Östers IF

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Öster
Full name	Östers Idrottsförening
Founded	1930
Ground	Värendsvallen, Växjö
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Curt Persson
Manager	Giles Stille
League	Superettan
2006	Allsvenskan, 13th (relegated)
Home colours 　 Away colours

Östers IF is a Swedish football club located in Växjö. The club, formed April 20, 1930 (as Östers Fotbollförening), is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan. 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.

Contents 1 Current squad 2 Personnel 2.1 Current technical staff 3 Notable players 4 Achievements 5 External links

[edit] Current squad

As of August 19, 2006:

No. Position Player 1 GK Robin Malmqvist 2 MF Helgi Valur Daniélson 3 DF Fredrik Bild 4 MF Martin Claesson (on loan to IFK Värnamo) 5 DF Peter Sedunov (on loan to Bodens BK) 5 DF Yamba Asha 6 FW Freddy Borg 7 MF Pavel Zavadil 10 MF Fredrik Gustafson 11 FW John Pelu (on loan to Kongsvinger IL) 12 DF Mario Vasilj

No. Position Player 13 DF Marco da Silva 15 MF Daniel Svensson 16 DF Tyler Hughes 17 FW Ingemar Teever 18 DF Erik Tengroth 19 DF Emin Nouri 20 FW Teafore Bennett 21 MF Paulo José Figueiredo 22 MF Nick Belton 31 GK Robert Veselovsky 75 GK D.J. Countess -- MF Niclas Olausson

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Current technical staff

Director of Football	Håkan Arvidsson
Head Coach	Giles Stille
Assistant Coach	Peter Wibrån
Goalkeeping coach	Göran Hagberg
Doctor	Anders Willstedt

[edit] Notable players

• D.J. Countess
• Björn Andersson
• Inge Ejderstedt
• Anders Linderoth
• 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

[edit] Achievements

• Swedish Champions:
  • Winners (4): 1968, 1978, 1980, 1981

• 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

[edit] External links

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

Football in Sweden v • d • e
National association National team List of clubs Champions Records Women's national team List of women's clubs Seasons
Competitions in Swedish football
Allsvenskan Superettan Division 1 (N, S) Division 2 Division 3 Damallsvenskan Svenska Cupen Supercupen League system
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