Huddinge IF

Huddinge IF is a Swedish football club located in Huddinge, a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden.

Background
Huddinge Idrottsförening is the oldest sports club in the municipality. Inspired by the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Otto Hellkvist founded the club the same year. For several decades the club had many sections, including bandy, table tennis, cycling, athletics, and skiing. Today Huddinge IF is purely a football club and is one of the largest in Stockholm with about 1,200 active members and 70 teams. Successful clubs in Huddinge that originated as sections within Huddinge IF before breaking away from the parent club include Huddinge IK (ice hockey) and Huddinge BT (table tennis).

Since their foundation Huddinge IF has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club currently plays in Division 2 Södra Svealand which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at Källbrinks IP in Huddinge.

At best, they have played in the third tier, 1970 (when it was called division 3), 1989 and 1996 (when it was called division 2), and 2014-15 (when it was called division 1).

The ladies' team of the club played three seasons, 1998–2000, in the second tier, when it was called division 1 (present day Elitettan). In 2024, they are in the fourth tier, division 2, after promotion from division 3 in 2023.

Huddinge IF are affiliated to the Stockholms Fotbollförbund.

Recent history
In recent seasons Huddinge IF have competed in the following divisions:

2021   – Division II, Södra svealand

2020   – Division II, Södra svealand

2019   – Division II, Södra svealand

2018   – Division II, Södra svealand

2017   – Division II, Södra svealand

2016   – Division II, Södra svealand

2015	– Division I, Norra (Came in on place 12 out of 14, and relegated)

2015	– Svenska Cupen, group stage, group 5

2014	– Division I, Norra

2013	– Division II, Norra Svealand (won the league and was promoted to division I)

2012	– Division III, Södra Svealand (won the league and was promoted to division II)

2011	– Division III, Södra Svealand

2010	– Division III, Östra Svealand

2009	– Division III, Södra Svealand

2008	– Division III, Södra Svealand (came second and played qualifying games for division II)

2007	– Division III, Östra Svealand (came second and played qualifying games for division II)

2006	– Division III, Östra Svealand (came second and played qualifying games for division II)

2005	– Division IV, Stockholm Södra

2004	– Division III, Östra Svealand

2003	– Division III, Östra Svealand

2002	– Division III, Östra Svealand

2001	– Division III, Östra Svealand

2000	– Division III, Östra Svealand

1999	– Division IV, Stockholm Södra

1998	– Division III, Östra Svealand

1997	– Division III, Östra Svealand

1996	– Division II, Östra Svealand

1995	– Division III, Östra Svealand

1994	– Division III, Östra Svealand

1993	– Division III, Östra Svealand

About seasons 2014 and 2015
The division 1 season 2014 was a success. A good start of the season, a decline in the middle, and improving towards the end. In the last knock out stage of the 2014-15 Svenska Cupen, the team shocked Åtvidabergs FF, playing in Allsvenskan, with a victory 2–2 at full time, 7–6 after penalty shoout out, and reached the group stage.

The 2015 season started with the group stage of Svenska Cupen, facing BK Häcken (Allsvenskan), Mjällby AIF (Superettan) and Östers IF (Division 1 södra). The home games were played at Skytteholms IP in Solna on the other side of town. The result was probably as expected. Mjällby at home 0–4, Häcken at home 1–3, and Öster away, 0–3. The goal on Häcken was scored by Patrick Amoah.

After a miserable start, Huddinge shaped up towards the end, and had the chance to remain in division 1 in their last game, at home facing league winning Dalkurd FF. They won the game 2–1, giving Dalkurd their only loss in the league, but were still relegated. With a two-goal victory, they would have stayed in division 1.

At least, they have remained in division 2, ever since. They were really close to relegation one year, needing to win their two last games to avoid it, and managed to do so.