Hovshaga AIF is a Swedish football club located in Växjö in Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County.
Background Hovshaga AIF (abbreviated as HAIF) is one of Småland's biggest sporting clubs and is based at the Hagavallen and Hovshaga sports hall. HAIF is active in football, bandy, floorball and tennis. There is also a table tennis section that is dormant at the moment.
The football club currently plays in Division 4 Sydvästra Småland which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Hagavallen in Växjö.
The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund.
The record for most appearances are held by Robin Backström which entered his 13th season in the club (2013) with 197 games for the first team.
Season to season SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1999Tier 7 Division 6 Värend10th2000Tier 7 Division 6 Värend7th2001Tier 7 Division 6 Alvesta7th2002Tier 7 Division 6 Värend2nd2003Tier 7 Division 6 Värend1stPromoted2004Tier 6 Division 5Småland Södra4th2005Tier 6 Division 5Småland Södra3rd2006*Tier 7 Division 5 Småland Södra7th2007Tier 7 Division 5 Småland Södra5th2008Tier 7 Division 5 Småland Södra6th2009Tier 7 Division 5 Småland Södra3rd2010Tier 7 Division 5 Småland Södra2ndPromotion Playoffs – Promoted2011Tier 6 Division 4 Småland Sydvästra1stPromoted2012Tier 6 Division 4 Elit Småland Västra7th * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
Footnotes
External links Hovshaga AIF – Official website