Smedby AIS

Smedby AIS is a Swedish football club located in Norrköping.^[1]

Smedby AIS

Full name	Smedby Allmänna Idrottssällskap
Nickname(s)	SAIS
Founded	1929
Ground	PreZero Arena Norrköping Sweden
Capacity	2,500
Chairman	Håkan Liljeblad
Head Coach	Mats Olsson
League	2019 Nordöstra Götaland
2019	Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland, 2nd (Promotion Playoffs – Not Promoted)
Home colours Away colours

Background

Smedby AIS (or SAIS for short) is a football club from southeast Norrköping based in the district of Smedby. The club was founded on 3 October 1929 and played in the third tier of Swedish football for the first time in 1961 and again in 1967–70, 1978, 1980–81 and 2003.^[2]

Since their foundation Smedby AIS has participated mainly in the lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club currently plays in Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Mirum Arena in Norrköping.^[3]

Smedby AIS are affiliated to the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund.^[4] With an active youth section the club has over 1,500 members and has produced players like Hasan Cetinkaya, Niclas Fredriksson, Linus Hellman and Christos Christoforidis.

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 1993 Tier 4 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 10th Relegated 1994 Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Östra 1st Promoted 1995 Tier 4 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 4th 1996 Tier 4 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 10th Relegated 1997 Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Östra 3rd 1998 Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Östra 7th 1999 Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Östra 2nd 2000 Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Östra 2nd Promotion Playoffs – Promoted 2001 Tier 4 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 9th Relegation Playoffs 2002 Tier 4 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 1st Promoted 2003 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 12th Relegated 2004 Tier 4 Division 3 Västra Svealand 9th Relegation Playoffs – Relegated 2005 Tier 5 Division 4 Östergötland Östra 1st Promoted 2006* Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 1st Promoted 2007 Tier 4 Division 2 Mellersta Götaland 5th 2008 Tier 4 Division 2 Östra Götaland 4th 2009 Tier 4 Division 2 Östra Götaland 2nd 2010 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 8th 2011 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 11th Relegated 2012 Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 1st Promoted 2013 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 7th 2014 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 12th Relegation Playoffs – Relegated 2015 Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 1st Promoted 2016 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 13th Relegated 2017 Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 7th 2018 Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 2nd Promotion Playoffs – Not Promoted 2019 Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 2nd Promotion Playoffs – Not Promoted 2020 Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. ^[5]^[6]^[7]

Current squad

As of 22 September 2015^[8]

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 Jacob Karlsson 3 DF   SWE Arkadi Malke 4 MF   SWE Philip Johansson 6 DF   SWE Martin Kolaj 8 MF   SWE Anton Bäckstedt 10 FW   SWE Paul Chamoun 11 MF   SWE Martin Gustafsson 12 DF   SWE Daniel Rann 13 DF   SWE Tobias Häll 14 MF   SWE Jasmin Feratovic

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF   SWE Joakim Petersson 16 DF   SWE Erik Johansson 17 MF   SWE Carl Strömlid 22 DF   SWE David Kristiansson 24 DF   SWE Marcus Ljung 25 FW   SWE Felix Wahlgren 45 FW   SWE Haris Sijaric 93 GK   SWE Christoffer Hagsell 99 MF   SWE Marcus Kemppainen

Attendances

In recent seasons Smedby AIS have had the following average attendances:

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level 2005 Not available Div 4 Östergötland Östra Tier 5 2006 106 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5 2007 121 Div 2 Mellersta Götaland Tier 4 2008 124 Div 2 Östra Götaland Tier 4 2009 99 Div 2 Östra Götaland Tier 4 2010 114 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4 2011 173 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4 2012 124 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5 2013 138 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4 2014 126 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4 2015 119 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5 2016 161 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4 2017 158 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5 2018 136 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5 2019 ? Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5 2020 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5 } * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. ^[9]

Footnotes

1. "Smedby AIS – Fotboll Klubb". Retrieved 17 September 2010.
2. "GAIS – Lagfacta – Smedby AIS". Retrieved 17 September 2010.
3. "Svenskfotboll.se – Mirum Arena". Retrieved 22 September 2014.
4. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Smedby AIS – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 14 October 2010.
5. "GAIS – Lagfacta – Smedby AIS". Retrieved 17 September 2010.
6. "Södra Svealand — Division 2 – Fotbollsserier 2010 – Fotboll – everysport.com". Retrieved 17 September 2010.
7. "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning" (Archive). Retrieved 20 September 2010.
8. "Smedby AISs trupp" (in Swedish). Smedby AIS. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
9. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 17 November 2010.

External links

• Smedby AIS – Official Website