Akropolis IF was a Swedish football club formed by Greek immigrants in 1968 in Spånga.[2]
 | ||||
| Full name | Akropolis Idrottsförening | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1968 | |||
| Dissolved | 2024[1] | |||
| Ground | Grimsta IP Spånga, Stockholm | |||
| Website | www.akropolisif.com | |||
|
| ||||
The club was named after the Acropolis of Athens, and the Parthenon is depicted on its badge.
The club went bankrupt and was dissolved in 2024.
Background
editAkropolis IF was a sports club which was founded in Stockholm in the spring of 1968. Basketball started in the autumn 1968 followed by football in the spring of 1969. Youth activities commenced in 1975.
The club formerly had close affiliations, since terminated, with other Stockholm football clubs such as AIK and BP .
In 1987, Akropolis advanced for the first time to Division 3. In 2006, the club made it to the second division, where they have stayed since. In 2012, Akropolis was relegated to Division 2, where they stayed until 2013 when they were once again promoted. In 2014, Akropolis was promoted from Division 2 to Division 1 again. As newcomers in Division 1, Akropolis secured qualifiers to Superettan in their second last game against IFK Luleå.[3]
Season to season
edit
* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.[4] [5] [6] |
Attendances
editIn recent seasons Akropolis IF have had the following average attendances:
* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.[7] |
Footnotes
edit- ^ "Akropolis IF begärd i konkurs: "Klubben begraven"". mitti.se/ (in Swedish). Mitt i. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Akropolis IF – Fotboll Klubb". Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "Akropolis IF – Föreningens historia". Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "GAIS – Lagfacta -Akropolis IF". Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ^ "Södra Svealand - Division 2 – Fotbollsserier 2010 – Fotboll – everysport.com". Retrieved 16 September 2010.
- ^ "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning". Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
- ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2010.