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Östers IF
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sports club in Växjö, Sweden
Key facts
- 2025
- Allsvenskan , 15th of 16 , (relegated)
- Full name
- Östers Idrottsförening
- Founded
- 20 April 1930 ; 96 years ago ( 20 April 1930 )
- Ground
- Spiris Arena , Växjö
- Capacity
- 12,000
- Chairman
- Jonas Karlsson
- Head coach
- Roberth Björknesjö
- League
- Superettan
- Website
- www .ostersif .se
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports team
- Sport
- Soccer
- League
- Swedish Superettan
- Stadium
- Myresjöhus Arena
- Country
- Sweden
via TheSportsDB
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Encyclopedic overview
Östers Idrottsförening, commonly known as Östers IF or simply Öster, is a Swedish sports club located in Växjö, specializing in football. Östers will be relegated from Allsvenskan to Superettan in 2025. They were promoted from Superettan in 2024 and were relegated during their first season in a long time in Allsvenskan.
The club has previously also competed in ice hockey (see separate article), bandy, and bowling. Öster was formed on 20 April 1930 as Östers Fotbollförening, before adopting the name "Östers IF" in 1932. The club is affiliated to the Smålands Fotbollförbund.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Östers IF” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.