Vänersborgs IF

Vänersborgs IF is a Swedish football club located in Vänersborg.[1] The club was founded in 1906. The current men's football team head coach is Andy Kilner.

Vänersborgs IF
Full nameVänersborgs Idrottsförening
GroundVänersvallen
Vänersborg
Sweden
Head CoachAndy Kilner
LeagueEttan Södra
2019Division 2 Norra Götaland, 9th
The home ground Vänersvallen with the clubhouse at the right.

Background

The club was founded in 1906. In the 1940s, it became the first team from Västergötland which made a national impact in bandy,[2] but has since given up this sport.

Vänersborgs IF currently (2021) plays in Division 1 Södra which is the third tier of Swedish football.[3] They play their home matches at Vänersvallen in Vänersborg; the football ground has a capacity of around 2000 people.[1]

The club is affiliated to Västergötlands Fotbollförbund.[4]

Current squad
As of 8 August 2023[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Sweden SWE Ali Hasan
2 DF United States USA Alex Mapp
5 DF Sweden SWE Milos Andelkovic
6 MF Sweden SWE Alexander Karlsson
7 FW Sweden SWE Ylli Podrimcaku
8 MF Sweden SWE Sandigi Zacky Jobe
9 FW Sweden SWE Isaac Shears
10 MF Sweden SWE Kim Dickson
11 MF Sweden SWE Oskar Jansson
12 MF Sweden SWE Eskil Thor
13 MF Sweden SWE Eric Kjellsson
15 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Declan Watters
16 MF Sweden SWE Viktor Nilsen
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Sweden SWE Youssef Fayad
18 FW Sweden SWE Valon Gashi
19 DF Sweden SWE William Snällström
20 DF Sweden SWE Axel Olsson
21 DF Sweden SWE Filip Sterner
22 FW Sweden SWE Yahye Abdi
23 FW Sweden SWE Julius Thulin
24 MF Sweden SWE Wilmer Hagemann
25 MF Sweden SWE Elias Karlsson
26 DF Sweden SWE Ali Al-Habobi
27 GK Georgia (country) GEO Besarion Kodalaev
— MF United States USA Colin Biros

Footnotes
  1. "Vänersborgs IF". Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  2. Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), pp. 457f (in Swedish)
  3. "Norra Götaland - Division 2 – Fotbollsserier 2017". Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  4. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar 2013 – Vänersborgs IF". Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  5. "Truppen" (in Swedish). Svenskalag. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
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