Visby AIK is a Swedish football club located in Visby on the island of Gotland.[1]

Visby AIK
Full nameVisby Allmänna Idrottsklubb
Founded1929
GroundGutavallen (arena)
Visby
Gotland
Sweden
ChairmanNiclas Larsson
Head CoachRoland Ahlvin
CoachHnas Westberg
LeagueDivision 4 Gotland

Background

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Visby AIK currently plays in Division 4 Gotland, sometimes called "Gotlandsfyran", which is the sixth tier of Swedish football.[2] They play their home matches at the Gutavallen arena in Visby.[3]

The club is affiliated to Gotlands Fotbollförbund.[4] Visby AIK have competed in the Svenska Cupen on 25 occasions and have played 37 matches in the competition.[5]

The club were close to earning promotion to the fifth tier, Division 3, and led the Gotland section for a good part of the 2011 season but fell short of the section title by a single goal despite winning their last game of the season 1–0.[6]

Season to season

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Season Level Division Section Position Movements
1999 Tier 5 Division 4 Gotland 4th Vårserier (Spring Series)
Tier 5 Division 4 Gotland 2nd Höstserier (Autumn Series)
2000 Tier 5 Division 4 Gotland 4th Vårserier (Spring Series)
Tier 5 Division 4 Gotland 1st Höstserier (Autumn Series)
2001 Tier 5 Division 4 Gotland 3rd Vårserier (Spring Series)
Tier 5 Division 4 Gotland 2nd Slutspel A (Playoff A)
2002 Tier 5 Division 4 Gotland 1st Promoted
2003 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand 12th Relegated
2004 Tier 5 Division 4 Gotland 1st Promotion Playoffs – Promoted
2005 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand 12th Relegated
2006* Tier 6 Division 4 Gotland 4th
2007 Tier 6 Division 4 Gotland 3rd
2008 Tier 6 Division 4 Gotland 8th Relegation Playoffs
2009 Tier 6 Division 4 Gotland 4th
2010 Tier 6 Division 4 Gotland 3rd
2011 Tier 6 Division 4 Gotland 2nd Missed section title by one goal
2012 Tier 6 Division 4 Gotland

*League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.[7][8][9]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Visby AIK – Fotboll Klubb". Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  2. ^ "Gotland - Division 4 – Fotbollsserier 2011 – Fotboll – everysport.com". Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  3. ^ "Tabell och resultat – Div 4 Gotland, herrar – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  4. ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Visby AIK – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2011-05-04.
  5. ^ "SFS-Bolletinen – Matcher i Svenska cupen genom tiderna – bolletinen.se". Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  6. ^ "Standings and results – 2011 Division 4 Gotland" (in Swedish). Gotlands Fotbollförbund. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
  7. ^ "GAIS – Lagfacta – Visby AIK". Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  8. ^ "Visby AIK – Fotboll – everysport.com". Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  9. ^ "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning". Retrieved 2011-05-05.
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