Degerfors IF

Fans

Being a club in a town with a big iron industry, the club has a lot of left wing fans. In their away game versus GAIS on the 13th of April 2025 the away fans displayed a banner saying “ultra rossoblaco - Against Fascism.” And in 2024 they had another banner saying “no style, just working class”.

Background

Degerfors IF first played in the Allsvenskan in 1939, making use of their new home ground at Stora Valla. Up until 1966, the club regularly appeared in the Allsvenskan; however, in recent decades they have played at the highest level for 5 seasons from 1993 to 1997. Their record attendance is 21,065 spectators when Degerfors IF played IFK Norrköping in 1963.

The club is affiliated to the Värmlands Fotbollförbund.

Season to season

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Players

Out on loan

Staff

Current technical staff

Managers

• Sweden Arnold Andersson-Tagner (1936–37)
• Hungary István Wampetits (1937–44)
• Sweden Einar Skeppstedt (1945–47)
• England Edmund Crawford (1948–49)
• Sweden Karl-Erik Jakobsson (1950)
• Hungary Imre Markos (1951–53)
• Sweden Gunnar Andersson (1953)
• AUT Karl Neschy (1954–57)
• Sweden Olle Åhlund (1957–59)
• ENG Bill Burnikell (1960–61)
• Sweden Tore Karlsson (1961)
• Sweden Gunnar Nordahl (1961–64)
• Hungary Vilmos Varszegi (1965–66)
• Sweden Ernst Bohlin (1961–67)
• Sweden Tore Karlsson (1968)
• Sweden Åke Klintberg (1969)
• Sweden Olle Åhlund (1970)
• Sweden Tore Karlsson (1971–72)
• Sweden Håkan Höglander (1973–74)
• Sweden Curt Edenvik (1975)
• Sweden Tord Grip (1976)
• Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson (1977–78)
• Sweden Lars-Åke Bäckström (1979–80)
• Sweden Peter Pallman (1980)
• POL Janusz Pekowski (1981–82)
• Scotland Dave Mosson (1983–85)
• Sweden Björn Juhlin (1986–87)
• Sweden Lars Henriksson (1988)
• Sweden Kenneth Sundkvist (1989)
• Sweden Sören Cratz (1990–92)
• Sweden Börje Andersson (1993)
• Sweden Erik Hamrén (1994)
• Sweden Sören Cratz (1995–96)
• Sweden Bosse Nilsson (1997)
• Sweden Örjan Glans (1998)
• Sweden Kenneth Norling (1999–2001)
• Scotland Dave Mosson (2002–04)
• Sweden Tony Gustavsson (2005–06)
• Sweden Mark Selmer (2007)
• Montenegro Milenko Vukčević (2007)
• Sweden Jan Stahre (2008)
• Sweden Patrik Werner (2009–2016)
• Sweden Stefan Jacobsson (2016–2019)
• Sweden Tobias Solberg and Sweden Andreas Holmberg (2020–2023)
• Sweden William Lundin (2024–)

Honours

League

• Allsvenskan:

  • Runners-up: 1940–41, 1963

• Superettan:

  • Winners: 2024

• Division 1 Norra:

  • Winners: 2009

Cups

• Svenska Cupen:
  • Winners: 1992–93

Footnotes

References

1. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Värmlands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se".
2. "GAIS – Lagfacta – Degerfors IF".
3. (7 February 2023). "Spelartrupp". Degerfors IF.
4. (February 2022)