Sala Fotbollförening is a Swedish professional football club based in Sala, Västmanland County. Founded in 1972, they play in the 12-team Division 3 Norra Svealand in Sweden's fifth tier.Swedish Division3 S. Norrland - Fussball.Wettpoint.com They play their home games on public pitches at Sportfältsgatan. Their former home was Silvervallen.
The club has 18 teams across men's senior, men's junior and women's categories.
Sala FF is affiliated with Västmanlands Fotbollförbund.
History Sala FF was formed in December 1972 after IF Norden and IFK Sala merged.Sala FF's official website
In 1983, the club won promotion to Division 3 (tier 5) for the first time, but they were relegated the following season after finishing the campaign with 14 straight defeats.
They returned to the fifth tier in 1994, under the managerial guidance of Tommy Carlsson.
They remained in the division, and in 1995 they faced Heby AIF, from the neighbouring town, for the first time in the league. Sala finished the season in fourth; Heby were seventh.
In 1996, Heby finished fifth, one place higher than Sala (then managed by Rolf Stahn).
For the 1997 season, Sala was moved to Division 3 in Södra Norrland. They were relegated under new manager Thomas Johansson.
They later dropped another level, to tier 6, before winning promotion, with manager Tony Mattsson, to the fifth tier in 2012, where they have remained to date.
Season history 2013 – 9th, Division 3 Södra Svealand Svealand (tier 5) 2014 – 2nd, Division 3 Västra Svealand (tier 5) 2015 – 4th, Division 3 Södra Norrland (tier 5) 2016 – 5th, Division 3 Södra Norrland (tier 5) 2017 – 6th, Division 3 Östra Svealand (tier 5) 2018 – 3rd, Division 3 Södra Norrland (tier 5) 2019 – 2nd, Division 3 Södra Norrland (tier 5) 2020 – TBD, Division 3 Norra Svealand (tier 5)
Managerial history 1973: Christer Hemlin
1974: Hans "Norrby-Hasse" Johansson & Hans "Strömstad" Johansson
1975–78: Björn Larsson
1979: Hans “Strömstad” Johansson
1980–83: Hugo Karlsson
1984–86: Björn Larsson
1987–91: Hasse Ljung
1992: Allan Pettersson
1993: Håkan Reuterwall
1994–95: Tommy Carlsson
1996: Rolf Stahn
1997–99: Thomas Johansson
2000: Lars-Inge Johansson & Micke Eriksson
2001: Tommy Carlsson (second term)
2002–04: Håkan Reuterwall
2005: Janne Östlund
2006–07: And Enström
2008: Stefan Thid
2009: Fredrik Dimberg
2010: Pelle Johansson
2011–12: Tony Mattsson
2013–14: Michael Andersson
2015–present: Jens Eriksson
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References
External links
Sala FF's page at Sala Allehanda Sala FF's page at Fussball Datenbank