IFK Vaxholm currently plays in Division 4 Stockholm Norra which is the sixth tier of Swedish football.[2] They play their home matches at the SEB-Vallen in Vaxholm .[3]
The ladies team currently plays in division 5 Stockholm A.
The club has, except 2 senior teams, 18 different age groups between the ages of 5–15, they also have 2 employees working with the club and the youth section.
IFK Vaxholm finished 8th place in the 6th tier 2017.
History
The 18 April 1920, a crowd of 50 people gathered to form a sports club in Vaxholm. At first they were i part of IFK Stockholm but in August 1921 they became an independent part of IFK. In 1984 they changed their namn to "Vaxholm/KA 1 IF" after a tie-up with "Vaxholms Kustartilleriregementes IF" but 1989 they changed back. They have had several different kinds of sports during the years:Skiing, bandy, table-tennis, ice hockey and football along with a couple of other sports. Now they only play football. IFK Vaxholm has almost 800 members and they are the biggest sports club in Vaxholm.
In 1974 the first, and only so far, IFK Vaxholm team made it to the "S:t Erikscupen" final. The girls lost VS Rågsveds IF with 5–0.
IFK Vaxholms home ground, Vaxö IP, was founded in 1943 and since 1988 the ground have had artificial grass.
According to Vaxholms website Jesper Winzerling is the best goalscorer in IFK Vaxholm history, 78 goals in 79 games. This statistics haven't been updated since 2007.
Season to season
This only apply to the men's 1st team.
Season
Level
Division
Section
Position
Movements
1999
Tier 7
Division 6
Stockholm A
2nd
-
2000
Tier 7
Division 6
Stockholm A
4th
2 –
2001
Tier 7
Division 6
Stockholm A
4th
-
2002
Tier 7
Division 6
Stockholm A
3rd
1 +
2003
Tier 7
Division 6
Stockholm A
1st
Promoted
2004
Tier 6
Division 5
Stockholm Norra
4th
-
2005
Tier 6
Division 5
Stockholm Norra
2nd
Promoted
2006*
Tier 6
Division 4
Stockholm Norra
10th
-
2007
Tier 6
Division 4
Stockholm Norra
5th
5 +
2008
Tier 6
Division 4
Stockholm Norra
3rd
2 +
2009
Tier 6
Division 4
Stockholm Norra
4th
1 –
2010
Tier 6
Division 4
Stockholm Norra
3rd
1 +
2011
Tier 6
Division 4
Stockholm Norra
10th
7 –
2012
Tier 6
Division 4
Stockholm Norra
7th
3 +
2013
Tier 6
Division 4
Stockholm Norra
4th
4 +
2014
Tier 6
Division 4
Stockholm Norra
5th
1 –
2015
Tier 6
Division 4
Stockholm Norra
10th
5 –
2016
Tier 6
Division 4
Stockholm Norra
8th
2 +
2017
Tier 6
Division 4
Stockholm Norra
8th
-
* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.[5][6][7]
Attendances
In recent seasons IFK Vaxholm have had the following average attendances:
Season
Average Attendance
Division / Section
Level
2005
77
Division 5 Stockholm Norra
Tier 6
2006
128
Division 4 Stockholm Norra
Tier 6
2007
126
Division 4 Stockholm Norra
Tier 6
2008
129
Division 4 Stockholm Norra
Tier 6
2009
140
Division 4 Stockholm Norra
Tier 6
2010
75
Division 4 Stockholm Norra
Tier 6
2011
85
Division 4 Stockholm Norra
Tier 6
2012
59
Division 4 Stockholm Norra
Tier 6
2013
44
Division 4 Stockholm Norra
Tier 6
2014
61
Division 4 Stockholm Norra
Tier 6
2015
80
Division 4 Stockholm Norra
Tier 6
2016
93
Division 4 Stockholm Norra
Tier 6
2017
105
Division 4 Stockholm Norra
Tier 6
* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website and from Vaxholms webpage.[8]
The 200-games Club
This is a list of players who have played more than 200 games for the club: