{{update|date=August 2021}} {{Short description|Swedish football club}} {{ infobox football club | clubname = IF Viken | image = IF Viken.png | caption = | fullname = Idrottsföreningen Viken | nickname = | motto = | shortname = | founded = 1922 | ground = Rösvallen<br />Åmål <br /> Sweden | capacity = | chairman = Peder Dahlgren | mgrtitle = Head coach | manager = | coach = | league = Division 4 Bohuslän/Dalsland | season = | position = | pattern_la1= | pattern_b1= | pattern_ra1= | pattern_sh1= | pattern_so1= | leftarm1=87CEFA | body1=87CEFA | rightarm1=87CEFA | shorts1=FFFFFF | socks1=87CEFA | pattern_la2= | pattern_b2= | pattern_ra2= | pattern_sh2= | pattern_so2= | leftarm2=000080 | body2=000080 | rightarm2=000080 | shorts2=FFFFFF | socks2=000080 |}} [[File:IF Viken, Åmål 1946.jpg|thumb|IF Viken during their first season in the 2nd Tier, 1946]] '''IF Viken''' is a Swedish football club located in Åmål.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ifviken.com/ |title= IF Viken – Fotboll Klubb |access-date= 2011-04-30 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081121073938/http://www.ifviken.com/ |archive-date= 2008-11-21 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
==Background== IF Viken currently plays in Division 3 Bohuslän/Dalsland which is the sixth tier of Swedish football.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.everysport.com/sport/fotboll/fotbollsserier-2011/division-4-herr/bohuslaen-dalsland/44621|title= Bohuslän/Dalsland - Division 4 – Fotbollsserier 2011 – Fotboll – everysport.com |access-date=2011-04-30}}</ref> They play their home matches at the Rösvallen in Åmål.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/?scr=table&ftid=32235|title= Tabell och resultat – Div 4 Bohuslän/Dalsland, herrar – Svenskfotboll.se |access-date=2011-04-30}}</ref>
The club played in the 1940s and 1950s in the second highest division (current Superettan). At best, they reached third place. The player uniform is a light blue shirt and white trousers, and sometimes navy blue collars and socks. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Sportboken - Fotbollboken |url=http://www.sportboken.com/kategori.asp?id=1077 |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=www.sportboken.com}}</ref>
The club is affiliated to Dalslands Fotbollförbund.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/?flid=26777 |title= Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – IF Viken – Svenskfotboll.se |access-date=2011-04-30}}</ref> IF Viken have competed in the Svenska Cupen on 25 occasions and have played 52 matches in the competition.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bolletinen.se/ |title= SFS-Bolletinen – Matcher i Svenska cupen genom tiderna – bolletinen.se |access-date=2011-11-10}}</ref>
==Season to season==
In their most successful period IF Viken competed in the following divisions:
{| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" ! Season ! Level ! Division ! Section ! Position ! Movements |- |style="background:#77DD77;"|1945–46 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''Division 3''' |style="background:#77DD77;"| Nordvästra Södra, Dalsland |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''1st''' |style="background:#77DD77;"|Promotion Playoffs – Promoted |- |style="background:#87CEFA;"|1946–47 |style="background:#87CEFA;"|Tier 2 |style="background:#87CEFA;"|'''Division 2''' |style="background:#87CEFA;"|Västra |style="background:#87CEFA;"| '''9th''' |style="background:#87CEFA;"| Relegated |- |style="background:#77DD77;"|1947–48 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''Division 3''' |style="background:#77DD77;"| Västra |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''3rd''' |style="background:#77DD77;"| |- |style="background:#77DD77;"|1948–49 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''Division 3''' |style="background:#77DD77;"| Västra |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''1st''' |style="background:#77DD77;"|Promoted |- |style="background:#87CEFA;"|1949–50 |style="background:#87CEFA;"|Tier 2 |style="background:#87CEFA;"|'''Division 2''' |style="background:#87CEFA;"|Nordöstra |style="background:#87CEFA;"| '''5th''' |style="background:#87CEFA;"| |- |style="background:#87CEFA;"|1950–51 |style="background:#87CEFA;"|Tier 2 |style="background:#87CEFA;"|'''Division 2''' |style="background:#87CEFA;"|Nordöstra |style="background:#87CEFA;"| '''3rd''' |style="background:#87CEFA;"| |- |style="background:#87CEFA;"|1951–52 |style="background:#87CEFA;"|Tier 2 |style="background:#87CEFA;"|'''Division 2''' |style="background:#87CEFA;"|Nordöstra |style="background:#87CEFA;"| '''6th''' |style="background:#87CEFA;"| |- |style="background:#87CEFA;"|1952–53 |style="background:#87CEFA;"|Tier 2 |style="background:#87CEFA;"|'''Division 2''' |style="background:#87CEFA;"|Nordöstra |style="background:#87CEFA;"| '''10th''' |style="background:#87CEFA;"|Relegated |- |style="background:#77DD77;"|1953–54 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''Division 3''' |style="background:#77DD77;"| Västra |style="background:#77DD77;"|'''3rd''' |style="background:#77DD77;"| |}
In recent seasons IF Viken have competed in the following divisions:
{| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#f0f6fa;" ! Season ! Level ! Division ! Section ! Position ! Movements |- |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|2006* |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|Tier 6 |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| '''Division 4''' |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| Bohuslän/Dalsland |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|'''2nd''' |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|Promotion Playoffs |- |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|2007 |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|Tier 6 |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| '''Division 4''' |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| Bohuslän/Dalsland |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|'''1st''' |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|Promoted |- |style="background:#CECE1B;"|2008 |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Tier 5 |style="background:#CECE1B;"| '''Division 3''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| Nordvästra Götaland |style="background:#CECE1B;"|'''9th''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| |- |style="background:#CECE1B;"|2009 |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Tier 5 |style="background:#CECE1B;"| '''Division 3''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| Nordvästra Götaland |style="background:#CECE1B;"|'''7th''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| |- |style="background:#CECE1B;"|2010 |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Tier 5 |style="background:#CECE1B;"| '''Division 3''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"| Nordvästra Götaland |style="background:#CECE1B;"|'''11th''' |style="background:#CECE1B;"|Relegated |- |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|2011 |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|Tier 6 |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| '''Division 4''' |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| Bohuslän/Dalsland |style="background:#FBA0E3;"|'''9th''' |style="background:#FBA0E3;"| |} ''* 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=IF%20Viken |title= GAIS – Lagfacta – IF Viken |access-date=2011-09-02}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.everysport.com/sport/fotboll/team/if-viken/11708 |title= IF Viken – Fotboll – everysport.com |access-date=2011-09-02}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.swipnet.se/clasglenning/Sweden/1stpage.htm |title=Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning |access-date=2011-09-02 |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> |}
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081121073938/http://www.ifviken.com/ IF Viken] – Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Viken}} Category:Football clubs in Västra Götaland County Category:Association football clubs established in 1922 Category:1922 establishments in Sweden Category:Åmål Municipality Category:20th-century establishments in Älvsborg County
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