Västerviks FF
Västerviks Fotbollförening, commonly called Västerviks FF or VFF, is a Swedish association Football club based in Västervik, Småland, Sweden. The team competes in Division 3, the fifth tier of the Swedish football league system. The club was founded in 1988, when Västerviks AIS and Jenny BK decided to merge. History. 1988: Jenny BK and VAIS merge. It was on Thursday, January 7, 1988 that Jenny BK and VAIS wrote sports history in Västervik. Both clubs were gathered for the annual meeting in their respective premises in Folkets Hus, and it was that evening that Västerviks FF (VFF) was  formed. Jenny BK decided to close with 138 yes votes and two abstentions. At VAIS, it was a tougher tag. 98 members said yes to the closure, 33 said no, four ballots were blank and two were invalid. After the clubs' annual meetings, there was a joint gathering in the Theater Salon, where Västerviks FF was formed. The association's first chairman was Christer Svedebäck. The Board also had this composition: Per Larsson, Vice Chairman, Björn Adolfsson, Secretary, Lennart Pettersson, Treasurer, Arne Johansson, Sture Johansson, Sven-Åke Lindblad, Jan Svensson, Kjell Söderqvist and Ove Thörnlöf. Chairman of the women's  section: Benny Pettersson, men's section: Tomas Östin, youth section: Hans Svensson, finance section: Lennart Pettersson, marketing section: Sven-Åke Lindblad. VFF's first budget ended at SEK 1.5 million. The club expected to have 35 teams in training and games during the premiere year. Sten-Bertil Myhrén became VFF's first senior coach, Benno Magnusson second coach and Tord Eriksson team manager. The women's team was led by Marie Bengtsson, Nils Ragnarsson and Classe Jacobsson. The club suit turned all yellow. Merited new acquisitions and major investment: 1988–90. The first year as a new club, they faced Luton  Town in a training match at Bökensved. Luton, who at this time played in the English top flight and were the reigning League Cup champions in the country (3–2 win in the final over Arsenal at Wembley) won by just 2–1 against VFF in front of 587 spectators. When VFF was formed, the goal was crystal clear for most people. The club would become an established Division II team, now Division 1, within the next few years and have a broad and active youth activity. The association made several spectacular signings to succeed with its goal. First out was Lennart  Weidenstolpe who came from IFK Norrköping in 1989 and he was a playing coach for several years. Before 1990, the shooting king recruited Leif Eriksson and the Icelander Torir Olafsson. During the autumn season, ex-professional Janne Svensson strengthened the team to manage a new contract. Before 1991, the Russian Sergej Prigoda was recruited from Östers IF in Allsvenskan. On two occasions, VFF was close to reaching the goal Div. II. More. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund.