Varbergs GIF FK is a Swedish football club located in Varberg.
Background Varbergs Gymnastik- och Idrottsförening was formed on 28 May 1905 and shortly afterwards included football in their programme. In the same year the club became founder members of the Hallands Idrottsförbund (Halland Sports Federation) at the invitation of IF Kamraterna, Halmstad.
In the 1940s, the club also played bandy.Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), p. 331 (in Swedish)
Varbergs GIF FF were declared bankrupt in December 2007 when their tax liabilities could not be met. As a consequence the club dropped out of Division 4 Halland and reformed in the bottom tier in Division 6 Halland Norra.
Varbergs GIF FK currently plays in Division 2 Västra Götaland which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Påskbergsvallen in Varberg.
The club is affiliated to Hallands Fotbollförbund. Varbergs GIF have competed in the Svenska Cupen on 24 occasions and have played 40 matches in the competition.
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1993Tier 5 Division 4 Halland1stPromoted1994Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland6th1995Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland8th1996Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland6th1997Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland9th Relegation Playoffs – Relegated1998Tier 5 Division 4 Halland1stPromoted1999Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland2nd 2000Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland8th 2001Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland2nd Promotion Playoffs2002Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland3rd 2003Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland3rd 2004Tier 4 Division 3 Mellersta Götaland2nd Promotion Playoffs2005Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland4th Playoffs2006*Tier 5 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland11thRelegated2007Tier 6b Division 4 Halland2ndPromotion Playoffs2008Tier 8 Division 6 Halland Norra1stPromoted2009Tier 7 Division 5 Halland Norra1stPromoted2010Tier 6b Division 4 Halland1stPromoted2011Tier 6a Division 4 Halland Elit4th2012Tier 6a Division 4 Halland Elit4th2013Tier 6a Division 4 Halland Elit3rd2014Tier 6a Division 4 Halland Elit5th2015Tier 6a Division 4 Halland Elit2ndPromotion Playoffs - Promoted2016Tier 5 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland2ndPromotion Playoffs - Promoted2017Tier 4 Division 2 Västra Götaland12thRelegation Playoffs?2018Tier 4 Division 2 Västra Götaland13thRelegated2019Tier 5 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland1stPromoted2020Tier 4 Division 2 Västra Götaland * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
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