Ljungskile SK

Ljungskile SK

Full name	Ljungskile Sportklubb
Founded	1926
Ground	Starke Arvid Arena, Ljungskile (Capacity: 6,000)
Chairman	Lars Bergdahl
Manager	Tor-Arne Fredheim
League	Superettan
2011	Superettan, 8th
Home colours Away colours

Starke Arvid Arena

Ljungskile SK is a Swedish football club located in Ljungskile, a town within Uddevalla Municipality. The club, formed 1926 currently play in Superettan. Ljungskile SK is famous for their promotions between 1990 to 1997. In 1990, Ljungskile SK was playing in Swedish "Division 5" and gained promotion to "Division 4", "Division 3", "Division 2", "Division 1" until they reached Allsvenskan in 1997.

The club soon gained sponsorship by the swimwear producer Panos Emporio after advancing for the first time to Allsvenskan (LSK defeated Umeå FC when attending the qualifying round in November 1996), and played under the name Panos Ljungskile SK from 1997 to 2002. The club was relegated two times (1997 and 2000) during these years, and played some years in Division 2 Västra Götaland before they managed to gain promotion back to Superettan in late 2004, defeating Väsby IK in the qualifying round. On October 21, 2007 the club gained promotion for the second time ever to Allsvenskan by defeating Landskrona BoIS away. During 2008 the club managed to replace IFK Uddevalla as Bohuslän's most successful club in the history of Allsvenskan.

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 1993 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 1st 1994 Tier 2 Division 1 Södra 7th 1995 Tier 2 Division 1 Södra 5th 1996 Tier 2 Division 1 Södra 2nd Promoted 1997 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 14th Panos Ljungskile SK - Relegated 1998 Tier 2 Division 1 Södra 6th Panos Ljungskile SK 1999 Tier 2 Division 1 Södra 4th Panos Ljungskile SK 2000 Tier 2 Superettan 15th Panos Ljungskile SK - Relegated 2001 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 1st Panos Ljungskile SK - Promotion Playoffs 2002 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 6th Panos Ljungskile SK 2003 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 2nd 2004 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 1st Promotion Playoffs - Promoted 2005 Tier 2 Superettan 4th 2006* Tier 2 Superettan 6th 2007 Tier 2 Superettan 2nd Promoted 2008 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 14th Relegation Playoffs - Relegated 2009 Tier 2 Superettan 9th 2010 Tier 2 Superettan 6th 2011 Tier 2 Superettan 8th * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.

Current squad

As of 11 January, 2012: Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 3 DF Marcus Jarlegren 4 DF Josemar 5 DF Rikard Nilsson 7 MF Mathias Carlsson 8 MF Brais Lorenzo 12 MF Joakim Runnemo 13 MF Robin Iglicár 16 DF Dragan Bogdanović 17 MF Samir Fehrić

No. Position Player 20 DF Tobias Mikaelsson 22 MF Genalvo 23 FW Jarrod Smith 24 MF Aleksandar Kitić 30 GK Magnus Berglöf — GK Marcus Sandberg (on loan from IFK Göteborg) — DF David Bennhage — DF Patrick Hopkins

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2011–2012.

Former coaches

• Johan Brinck (1995)
• Lars-Olof Mattsson (1996-97, 2006)
• Bo Wålemark (1998)
• Jan Jönsson (1998-2000)
• Lars-Gunnar Hermansson (2001-02)
• David Wilson (2003-05, 2006–08)
• Gudmundur Magnusson (2009)

Former players

• Kenny Pavey
• David Wilson
• Giuliano Maiorana
• Will Antwi [1]
• Andy Roddie (1997)
• Johan Friberg da Cruz
• Tobias Mikaelsson
• Michał Sławuta

Achievements

League

• Superettan:
  • Runners-up (1): 2007
• Division 1 Södra:
  • Runners-up (1): 1996

External links

• Ljungskile SK - official site
• Svenskafans.com - Supporter site (Swedish)