1=0000FF | shorts1=FFFF00 | socks1=0000FF | pattern_la2= | pattern_b2= | pattern_ra2= | pattern_sh2= | pattern_so2= | leftarm2=FFFFFF | body2=FFFFFF | rightarm2=FFFFFF | shorts2=0000FF | socks2=FFFFFF |}}
'''Gantofta IF''' is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Association football|football]] club located in [[Gantofta]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www5.idrottonline.se/default.aspx?id=405774 |title= Gantofta IF – Fotboll Klubb |format= |work= |accessdate=2011-10-07}}</ref>
==Background== Gantofta Idrottsförening were formed in 1942 but there most successful period has been over the last decade when they progressed from Division 6 in 2000 to Division 2 in 2006 and then spent 2 further seasons in Division 3. Sadly three relegations over the last 4 seasons will see GIF back in Division 6 for the 2012 season.
In 2011 Gantofta IF has played in [[Swedish football Division 5|Division 5]] Skåne Västra which is the seventh tier of [[Swedish football league system|Swedish football]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.everysport.com/sport/fotboll/fotbollsserier-2011/division-5-herr/skne-vstra/44670|title= Skåne Västra - Division 5 – Fotbollsserier 2011 – Fotboll – everysport.com |format= |work= |accessdate=2011-10-07}}</ref> They play their home matches at the Stendösvallen in Gantofta.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/?scr=table&ftid=31647|title= Tabell och resultat – Division 5 Herrar – Svenskfotboll.se |format= |work= |accessdate=2011-10-07}}</ref>
The club is affiliated to [[Skånes Fotbollförbund]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/?flid=75687 |title= Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Gantofta IF – Svenskfotboll.se |format= |work= |accessdate=2011-10-07}}</ref> Gantofta IF played in the [[2006 Svenska Cupen]] winning 4–1 away to [[Oxie IF]] in the first round before losing 1–2 at home to [[Kristianstads FF]] in the second round. In the following year in the [[2007 Svenska Cupen]] GIF won 4–1 away to [[Furulunds IK]] in the first round before losing 0–3 at home to [[Umeå FC]] in the second round in front of 200 spectators.
==Season to season== {| |valign="top" width=0%| {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" !'''Season''' !'''Level''' !'''Division''' !'''Section''' !'''Position''' !'''Movements''' |- |style="background:#7DF9FF;"|1999 |style="background:#7DF9FF;"|Tier 7 |style="background:#7DF9FF;"| '''Division 6''' |style="background:#7DF9FF;"| Skåne Nordvästra B |style="background:#7DF9FF;"|'''5th''' |style="background:#7DF9FF;"| |- |style="background:#7DF9FF;"|2000 |style="background:#7DF9FF;"|Tier 7 |style="background:#7DF9FF;"| '''Division 6''' |style="background:#7DF9FF;"| Skåne Nordvästra B |style="background:#7DF9FF;"|'''1st''' |style="background:#7DF9FF;"|Promoted |- |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|2001 |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|Tier 6 |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| '''Division 5''' |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| Skåne Nordvästra |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|'''7th''' |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| |- |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|2002 |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|Tier 6 |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| '''Division 5''' |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| Skåne Mellersta |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|'''1st''' |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|Promoted |- |style="background:#CECE1B;"|2003 |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Tier 5 |style="background:#CECE1B;"| '''Division 4''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| Skåne Västra |style="background:#CECE1B;"|'''8th''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| |- |style="background:#CECE1B;"|2004 |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Tier 5 |style="background:#CECE1B;"| '''Division 4''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| Skåne Västra |style="background:#CECE1B;"|'''3rd''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Promotion Playoffs – Promoted |- |style="background:#FF7F00;"|2005 |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Tier 4 |style="background:#FF7F00;"| '''Division 3''' |style="background:#FF7F00;"| Södra Götaland |style="background:#FF7F00;"|'''4th''' |style="background:#FF7F00;"| Promotion Playoffs – Promoted |- |style="background:#FF7F00;"|[[Division 2 2006|2006]]* |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Tier 4 |style="background:#FF7F00;"|'''Division 2''' |style="background:#FF7F00;"| Södra Götaland |style="background:#FF7F00;"|'''10th''' |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Relegation Playoffs – Relegated |- |style="background:#CECE1B;"|2007 |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Tier 5 |style="background:#CECE1B;"| '''Division 3''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Sydvästra Götaland |style="background:#CECE1B;"|'''8th''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| |- |style="background:#CECE1B;"|2008 |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Tier 5 |style="background:#CECE1B;"| '''Division 3''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| Södra Götaland |style="background:#CECE1B;"|'''10th''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Relegated |- |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|2009 |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|Tier 6 |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| '''Division 4''' |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| Skåne Västra |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|'''5th''' |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| |- |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|2010 |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|Tier 6 |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| '''Division 4''' |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| Skåne Nordvästra |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|'''12th''' |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|Relegated |- |style="background:#7DF9FF;"|2011 |style="background:#7DF9FF;"|Tier 7 |style="background:#7DF9FF;"| '''Division 5''' |style="background:#7DF9FF;"| Skåne Västra |style="background:#7DF9FF;"|'''12th''' |style="background:#7DF9FF;"|Relegated |} ''* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gais.se/fotboll/GAIS.nsf/StatisticsByTeam?ReadForm&Lag=Gantofta%20IF |title=GAIS – Lagfacta – Gantofta IF |format= |work= |accessdate=2011-10-07 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.everysport.com/sport/fotboll/team/gantofta-if/9931#competition44670|title= Gantofta IF – Fotboll – everysport.com |format= |work= |accessdate=2011-10-07}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.swipnet.se/clasglenning/Sweden/1stpage.htm |title=Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning |accessdate=2011-10-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731010524/http://home.swipnet.se/clasglenning/Sweden/1stpage.htm |archivedate=2010-07-31 }}</ref> |}
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==External links== * [http://www5.idrottonline.se/default.aspx?id=405774 Gantofta IF] – Official website
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