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. Current squad Personnel Current technical staff Coaches Bertil Bäckvall (1958–63) Vilmos Varszegi (1967–73) Bengt "Julle" Gustavsson (1973–74) Gunnar Nordahl (1975–76) Lars "Laban" Arnesson (1977–80) Bo Johansson (1980–82) Leif Widén (1982–85) Bo Johansson (1986–88) Peo Bild (1988–89) Hans Backe (1989–94) Nanne Bergstrand (1994–96) Andreas Ravelli (1997–98) Bo Axberg (1998) Jan Mattsson (1998–01) Yevgeni Kuznetsov (2002–03) Leif Widén (2003–04) Lars Jacobsson (2005–06) Giles Stille (1 January 2007 – 31 December 2008) Yevgeni Kuznetsov (2008–09) Andreas Ottosson (2009–10) Ludwig Ernstsson (9 July 2010 – 9 September 2010) Hans Gren (10 September 2010 – 31 December 2010) Roar Hansen (1 January 2011 – 31 December 2012) Andreas Thomsson (1 January 2013 – 29 December 2013) Roberth Björknesjö (30 December 2013 – 31 December 2014) Thomas Askebrand (1 January 2015 – 4 November 2017) Christian Järdler (1 January 2018 – Present) Achievements Swedish Champions Winners (4): 1968, 1978, 1980, 1981 League Allsvenskan: Winners (4): 1968, 1978, 1980, 1981 Runners-up (3): 1973, 1975, 1992 Superettan: Winners (2): 2002, 2012 Runners-up (1): 2005 Division 1 Södra: Winners (3): 1989, 2009, 2016 Runners-up (1): 2008 Cups Svenska Cupen: Winners (1): 1977 Runners-up (4): 1974, 1982, 1985, 1991 Allsvenskan play-offs: Runners-up (1): 1983 Attendances In recent seasons Östers IF have had the following average attendances: Footnotes A Current youth players who at least have sat on the bench in a competitive match. B. The title of "Swedish Champions" has been awarded to the winner of four different competitions over the years. Between 1896 and 1925 the title was awarded to the winner of Svenska Mästerskapet, a stand-alone cup tournament. No clubs were given the title between 1926 and 1930 even though the first-tier league Allsvenskan was played. In 1931 the title was reinstated and awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan. Between 1982 and 1990 a play-off in cup format was held at the end of the league season to decide the champions. After the play-off format in 1991 and 1992 the title was decided by the winner of Mästerskapsserien, an additional league after the end of Allsvenskan. Since the 1993 season the title has once again been awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan. References External links Östers IF – official site – supporter site Football clubs in Kronoberg County Allsvenskan clubs Sport in