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IS Halmia
Full nameIdrottssällskapet Halmia
Founded16 June 1907
GroundÖrjans vall,
Halmstad
Sweden
Capacity16,000
ChairmanAnders Nelson
ManagerLars El Hayek[1]
LeagueDivision 2 Västra Götaland
2020Division 2 Västra Götaland, 13th (Relegated)

IS Halmia is a football club, located in Halmstad, Sweden.[2]

Halmia's team in 1950 from the club's heyday

Background

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IS Halmia was founded on 16 June 16, 1907 and currently plays in Division 2 Västra Götaland. The club originally ran soccer, track and field athletics, gymnastics and amateur wrestling.[3]

In early years, the club also played bandy. The first ever bandy game between two organised teams in Halland, is thought to have been played between Halmia and local rival Halmstads BK in 1922.[4] In 1932 Halmia won the Halland district championship in this sport.[5] In 1933, the handball team won the Halland district championship.[6]

In 1932 the club also became the first team from Halmstad to reach the Allsvenskan, the top-tier football league in Sweden.

In total IS Halmia has played 11 seasons in the Allsvenskan, the last time being in 1979. The club's best spell was from 1944 until 1950 when they spent seven seasons at the top level. They have also enjoyed 44 seasons playing second tier Swedish football. However they have been less successful in recent years.

The club shares Örjans vall with, its rival of many years, Halmstads BK.[7] They still hold the record attendance of 20,381 spectators for a promotion playoff match in 1962. IS Halmia are affiliated to the Hallands Fotbollförbund.[8]

Key dates in the history of IS Halmia are as follows;

  • 1907: The club was formed on 16 June 1907 with Axel Hagnell as chairman. The programme included football, athletics, gymnastics and wrestling.
  • 1909: Lost 0–11 to Helsingborgs IF, a record defeat that still stands.
  • 1912: Became Halmia Halland champions for the first time by defeating Halmstad IF 5–3 in the final.
  • 1924: Played in Division 2 Sydsvenskan for the first time and finished fifth.
  • 1925: Lost to IFK Uddevalla in the promotion playoffs after winning Division 2 Sydsvenskan.
  • 1932: Played in the Allsvenskan for the first time. Herbert Samuelsson signs from IFK Göteborg.
  • 1934: Relegated from the Allsvenskan.
  • 1940: After winning the Division 2 Södra title failed in the promotion playoff against Degerfors IF.
  • 1943: Regained place in the Allsvenskan after winning the Division 2 Södra title and the promotion playoff against Örgryte IS.
  • 1944: Finished seventh in the Allsvenskan – a feat that was to be repeated in 1947 and 1948.
  • 1950: Relegated from the Allsvenskan but went to the semifinals of the Swedish Cup.
  • 1962: Winners of Division 2 Västra Götaland and won the promotion playoff group comprising AIK, Landskrona BOIS and IFK Holmsund.
  • 1963: Disastrous season back in the Allsvenskan winning only one game.
  • 1970: The club started running ladies teams.
  • 1974: Frank Marshall was recruited as club coach with a promise that Allsvenskan football would be achieved within 5 years – a promise that he accomplished.
  • 1978: The club win Division 2 Södra and are promoted to the Allsvenskan.
  • 1979: Finished bottom of the Allsvenskan winning just two games.
  • 1989: Relegated to Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland bringing tier 4 football to Örjans vall for the first time. The league proved to be a real hornet's nest with many excellent Halland teams.
  • 1991: A grim year for men's football with demotion to Division 4 Halland representing tier 5 football just 12 years after playing in the top tier. A missed penalty in the season's final match against Gislaved IS proved crucial.
  • 1992: The club win Division 4 Halland.
  • 1993: Another promotion with the club winning the Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland title.
  • 1997: Winners of Division 2 Södra Götaland and won the promotion playoffs against Trollhättans FK and Nybro IF.
    IS Halmia playing Halmstads BK in a pre-season friendly 2011.
  • 1998: Finishing last in Division 1 Södra proves a bitter disappointment.
  • 1999: Another relegation this time from Division 2 Södra Götaland.
  • 2000: The club face life in Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland with bankruptcy and the loss of coach Bjorn Andersson to Bayern Munich.
  • 2006: The club stabilises and the finances are under control but on the playing front following league re-structuring the first team are again playing tier 5 football.
  • 2008: Winners of Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland and are promoted.[9]
  • 2012: Winners of Division 2 Södra Götaland.
  • 2015: Relegated from Division 1 Södra.
  • 2018: Finished runners-up in Division 2 Västra Götaland and therefore entered the promotion playoffs.
  • 2020: Relegated from Division 2 Västra Götaland.

