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Östers Idrottsförening (usually abbreviated to Östers IF, or Öster) is a Swedish sports club located in Växjö, currently specializing in football. The club has previously also competed in ice hockey (see separate article), bandy, and bowling. Öster was formed on 20 April 1930 as Östers Fotbollförening and is currently playing in the third division of Swedish football, Division 1 Södra. In 1968 Öster became the second ever team to win Allsvenskan as newcomers (the only other team being IF Elfsborg in 1961). However, they were the first ever team to win Allsvenskan at the first attempt, since 1968 was their first ever season in Allsvenskan (IF Elfsborg had been playing in Allsvenskan before 1961, winning the league in 1936, 1939 and 1940).〔:sv:IF Elfsborg〕 This ignited the teams golden age which lasted until the early 80's and saw them win a total of four Swedish championships. The club is affiliated to the Smålands Fotbollförbund. On March 31, 2011, Öster broke ground on their new arena, Myresjöhus Arena, which was inaugurated in August 2012. The arena hosted four games of the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 tournament.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Sweden awarded UEFA Women's EURO 2013 )〕 ==History== Öster (English: "East") was named after a district in the city of Växjö. They were not part of the upper divisions in the early days of swedish football and only made their first appearance in the third tier in 1947. During the 50's and early 60's the club made a push to raise the level of football by inviting and playing against foreign teams such as Flamengo, Juventus and Fluminense. This coupled with an increase in the amount of training helped the team establish themselves in the second tier. In 1961 Öster had their first ever chance to qualify for Allsvenskan but ended up in last place in the four team promotion playoffs. Success in the promotion playoffs would instead come six years later in 1967 when they beat IK Brage in the deciding game in front of a home crowd of 26,404 people. Öster defied the odds during their first ever season in the top division and won the league on goal difference after a total of four teams had ended the season on exactly the same number of points. Following their championship title the club had ten years of solid Allsvenskan finishes before becoming dominant in the late 70's and early 80's where they won the league three times in four years. After that successful era followed a slow decline over the next couple of decades which culminated in their relegation to the second tier in 1998. After that the club has found it hard to reestablish itself in Allsvenskan and has only made short one year appearances. In 2012 they won Superettan in a dominant fashion and will now once again play in the 2013 Allsvenskan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Historik – Östers IF )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Östers IF」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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