Bälinge IF

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Bälinge IF is a sports club from Bälinge, 10 kilometres north-west of Uppsala, Sweden. The club was established on March 15, 1936. The club is most famous for its women's football team which has participated in the Women's Premier Division (Damallsvenskan) for ten seasons (2004) since it was established in 1978. The team has never won the Swedish championships but it has contributed with players to the Swedish National Team, among these Josefin Öqvist who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Bälinge IF women's football team play their home games at Studenternas IP Stadium in Uppsala, since the sports field in Bälinge town is far too small to host premier games. The team colours are black and yellow.

The club is also active in men's football, cross country skiing and table tennis.

In the first years of Bälinge IF's history their sportsmen wore blue and yellow dresses, these colors can only be used by a Swedish National Team so they had to switch to black and yellow.