{{Short description|Swedish football club}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Sala FF | nickname = | fullname = Sala Fotbollförening | image = Sala FF logo.svg | upright = 0.7 | caption = | founded = {{start date and age|December 1972}} | owntitle = | chrtitle = Chairman | chairman = Mattias Falk<ref>[https://www.laget.se/SALAFF/Board Sala FF board]. ''laget.se''.</ref> | manager = Jens Eriksson<ref name=svff>[https://www2.svenskfotboll.se/cuper-och-serier/spelprogramresultat/?feid=8597 Sala FF at SvenskFotboll.se]</ref> | ground = Sportfältsgatan, Sala | capacity = | league = Division 3 Norra Svealand | season = 2020 | position = Division 3 Södra Norrland | pattern_la1 = FF0000 | pattern_b1 = FF0000 | pattern_ra1 = FF0000 | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = FF0000 | body1 = FF0000 | rightarm1 = FF0000 | shorts1 = FF0000 | socks1 = FF0000 | pattern_la2 = 000030 | pattern_b2 = 000030 | pattern_ra2 = 000030 | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = 000030 | body2 = 000030 | rightarm2 = 000030 | shorts2 = 000030 | socks2 = 000030 | website = https://www.laget.se/SALAFF/ | current = }} '''Sala Fotbollförening''' is a Swedish professional football club based in Sala, Västmanland County. Founded in 1972, they play in the 12-team Division 3 Norra Svealand in Sweden's fifth tier.<ref>[https://fussball.wettpoint.com/en/tables/sweden-div-3-s-norrland.html Swedish Division3 S. Norrland] - Fussball.Wettpoint.com</ref> They play their home games on public pitches at Sportfältsgatan. Their former home was Silvervallen.<ref name=about/>
The club has 18 teams across men's senior, men's junior and women's categories.
Sala FF is affiliated with Västmanlands Fotbollförbund.<ref name=svff/>
==History== Sala FF was formed in December 1972 after IF Norden and IFK Sala merged.<ref name=about>[https://www.laget.se/SALAFF/About Sala FF's official website]</ref>
In 1983, the club won promotion to Division 3 (tier 5) for the first time, but they were relegated the following season after finishing the campaign with 14 straight defeats.
They returned to the fifth tier in 1994, under the managerial guidance of Tommy Carlsson.
They remained in the division, and in 1995 they faced Heby AIF, from the neighbouring town, for the first time in the league. Sala finished the season in fourth; Heby were seventh.
In 1996, Heby finished fifth, one place higher than Sala (then managed by Rolf Stahn).
For the 1997 season, Sala was moved to Division 3 in Södra Norrland. They were relegated under new manager Thomas Johansson.
They later dropped another level, to tier 6, before winning promotion, with manager Tony Mattsson, to the fifth tier in 2012, where they have remained to date.<ref name=about/>
===Season history=== *2013 – 9th, Division 3 Södra Svealand Svealand (tier 5) *2014 – 2nd, Division 3 Västra Svealand (tier 5) *2015 – 4th, Division 3 Södra Norrland (tier 5) *2016 – 5th, Division 3 Södra Norrland (tier 5) *2017 – 6th, Division 3 Östra Svealand (tier 5) *2018 – 3rd, Division 3 Södra Norrland (tier 5) *2019 – 2nd, Division 3 Södra Norrland (tier 5) *2020 – TBD, Division 3 Norra Svealand (tier 5)
===Managerial history=== *1973: Christer Hemlin
*1974: Hans "Norrby-Hasse" Johansson & Hans "Strömstad" Johansson
*1975–78: Björn Larsson
*1979: Hans “Strömstad” Johansson
*1980–83: Hugo Karlsson
*1984–86: Björn Larsson
*1987–91: Hasse Ljung
*1992: Allan Pettersson
*1993: Håkan Reuterwall
*1994–95: Tommy Carlsson
*1996: Rolf Stahn
*1997–99: Thomas Johansson
*2000: Lars-Inge Johansson & Micke Eriksson
*2001: Tommy Carlsson (second term)
*2002–04: Håkan Reuterwall
*2005: Janne Östlund
*2006–07: And Enström
*2008: Stefan Thid
*2009: Fredrik Dimberg
*2010: Pelle Johansson
*2011–12: Tony Mattsson
*2013–14: Michael Andersson
*2015–present: Jens Eriksson
<small>[https://www.salaallehanda.com/artikel/sala-ff-hette-forst-ifk-norden Source]</small>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.laget.se/SALAFF/}} * [https://www.salaallehanda.com/sala-ff Sala FF's page at ''Sala Allehanda''] * [https://fussball.wettpoint.com/en/teams/290530.html Sala FF's page at Fussball Datenbank]
Category:Football clubs in Västmanland County Category:Association football clubs established in 1972 Category:1972 establishments in Sweden Category:Sports clubs and teams in Västmanland County Category:Sala, Sweden Category:20th-century establishments in Västmanland County