Norrby IF

Norrby IF
Full name	Norrby Idrottsförening
Founded	27 April 1927; 97 years ago
Ground	Borås Arena
Capacity	16,200
Manager	Mak Lind
League	Superettan
2022	Superettan, 15th (relegation)
Website	https://www.norrbyif.se
Home colours	Away colours

Norrby IF is a Swedish professional football club based in Borås. Founded on 27 April 1927, the club is currently competing in the Superettan.

Background

The club's best achievement was being promoted to Allsvenskan (top level of Swedish football), after winning the second division in 1955. In Allsvenskan the team only managed to win three games, and were relegated after just one season, and have never returned to top-level football.

Norrby IF's average attendance in the top division, established through the course of the sole 1956 season, is 9,971.

The club is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund.^[2]

Season to season

Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1940–41	Tier 4	Division 4	?	1st	Promoted
1941–42	Tier 3	Division 3	Västsvenska Norra	8th
1942–43	Tier 3	Division 3	Västsvenska Norra	8th
1943–44	Tier 3	Division 3	Västsvenska Norra	6th
1944–45	Tier 3	Division 3	Västsvenska Norra	2nd
1945–46	Tier 3	Division 3	Västsvenska Norra	4th
1946–47	Tier 3	Division 3	Västsvenska Norra	1st	Promotion Playoffs – Not Promoted
1947–48	Tier 3	Division 3	Västra	5th
1948–49	Tier 3	Division 3	Västra	2nd
1949–50	Tier 3	Division 3	Västra	1st	Promoted
1950–51	Tier 2	Division 2	Sydvästra	6th
1951–52	Tier 2	Division 2	Sydvästra	3rd
1952–53	Tier 2	Division 2	Sydvästra	3rd
1953–54	Tier 2	Division 2	Götaland	3rd
1954–55	Tier 2	Division 2	Götaland	1st	Promoted
1955–56	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		11th	Relegated
1956–57	Tier 2	Division 2	Västra Götaland	4th
1957–58	Tier 2	Division 2	Västra Götaland	3rd
1959	Tier 2	Division 2	Västra Götaland	9th
1960	Tier 2	Division 2	Västra Götaland	3rd
1961	Tier 2	Division 2	Västra Götaland	4th
1962	Tier 2	Division 2	Västra Götaland	3rd
1963	Tier 2	Division 2	Västra Götaland	4th
1964	Tier 2	Division 2	Västra Götaland	10th	Relegated
1965	Tier 3	Division 3	Sydvästra Götaland	4th
1966	Tier 3	Division 3	Nordvästra Götaland	5th
1967	Tier 3	Division 3	Sydvästra Götaland	1st	Promoted
1968	Tier 2	Division 2	Norra Götaland	10th	Relegated
1969	Tier 3	Division 3	Nordvästra Götaland	1st	Promoted
1970	Tier 2	Division 2	Norra Götaland	10th	Relegated
1971	Tier 3	Division 3	Sydvästra Götaland	4th
1972	Tier 3	Division 3	Nordvästra Götaland	3rd
1973	Tier 3	Division 3	Sydvästra Götaland	1st	Promotion Playoffs – Not Promoted
1974	Tier 3	Division 3	Sydvästra Götaland	4th
1975	Tier 3	Division 3	Sydvästra Götaland	1st	Promotion Playoffs – Promoted
1976	Tier 2	Division 2	Södra	5th
1977	Tier 2	Division 2	Södra	7th
1978	Tier 2	Division 2	Södra	2nd
1979	Tier 2	Division 2	Södra	12th	Relegated
1980	Tier 3	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	1st	Promotion Playoffs – Not Promoted
1981	Tier 3	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	1st	Promotion Playoffs – Not Promoted
1982	Tier 3	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	2nd
1983	Tier 3	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	1st	Promotion Playoffs – Promoted
1984	Tier 2	Division 2	Södra	7th
1985	Tier 2	Division 2	Södra	5th
1986	Tier 2	Division 2	Södra	14th	Relegated
1987	Tier 3	Division 3	Västra	6th
1988	Tier 3	Division 3	Västra	11th
1989	Tier 3	Division 3	Västra	7th
1990	Tier 3	Division 3	Västra	6th
1991	Tier 3	Division 3	Östra Götaland	2nd	Spring – Promotion Playoff – Not Promoted
1991	Tier 3	Division 3	Östra Götaland	5th	Autumn
1992	Tier 3	Division 3	Östra Götaland	2nd	Spring – Promotion Playoff – Not Promoted
1992	Tier 3	Division 3	Östra Götaland	5th	Autumn
1993	Tier 3	Division 2	Västra Götaland	4th
1994	Tier 3	Division 2	Västra Götaland	2nd	Promotion Playoffs – Promoted
1995	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	11th	Relegated
1996	Tier 3	Division 2	Västra Götaland	1st	Promoted
1997	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	10th
1998	Tier 2	Division 1	Södra	11th	Relegated
1999	Tier 3	Division 2	Västra Götaland	1st	Promotion Playoffs
2000	Tier 3	Division 2	Västra Götaland	6th
2001	Tier 3	Division 2	Västra Götaland	6th
2002	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Götaland	11th	Relegated
2003	Tier 4	Division 3	Mellersta Götaland	1st	Promoted
2004	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Götaland	2nd
2005	Tier 3	Division 2	Mellersta Götaland	2nd	Promoted
2006*	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	3rd
2007	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	10th
2008	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	13th	Relegated
2009	Tier 4	Division 2	Mellersta Götaland	1st	Promoted
2010	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	9th
2011	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	8th
2012	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	13th	Relegated
2013	Tier 4	Division 2	Västra Götaland	1st	Promoted
2014	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	6th
2015	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	10th
2016	Tier 3	Division 1	Södra	2nd	Promoted
2017	Tier 2	Superettan		10th
2018	Tier 2	Superettan		12th
2019	Tier 2	Superettan		9th
2020	Tier 2	Superettan		11th
2021	Tier 2	Superettan		4th
2022	Tier 2	Superettan		15th	Relegated

