the start of the new millennium. In an effort to further strengthen their organization and finances, the club started a cooperation with reigning champions Djurgårdens IF in 2003. The deal also included a loan of several Djurgården players to Åtvidaberg. In 2005, the Djurgården chairman said that the team should move to the nearby city of Linköping, that did not have a club in the higher divisions. The proposal was met by a negative reaction from the Åtvidaberg supporters. The cooperation finally collapsed in 2006 when Åtvidaberg Municipality refused to cover any potential economic losses for Djurgården. In the following years, Åtvidaberg finished in the top half of the Superettan table and finally in 2009 they were promoted back to Allsvenskan for the first time since 1982. They were relegated again but bounced back immediately and achieved an eighth-place finish in the 2012 Allsvenskan. During the upcoming seasons, Åtvidaberg finished mid-table in the top tier with the help of the three key players that long had stayed faithful with the club: goalkeeper Henrik Gustavsson (that made 487 league appearances between 1997 and 2015), central defender Daniel Hallingström (350 appearances and 29 goals between 1999–2000 and 2002–2015) and midfielder Kristian Bergström (489 appearances and 118 goals between 1992–1997 and 2004–2015). All three players retired after the 2015 season, as Åtvidaberg finished 16th and last in Allsvenskan and got relegated back to Superettan. Two years later, in 2017, the club got relegated from Superettan to the third tier, Division 1. Players First-team squad Youth players in use Management Technical staff As of 10 July 2018 Achievements Swedish Champions Winners (2): 1972, 1973 League Allsvenskan: Winners (2): 1972, 1973 Runners-up (2): 1970, 1971 Superettan: Winners (1): 2011 Runners-up (1): 2009 Cups Svenska Cupen: Winners (2): 1969–70, 1970–71 Runners-up (4): 1946, 1972–73, 1978–79, 2005 Managers Kálmán Konrád (1942–1947) Erik Almgren (1948) József Nagy (1948–1952) George Raynor (1952–1954) Karl Durspekt (1956–1957) Antonio Durán (1960–1963) Bengt Gustavsson (1966–1970) Sven-Agne Larsson (1971–1972) Ottó Dombos (1973–1974) Ingvar Svensson (1977–1979) Björn Westerberg (Jan 1979 – Dec 1982) Bo-Leine Larsson Conny Torstensson (1986) Håkan Stenbäck (1989) Mats "Tott" Karlsson (1997 – 1999) Jörgen Augustsson (2000) Steve Creutz & Hans "Lerdala" Andersson (2000–2003) Kent Karlsson (2004 – 2006) Peter Swärdh (2007 – 2008) Daniel Wiklund (2009) Andreas Thomsson (2010 – 2012) Peter Swärdh (2013 – 2014) Roar Hansen (2015 – 2017) Andreas Thomsson (2017) Daniel Hallingström & Pontus Hydén (2018) Håkan