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| Full name | Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Giffarna Norrlandslaget (Northland team) | ||
| Short name | GIF | ||
| Founded | 25 August 1903 | ||
| Ground | NP3 Arena, Sundsvall | ||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||
| Head coach | Erol Ates | ||
| League | Superettan | ||
| 2023 | Superettan, 10th | ||
| Website | http://www.gifsundsvall.se/ | ||
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Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡɪfː ˈsɵ̂nː(d)sval]),[1] Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollförbund and plays its home games at NP3 Arena with a capacity of roughly 8,000 spectators.[2] Formed on 25 August 1903, the club has played 19 seasons in Sweden's highest football league Allsvenskan, the club's first season in the league was in 1965.
GIF Sundsvall is placed twenty-second in the overall Allsvenskan table maratontabellen. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are blue, yellow and white. Nevertheless, white is not articulately present in today's kit it has a strong history within the club.
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 23. Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Medelpads Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2011-01-12.