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.^[3]

Players

Current squad

As of 8 August 2024^[4]^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SWE	Victor Aster
2	DF	SWE	Anton Pärleholt
4	MF	SWE	Linus Dahl
5	DF	SWE	Vidar Svendsén
6	MF	SWE	Mohamed Bawa (on loan from GAIS)
7	FW	NGA	Prince Amos
8	MF	SWE	Nils Wallenberg
9	FW	SWE	Oscar Gustafsson
10	FW	NOR	Marcus Victorio
11	MF	SWE	Max Andersson
12	GK	SWE	Tim Svensson Lillvik


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	MF	SWE	Alfred Lyden
14	MF	SWE	Olle Backlund
16	DF	SWE	Alexander Salo
17	DF	SWE	Ture Spendler
19	FW	ISL	Gudni Már Ómarsson
20	MF	SWE	Lendi Haziraj
21	FW	SWE	Andreas Hansen
22	MF	SWE	Teo Helge
31	FW	SWE	Max Olsson
—	FW	SWE	Richard Yarsuvat

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Management

Technical staff

As of 4 April 2018

Name	Role
Mak Lind	Manager
Korosh Hatami	Head coach
Fredrik Berglund	Assistant coach
Christian Carlsson	Goalkeeping coach

Attendances

In recent seasons Norrby IF have had the following average attendances:

Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2005	559	Div 2 Mellersta Götaland	Tier 3
2006	336	Div 1 Södra	Tier 3
2007	286	Div 1 Södra	Tier 3
2008	295	Div 1 Södra	Tier 3
2009	381	Div 2 Mellersta Götaland	Tier 4
2010	512	Div 1 Södra	Tier 3
2011	634	Div 1 Södra	Tier 3
2012	480	Div 1 Södra	Tier 3
2013	438	Div 2 Västra Götaland	Tier 4
2014	398	Div 1 Södra	Tier 3
2015	415	Div 1 Södra	Tier 3
2016	722	Div 1 Södra	Tier 3
2017	790	Superettan	Tier 2
2018	657	Superettan	Tier 2
2019	543	Superettan	Tier 2
2020	0	Superettan	Tier 2
2021	427	Superettan	Tier 2

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.^[6]

Achievements

League

Division 1 Södra:
- Runners-up (1): 2016

Footnotes

^ "Om Borås Arena".
^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Västergötlands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 13 January 2011.
^ "GAIS – Lagfacta – Norrby IF". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
^ "Norrby IF Truppen". Norrby IF. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
^ "Norrby IF lagsida". Svenskfotboll.
^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 9 December 2010.

External links

Official website (in Swedish)

[1] "Om Borås Arena".

[2] "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Västergötlands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 13 January 2011.

[3] "GAIS – Lagfacta – Norrby IF". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2010.

[4] "Norrby IF Truppen". Norrby IF. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

[5] "Norrby IF lagsida". Svenskfotboll.

[6] "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 9 December 2010.

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