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| Full name | Göteborgs Atlet- & Idrottssällskap | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Makrillarna (the Mackerels) Grönsvart (Green-black) Gårdakvarnen (the Gårda Mill) | ||
| Founded | 11 March 1894 1897 (football department) | ||
| Ground | Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg | ||
| Capacity | 18,416 | ||
| Chairman | Roland Blomstrand[1] | ||
| Head coach | Fredrik Holmberg | ||
| League | Allsvenskan | ||
| 2024 | 6th of 16 | ||
| Website | http://www.gais.se/ | ||
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Göteborgs Atlet- och Idrottssällskap (meaning Gothenburg's Athletics and Sports Association), commonly referred to as GAIS or Gais,[A] is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg. The club is affiliated to the Göteborgs Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Gamla Ullevi.[2] Fans also refers to the club as Grönsvart (green-black) or Makrillarna (the Mackerels) because of the traditional shirt colours.
GAIS is one of the oldest football clubs in Sweden. The club was a founding member of Allsvenskan and also the first champions of the league. They have won a total of four national championship titles, five league championship titles and one national cup title. Even though GAIS have played 49 seasons in Allsvenskan they only spent six years in the top division during a 30-year period from 1976 to 2005, with another six seasons of that time spent as low as the third division. The club thus gained the reputation of being a yo-yo club, constantly going up and down through the league system. After their promotion in 2005 the club played seven straight seasons in Allsvenskan which was a feat not achieved since the degradation in 1955. After relegation in 2012 they finished seventh in Superettan in 2013, where they stayed until 2022 when they got relegated. However, after achieving back to back promotions, GAIS will now play their 2024 season in Allsvenskan.
- ^ Gais.se: "Rapport från årsmötet 2022".
- ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Göteborgs Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 10 January 2011.
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