{{Short description|Swedish football club}} {{ infobox football club | clubname = IFK Timrå | image = IFK Timra logo.svg | upright = 0.7 | caption = | fullname = Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Timrå | nickname = | motto = | shortname = | founded = 9 January 1978 | ground = Timrå IP<br />Timrå <br /> Sweden | capacity = | chairman = Lars Edström | mgrtitle = Head coach | manager = | coach = Hans Lundberg<br />Patrik Göthe <br />Stefan Lindqvist | league = Division 6 | season = 2019 | position = Division 2 Norrland, 8th | pattern_la1= | pattern_b1= | pattern_ra1= | pattern_sh1= | pattern_so1= | leftarm1=FFFFFF | body1=FFFFFF | rightarm1=FFFFFF | shorts1=0000FF | socks1=FFFFFF | pattern_la2= | pattern_b2= | pattern_ra2= | pattern_sh2= | pattern_so2= | leftarm2=FFFF00 | body2=FFFF00 | rightarm2=FFFF00 | shorts2=0000FF | socks2=0000FF |}} '''IFK Timrå''' is a Swedish football club located in Timrå in Västernorrland County.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ifktimra.com/ |title= IFK Timrå – Fotboll Klubb |access-date=2010-11-25}}</ref>
==Background== Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Timrå was formed on 9 January 1978 as a spin-off from Timra IK<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lokalfotbollen.nu/nyheter/div-2-mellersta-norrland-allt-om-klubbarna-i-damtvaan/|title=Allt om klubbarna i Damtvåan|publisher=Lokalfotbollen|language=Swedish|date=5 January 2020|accessdate=11 September 2022}}</ref> with the emphasis from an early stage on youth development. IFK Timra is now one of Norrland's largest football clubs, with around 1,200 members, of whom about 600 are active participants. The Youth Section currently has approximately 500 active members who are catered for by around 30 teams, from the age of 8 to junior level. The club is supported by Timrå municipality and local companies and many volunteer leaders and parents who ensure the club and its youth activities are effective.
Since their foundation IFK Timrå has participated mainly in the middle divisions of the Swedish football league system. In 2010 the club played in Division 3 Mellersta Norrland, which is the fifth tier of Swedish football, but finished in a relegation position and therefore will play in Division 4 in 2011.<ref>{{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=2010-11-25}}</ref> In 2007 they reached Division 1 Norra but their stay at this level was brief and then a downward decline set in. They play their home matches at the Timrå IP in Timrå.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.fotbollsverige.se/results.html?competition_id=38698 |title= Fotbollsverige.se – Division 3 Mellersta Norrland |access-date= 2010-11-25 |archive-date= 2011-10-04 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111004121555/http://www.fotbollsverige.se/results.html?competition_id=38698 |url-status= dead }}</ref> The club also makes use of grass pitches at Fagervik.
IFK Timrå are affiliated to the Medelpads Fotbollförbund.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/?flid=25733 |title= Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – IFK Timrå – Svenskfotboll.se |access-date=2010-11-25}}</ref>
The club arranges an annual football tournament, the Mid Nordic Cup, which is played at the Fagervik playing fields in Timrå.
In October 2001, the club was awarded the Gunnar Nordahl Scholarship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fogis.se/arkiv/tidigare/2001/10/nordahl-stipendiet-till-ifk-timra/|title=Nordahl-stipendiet till IFK Timrå|publisher=Swedish Football Association|language=Swedish|date=29 October 2001|accessdate=11 September 2022|archive-date=11 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911083412/https://fogis.se/arkiv/tidigare/2001/10/nordahl-stipendiet-till-ifk-timra/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Season to season== {| |valign="top" width=0%| {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" !'''Season''' !'''Level''' !'''Division''' !'''Section''' !'''Position''' !'''Movements''' |- |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|1995 |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|Tier 6 |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| '''Division 5''' |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| Medelpad |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|Promoted |- |style="background:#CECE1B;"|1996 |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Tier 5 |style="background:#CECE1B;"| '''Division 4''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| Medelpad |style="background:#CECE1B;"|'''3rd''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| |- |style="background:#CECE1B;"|1997 |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Tier 5 |style="background:#CECE1B;"| '''Division 4''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| Medelpad |style="background:#CECE1B;"|'''5th''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| |- |style="background:#CECE1B;"|1998 |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Tier 5 |style="background:#CECE1B;"| '''Division 4''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| Medelpad |style="background:#CECE1B;"|'''1st''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Promoted |- |style="background:#FF7F00;"|1999 |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Tier 4 |style="background:#FF7F00;"| '''Division 3''' |style="background:#FF7F00;"| Mellersta Norrland |style="background:#FF7F00;"|'''1st''' |style="background:#FF7F00;"| Promoted |- |style="background:#77DD77;"|2000 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''Division 2''' |style="background:#77DD77;"|Norrland |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''12th''' |style="background:#77DD77;"|Relegated |- |style="background:#FF7F00;"|2001 |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Tier 4 |style="background:#FF7F00;"| '''Division 3''' |style="background:#FF7F00;"| Mellersta Norrland |style="background:#FF7F00;"|'''1st''' |style="background:#FF7F00;"| Promoted |- |style="background:#77DD77;"|2002 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''Division 2''' |style="background:#77DD77;"|Norrland |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''6th''' |style="background:#77DD77;"| |- |style="background:#77DD77;"|2003 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''Division 2''' |style="background:#77DD77;"|Norrland |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''8th''' |style="background:#77DD77;"| |- |style="background:#77DD77;"|2004 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''Division 2''' |style="background:#77DD77;"|Norrland |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''2nd''' |style="background:#77DD77;"| |- |style="background:#77DD77;"|2005 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''Division 2''' |style="background:#77DD77;"|Norrland |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''9th''' |style="background:#77DD77;"| |- |style="background:#FF7F00;"|2006* |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Tier 4 |style="background:#FF7F00;"| '''Division 2''' |style="background:#FF7F00;"| Norrland |style="background:#FF7F00;"|'''1st''' |style="background:#FF7F00;"| Promoted |- |style="background:#77DD77;"|2007 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''Division 1''' |style="background:#77DD77;"|Norra |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''14th''' |style="background:#77DD77;"|Relegated |- |style="background:#FF7F00;"|2008 |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Tier 4 |style="background:#FF7F00;"| '''Division 2''' |style="background:#FF7F00;"| Norrland |style="background:#FF7F00;"|'''11th''' |style="background:#FF7F00;"|Relegated |- |style="background:#CECE1B;"|2009 |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Tier 5 |style="background:#CECE1B;"| '''Division 3''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| Mellersta Norrland |style="background:#CECE1B;"|'''8th''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| |- |style="background:#CECE1B;"|2010 |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Tier 5 |style="background:#CECE1B;"| '''Division 3''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| Mellersta Norrland |style="background:#CECE1B;"|'''12th''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"|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=IFK%20Timr%E5 |title= GAIS – Lagfacta – IFK Timrå |access-date= 2010-11-25 |archive-date= 2012-09-26 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120926195536/http://www.gais.se/fotboll/GAIS.nsf/StatisticsByTeam?ReadForm&Lag=IFK%20Timr%E5 |url-status= dead }}</ref> <ref>{{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=2010-11-25}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.swipnet.se/clasglenning/Sweden/1stpage.htm |title=Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning |access-date=2010-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731010524/http://home.swipnet.se/clasglenning/Sweden/1stpage.htm |archive-date=2010-07-31 }}</ref> |}
==Attendances==
In recent seasons IFK Timrå have had the following average attendances:
{| |valign="top" width=0%| {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" !'''Season''' !'''Average attendance''' !'''Division / Section''' !'''Level''' |- |style="background:#E6E6FA;"|2005 |style="background:#E6E6FA;"|228 |style="background:#E6E6FA;"| Div 2 Norrland |style="background:#E6E6FA;"| Tier 4 |- |style="background:#E6E6FA;"|2006 |style="background:#E6E6FA;"|318 |style="background:#E6E6FA;"| Div 2 Norrland |style="background:#E6E6FA;"| Tier 4 |- |style="background:#E6E6FA;"|2007 |style="background:#E6E6FA;"|188 |style="background:#E6E6FA;"| Div 1 Norra |style="background:#E6E6FA;"| Tier 3 |- |style="background:#E6E6FA;"|2008 |style="background:#E6E6FA;"|135 |style="background:#E6E6FA;"| Div 2 Norrland |style="background:#E6E6FA;"| Tier 4 |- |style="background:#E6E6FA;"|2009 |style="background:#E6E6FA;"|115 |style="background:#E6E6FA;"| Div 3 Mellersta Norrland |style="background:#E6E6FA;"| Tier 5 |- |style="background:#E6E6FA;"|2010 |style="background:#E6E6FA;"|84 |style="background:#E6E6FA;"| Div 3 Mellersta Norrland |style="background:#E6E6FA;"| Tier 5 |} ''* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.'' <ref>{{cite web |url= https://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/ |title= Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se |access-date=2010-11-25}}</ref> |}
The attendance record was set on 5 May 2004 when 2,706 spectators attended the Swedish Cup match with Djurgårdens IF.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://425740.webshop.eurovator.se/group.asp?group=2035|title=Lokalfotbollen.se – IFK Timrå|access-date=2010-11-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822063014/http://425740.webshop.eurovator.se/group.asp?group=2035|archive-date=2010-08-22}}</ref>
==Footnotes== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.ifktimra.com/ IFK Timrå] – official website * [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20504384083 IFK Timrå] on Facebook
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Category:Sport in Timrå Category:Football clubs in Västernorrland County Category:Association football clubs established in 1978 Category:1978 establishments in Sweden Category:Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Category:20th-century establishments in Västernorrland County