Season to season

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Season Level Division Section Position Movements
1923–24 Tier 2 Division 2 Sydsvenskan 5th
1924–25 Tier 2 Division 2 Sydsvenskan 1st Promotion Playoff
1925–26 Tier 2 Division 2 Sydsvenskan 8th
1926–27 Tier 2 Division 2 Sydsvenskan 3rd
1927–28 Tier 2 Division 2 Sydsvenskan 5th
1928–29 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 9th
1929–30 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 8th
1930–31 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 6th
1931–32 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 1st Promoted
1932–33 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 10th
1933–34 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 11th Relegated
1934–35 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 2nd
1935–36 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 8th
1936–37 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 8th
1937–38 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 8th
1938–39 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 2nd
1939–40 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 1st Promotion Playoff
1940–41 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 2nd
1941–42 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 2nd
1942–43 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 1st Promotion Playoff – Promoted
1943–44 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 7th
1944–45 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 9th
1945–46 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 9th
1946–47 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 7th
1947–48 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 7th
1948–49 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 9th
1949–50 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 12th Relegated
1950–51 Tier 2 Division 2 Sydvästra 3rd
1951–52 Tier 2 Division 2 Sydvästra 7th
1952–53 Tier 2 Division 2 Sydvästra 10th Relegated
1953–54 Tier 3 Division 3 Södra Götaland 1st Promoted
1954–55 Tier 2 Division 2 Götaland 14th Relegated
1955–56 Tier 3 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 1st Promoted
1956–57 Tier 2 Division 2 Västra Götaland 6th
1957–58 Tier 2 Division 2 Västra Götaland 9th
1959 Tier 2 Division 2 Västra Götaland 12th Relegated
1960 Tier 3 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 1st Promoted
1961 Tier 2 Division 2 Västra Götaland 2nd
1962 Tier 2 Division 2 Västra Götaland 1st Promotion Playoff – Promoted
1963 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 12th Relegated
1964 Tier 2 Division 2 Västra Götaland 5th
1965 Tier 2 Division 2 Västra Götaland 6th
1966 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra Götaland 6th
1967 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra Götaland 3rd
1968 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra Götaland 8th
1969 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra Götaland 5th
1970 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra Götaland 9th
1971 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra Götaland 4th
1972 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 5th
1973 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 7th
1974 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 7th
1975 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 6th
1976 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 8th
1977 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 6th
1978 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 1st Promoted
1979 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 14th Relegated
1980 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 8th
1981 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 2nd
1982 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 7th
1983 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 5th
1984 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 10th
1985 Tier 2 Division 2 Södra 14th Relegated
1986 Tier 3 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 5th Relegation Playoff
1987 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra 7th
1988 Tier 3 Division 2 Södra 13th Relegated
1989 Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 3rd
1990 Tier 4 Division 3 Södra Götaland 8th
1991 Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 10th Relegated
1992 Tier 5 Division 4 Halland 1st Promoted
1993 Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 1st Promoted
1994 Tier 3 Division 2 Södra Götaland 8th
1995 Tier 3 Division 2 Södra Götaland 8th
1996 Tier 3 Division 2 Södra Götaland 9th
1997 Tier 3 Division 2 Södra Götaland 2nd Promotion Playoffs – Promoted
1998 Tier 2 Division 1 Södra 14th Relegated
1999 Tier 3 Division 2 Södra Götaland 10th Relegated
2000 Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 6th
2001 Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 6th
2002 Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 8th
2003 Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 2nd Promotion Playoffs
2004 Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 6th
2005 Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 6th
2006* Tier 5 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 5th
2007 Tier 5 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 3rd
2008 Tier 5 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 1st Promoted
2009 Tier 4 Division 2 Västra Götaland 6th
2010 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Götaland 2nd
2011 Tier 4 Division 2 Västra Götaland 5th
2012 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Götaland 1st Promoted
2013 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 4th
2014 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 7th
2015 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 12th Relegated
2016 Tier 4 Division 2 Västra Götaland 2nd Promotion Playoffs
2017 Tier 4 Division 2 Västra Götaland 7th
2018 Tier 4 Division 2 Västra Götaland 2nd Promotion Playoffs
2019 Tier 4 Division 2 Västra Götaland 7th
2020 Tier 4 Division 2 Västra Götaland 13th Relegated
2021 Tier 5 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 2nd

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Attendances

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In recent seasons IS Halmia have had the following average attendances:

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level
2005 185 Div 3 Sydvästra Götaland Tier 4
2006 165 Div 3 Sydvästra Götaland Tier 5
2007 286 Div 3 Sydvästra Götaland Tier 5
2008 276 Div 3 Sydvästra Götaland Tier 5
2009 261 Div 2 Västra Götaland Tier 4
2010 258 Div 2 Södra Götaland Tier 4
2011 210 Div 2 Västra Götaland Tier 4
2012 470 Div 2 Södra Götaland Tier 4
2013 408 Div 1 Södra Tier 3
2014 292 Div 1 Södra Tier 3
2015 287 Div 1 Södra Tier 3
2016 313 Div 2 Västra Götaland Tier 4
2017 331 Div 2 Västra Götaland Tier 4
2018 329 Div 2 Västra Götaland Tier 4
2019 ? Div 2 Västra Götaland Tier 4
2020 0 Div 2 Västra Götaland Tier 4
2021 ? Div 3 Sydvästra Götaland Tier 5

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.[14]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Idrottssällskapet Halmia". ishalmia.sportadmin.se. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. ^ "IS Halmia – Fotboll Klubb". Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  3. ^ Fredrik Bernström (10 March 2020). "Bäst i Halmstad" (in Swedish). Halmstad University. p. 19. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  4. ^ svenskbandy.se: "Hallands bandyförbund går i graven", 7 June 2016 Archived 19 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 19 August 2017
  5. ^ Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), p. 331 (in Swedish)
  6. ^ "IS Halmia Herrar" (in Swedish). IS Halmia. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Fotbollsverige.se – Division 2 Södra Götaland". Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  8. ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – IS Halmia – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  9. ^ "Halmias historia – från 1907 till nutid – IS Halmia". Archived from the original on 12 August 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  10. ^ "GAIS – Lagfacta – IS Halmia". Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  11. ^ "Södra Götaland — Division 2 – Fotbollsserier 2010 – Fotboll – everysport.com". Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  12. ^ "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning". Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  13. ^ "Tabeller herr från 1920-talet och framåt – Halmia herrfotbollens historia – IS Halmia". Archived from the original on 13 August 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  14. ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 19 November 2010.
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