Östers IF

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Full name	Östers Idrottsförening
Founded	1930
Ground	Värendsvallen, Växjö
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Curt Persson
Manager	Jevgenij Kouznetsov
League	Division 1 Södra
2007	Superettan, 15th (relegated)
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Östers IF is a Swedish football club located in Växjö. The club, formed 20 April 1930 (as Östers Fotbollförening), is currently playing in the third Swedish league called Division 1 Södra. Öster is the most recent club to have won Allsvenskan as newcomers, which happened in 1968. In 2006, they were relegated from Allsvenskan after only one season. In 2007 they were relegated from the second highest division called Superettan. This is the first time in 51 years that Östers IF has played two divisions below Allsvenskan.

Current squad

As of 9 April 2009: 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	Robin Malmqvist
2	DF	SWE	Tobias Häll
4	MF	SWE	Enes Smajlovic
5	DF	SYR	Danny Tadaris
6	DF	SWE	Mario Vasilj
8	MF	SWE	Niclas Olausson
7	FW	SWE	Niklas Moberg
9	MF	SWE	Freddy Borg
10	MF	SWE	Fredrik Petersson
11	MF	SWE	Daniel Petersson
11	MF	SWE	Rasmus Ryden
13	FW	SWE	Christoffer Katenda

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	ARG	Tomas Petry
15	MF	USA	Neil Hlavaty
15	FW	SWE	Marcus Nobell
16	DF	CAN	Tyler Hughes
17	FW	SWE	Axel Johansson
18	DF	SWE	Månz Karlsson
19	FW	SWE	Matteo Blomqvist-Zampi
20	DF	SWE	Stefan Karlsson
21	DF	SWE	Elmin Nurkic
22	MF	SWE	Alexander Henningsson

Personnel

Current technical staff

Director of Football	Fredrik Gustafson and Claes Hovhammar
Head Coach	Andreas Ottosson
Assistant Coach	Ludwig Ernstsson
Goalkeeping Coach	Pål Lundin
Doctor	Anders Willstedt

Notable players

• D.J. Countess
• Björn Andersson
• Inge Ejderstedt
• Anders Linderoth
• Petter Wastå
• Jan "Lill-Damma" Mattsson
• Teitur Þórðarson
• Thomas Ravelli
• Pia Sundhage (women's team)
• Stig Svensson (best known from his time as chairman 1946–1989)
• Tommy Svensson
• Mark Watson
• Peter Wibrån
• Joachim Björklund
• Atiba Hutchinson

Other Players

• Paul McLoughlin (1985-86)

Achievements

• Allsvenskan:
  • Winners (4): 1968, 1978, 1980, 1981
  • Runners-up (3): 1973, 1975, 1992

• Allsvenskan play-off:
  • Runners-up (1): 1983

• Svenska Cupen:
  • Winners (1): 1976–77
  • Runners-up (4): 1973–74, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1990–91

External links

• Östers IF - official site
• East Front - official supporter club site
• Smålands Stolthet - supporter site