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| Full name | Sandvikens Idrottsförening | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Järngänget (The Iron Gang) Stålmännen (The Steel Men) Rödvästarna (The Red Vests) | ||
| Founded | 6 June 1918 | ||
| Ground | Jernvallen, Sandviken | ||
| Capacity | 7,000 | ||
| Chairman | Peter Svensson | ||
| Head Coach | Eldar Abdulic | ||
| League | Superettan | ||
| 2023 | Division 1 Norra, 7th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Sandvikens IF is a Swedish football club located in Sandviken. The club, formed 6 June 1918, has played 21 seasons in the highest Swedish league, but is in the second highest Swedish league, Superettan. Sandvikens IF are affiliated to the Gestriklands Fotbollförbund.[1]
As Sandviken is an industrial community, dominated by the steel and metal corporation Sandvik, the team has been much influenced by this. The name of the home ground, Jernvallen, would translate approximately as The Iron Ground, while the nicknames Järngänget and Stålmännen are self-explaining in Swedish ("The Iron gang" and "The Men of Steel"). Stålmännen has a double meaning, as it also is the plural form of Stålmannen, the Swedish name for Superman.
