IK Östria Lambohov

IK Östria Lambohov was a Swedish football club located in Linköping in Östergötland County.^[1]

IK Östria Lambohov

Full name	Idrottsklubben Östria Lambohov
Nickname(s)	Svartgula, Lambo, IKÖL
Founded	24 January 1937
Ground	Lambohovsvallen Linköping Sweden
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Robin Hals
Head coach	Greger Johansson
League	Division 4 Östergötland Västra
2019	Division 5 Östergötland Västra, 1st
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Background

Idrottsklubben Östria Lambohov was founded on 24 January 1937 as Klints IK and in September of the same year changed their name to Bjärka Säby Östra IK.^[2]

Since their foundation IK Östria Lambohov participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club's last season was in Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland which is the fifth tier of Swedish football.^[3] They play their home matches at the Lambohovsvallen in Linköping.^[4]

IK Östria Lambohov were affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund.^[5] The club currently has around 1,500 members of which about 700 are active players. The club runs teams throughout the age groups from the youngest (Soccer for fun) through to the men's and ladies senior sides. The catchment area for the youth section is essentially Lambohov, Slaka and Skeda.^[6]

In 2013 the team merged with BK Kenty to form AFK Linköping. In 2018 the team was re-founded.

Recent history

In recent seasons IK Östria Lambohov have competed in the following divisions:

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 2007 Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 7th 2008 Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 8th Relegation Playoffs - Not Relegated 2009 Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 3rd 2010 Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 5th 2011 Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 4th 2012 Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 3rd 2018 Tier 8 Division 6 Östergötland Mellersta 1st Promoted 2019 Tier 7 Division 5 Östergötland Västra 1st Promoted 2020 Tier 6 Division 4 Östergötland Västra * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [7] [8] [9]

Attendances

In recent seasons IK Östria Lambohov have had the following average attendances:

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level 2006 Not available Div 4 Östergötland Västra Tier 6 2007 117 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5 2008 121 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5 2009 120 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5 2010 169 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5 2011 186 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5 2012 203 Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5 2013 Did not compete 2014 Did not compete 2015 Did not compete 2016 Did not compete 2017 Did not compete 2018 46 Div 6 Mellersta Östergötland Tier 8 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [10]