Degerfors IF
Swedish football club
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Degerfors IF is a professional football club located in Degerfors, Sweden. The club was formed on 13 January 1907, and is currently playing in the highest tier in Swedish football, Allsvenskan.
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| Full name | Degerfors Idrottsförening | ||
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| Nickname | Bruket | ||
| Founded | 13 January 1907 | ||
| Ground | Stora Valla, Degerfors | ||
| Capacity | 6,000 | ||
| Chairman | Ulrika Eriksson | ||
| Head coach | Henok Goitom | ||
| League | Allsvenskan | ||
| 2025 | 13th | ||
| Website | degerforsif | ||
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Fans
Being a club in a town with a big iron industry, the club has a lot of politically progressive fans.[citation needed] [relevant?] In their away game versus GAIS on the 13th of April 2025, the away fans displayed a banner saying “ultra rossoblaco - Against Fascism.”[citation needed] And in 2024 they had another banner saying “no style, just working class”.[citation needed]
Background
Degerfors IF first played in the Allsvenskan in 1939, making use of their new home ground at Stora Valla. Up until 1966, the club regularly appeared in the Allsvenskan; however, in recent decades they have played at the highest level for 5 seasons from 1993 to 1997. Their record attendance is 21,065 spectators when Degerfors IF played IFK Norrköping in 1963.
The club is affiliated to the Värmlands Fotbollförbund.[1]
Season to season
* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.[2] |
Players
- As of 30 March 2026[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Staff
Current technical staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Manager |  William Lundin |
| Technical Director | Patrik Werner |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Maria Busk Madland |
| Team Manager | Stig Ekman |
Source: [citation needed]
Managers
Arnold Andersson-Tagner (1936–37)
István Wampetits (1937–44)- Einar Skeppstedt (1945–47)
Edmund Crawford (1948–49)- Karl-Erik Jakobsson (1950)
- Imre Markos (1951–53)
- Gunnar Andersson (1953)
Karl Neschy (1954–57)- Olle Åhlund (1957–59)
- Bill Burnikell (1960–61)
- Tore Karlsson (1961)
- Gunnar Nordahl (1961–64)
- Vilmos Varszegi (1965–66)
- Ernst Bohlin (1961–67)
- Tore Karlsson (1968)
- Åke Klintberg (1969)
- Olle Åhlund (1970)
- Tore Karlsson (1971–72)
- Håkan Höglander (1973–74)
- Curt Edenvik (1975)
- Tord Grip (1976)
- Sven-Göran Eriksson (1977–78)
- Lars-Åke Bäckström (1979–80)
- Peter Pallman (1980)
Janusz Pekowski (1981–82)
Dave Mosson (1983–85)- Björn Juhlin (1986–87)
- Lars Henriksson (1988)
- Kenneth Sundkvist (1989)
- Sören Cratz (1990–92)
- Börje Andersson (1993)
- Erik Hamrén (1994)
- Sören Cratz (1995–96)
- Bosse Nilsson (1997)
- Örjan Glans (1998)
- Kenneth Norling (1999–2001)
- Dave Mosson (2002–04)
- Tony Gustavsson (2005–06)
- Mark Selmer (2007)
Milenko Vukčević (2007)- Jan Stahre (2008)
- Patrik Werner (2009–2016)[4]
- Stefan Jacobsson (2016–2019)
- Tobias Solberg and Andreas Holmberg (2020–2023)
- William Lundin (2024–)
Honours
League
- Superettan:
- Winners: 2024
- Division 1 Norra:
- Winners: 2009
Cups
- Svenska Cupen:
- Winners: 1992–93
