page_title: Åtvidabergs FF
section_title: The peak of Åtvidaberg's success
hierarchical_section_title: Åtvidabergs FF / History / The peak of Åtvidaberg's success
caption_attribution_description: English: A chart showing the progress of Åtvidabergs FF through the Swedish football league system. Horizontal black lines represent league divisions.
context_page_description: Åtvidabergs Fotbollförening, also known simply as Åtvidabergs FF, Åtvidaberg, Åtvid or ÅFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Åtvidaberg. The club is affiliated with Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and plays their home games at Kopparvallen. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are blue and white. Formed on 1 July 1907 as Åtvidabergs IF, the club was most successful during the 1970s when they won two national championship titles and two national cup titles. With a population of around 7,000, Åtvidaberg is the smallest town ever to bring home a Swedish league title. They currently play in Division 1, where the season lasts from April to November.
context_section_description: The years that followed would prove to be Åtvidabergs FF's most successful ever. During this period, they recruited players like Ralf Edström, Roland Sandberg and Conny Torstensson.
  In 1967, they were promoted to Allsvenskan and five years later they won the league for the first time ever and repeated the year after in 1973. Ironically, this golden age came at exactly the same time as the Facit company, which had enabled the success, struggled greatly and eventually was sold off to Electrolux.
caption: A chart showing the progress of Åtvidabergs FF through the swedish football league system. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.
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