IFK Sälhyltan is a hattrick club founded by Viktor Ahbez. This historical moment happened on February 19, 2012. Team is located in Småland, Sverige. Future stars are coming from IFK Sälhyltan youth club IFK Sälhyltan U-19.
They started out in Division VI, season 48 and finished in 3rd place. During this time the team acquired a lot of new players, and a lot of original players was sacked, the team became a revolving door for players leaving and joining.
The team was known for focusing on a strong midfield in the early days with Ivan Traykov as the most prominent playmaker, the forward duo of "Abbiati-Sedeniussen" made big success on the lower levels with Abbiati as the defensive forward and Sedeniussen as the offensive one. On May 24th 2012 Sälhyltan completed an unexpected transfer when they signed striker Göran Uddborn from rivals FC Xsas, the signing was highly controversial since Uddborn had scored 6 goals for FC Xsas when they defeated Sälhyltan with 1-7.
Before the start of season 49 the team set as their goal to advance to Division V, they acquired Slovakian midfielder Rudolf Goban as the last piece of the puzzle, he was the most expensive transfer for the team so far and the one with the highest TSI by far. In the middle of season 49 the team acquired new trainer Hayati Yaşar Yaldız after the former trainer Patrik Österlind's contract was terminated (by his own will).
Sälhyltan secured their first league title in their second season after a 5-0 win against porto.10 and got promoted to Divison V. Before the start of the season they bought Julio Aulestia, an experienced defenseman, Eivind Sedeniussen left the team and was replaced by Jesper Jensen.
The team only won 2 games in their first but short session in Division V and was relegated to Division VI prior to season 51 but the following season they were promoted once again to Division V, where they would spend the next 3 years.
Sälhyltan managed to win Division V for the first time in season 55, striker Jürgen Dollinger also broke a new club record for most goals scored in a season (23, although Henrik Adolfsson later tied this record in season 58) and also scored 3 hattricks (like the season before), although they lost their qualifying match for Division IV and stayed in the same league the next season.
Forward Henrik Adolfsson joined the team early on in Season 58 forming a strong forward pair along with Kalle Ljungén. Sälhyltan were leaders in their division for a long time but finished 2nd after a weak finish when they lost against Ellene Panthers and tied against MILF FF.
Dario De Bettio left the club after season 58, he played 10 seasons in the club and 134 games.
The club came extremely close to winning Division V in season 60 when they finished on the same points and goal difference as the winners AYREON FC, in their last game of the season Sälhyltan won by 6-2 but they were up with 6-1 just 5 minutes from the end of the match so if they hadn't let that last goal in they would've won.
Nevertheless, they advanced to Division IV the following season after 3 years in the same division, then won Div. IV the following season in a suprising upset. The wingback Renátó Debreczeni who played for the club the first 2 seasons returned prior to the start of season 63. Their first season in Division III didn't end so well, last place with only 10 points and the club saw themselved being relegated down to Division IV but got promoted once again after 7 seasons.
In season 74 the team managed to win the Division III league title for the first time ever under the guidance of new trainer Lauri Ruus.
Logos through the years
The current logo of Sälhyltan is a modified version of their original logo and has been used since season 74.
Season-by-season record
Season
League
Cup
Special Notes
92
? in IV.151
Round 5
91
4th in IV.151
Round 1
90
1st in V.265
Round 1
Promoted to Div. IV
89
5th in V.265
Round 2
88
1st in V.265
Round 1
Lost qualifying match for Div. IV
87
4th in V.265
Round 3
86
3rd in V.265
Round 2
85
3rd in V.265
Round 1
84
3rd in V.265
Round 1
83
3rd in V.265
Round 1
82
7th in V.265
Round 1
81
7th in V.265
Round 1
80
2nd in V.265
Round 2
79
1st in V.265
Round 2
78
7th in IV.194
Round 3
Relegated to Div. V
77
3rd in IV.194
Round 4
76
7th in III.54
Round 4
Relegated to Div. IV
75
2nd in III.54
Round 4
74
1st in III.54
Round 2
Lost qualifying match for Div. II
73
2nd in III.54
Round 7
72
6th in III.54
Round 3
Won qualifying match for Div. III
71
5th in III.54
Round 3
Won qualifying match for Div. III
70
1st in IV.56
Round 3
Promoted to Div. III
69
2nd in IV.56
Round 6
68
1st in IV.56
Round 2
Lost qualifying match for Div. III
67
4th in IV.56
Round 4
66
2nd in IV.56
Round 4
65
5th in IV.56
Round 2
Won qualifying match for Div. IV
64
2nd in IV.56
Round 2
63
8th in III.38
Round 5
Relegated to Div. IV
62
1st in IV.8
Round 4
Promoted to Div. III
61
1st in V.872
Round 3
Promoted to Div. IV
60
2nd in V.872
Round 4
59
2nd in V.872
Round 2
58
2nd in V.872
Round 1
57
4th in V.872
Round 3
56
3rd in V.872
Round 4
55
1st in V.872
Round 2
Lost qualifying match for Div. IV
54
3rd in V.872
Round 2
53
5th in V.872
Round 1
52
5th in V.872
Round 2
51
1st in VI.838
Round 1
Promoted to Div. V
50
8th in V.733
Round 1
Relegated to Div. VI
49
1st in VI.400
Round 1
Promoted to Div. V
48
3rd in VI.400
Round 1
Players
Only competitive games are counted
Nat.
Player
Age
Position
Games
Goals
Hattricks
NT
U20
Year
Season
Tomi Osenius
27
GK
167
0
0
0
0
2022
82
Ghanem Azzam
24
D/IM
108
15
0
0
0
2023
85
Mikko Seiro
24
D/IM
113
16
0
0
0
2023
84
Torbjørn Dal
26
WB/W
112
14
0
0
0
2023
85
Kristian Keeney
26
WB/W
108
22
0
0
0
2023
85
Mika Alakoskela
19
IM
36
6
0
0
0
2024
89
Carl-Gustav Olensjö
19
IM
39
4
0
0
0
2024
89
Lasse Olenstål
19
IM
28
2
0
0
0
2024
90
Anders Granbeck
24
W
51
15
0
0
0
2024
89
Lars-Olov Selmo
23
W
52
15
0
0
0
2024
89
Joakim Halskov
33
F
33
29
2
0
0
2024
89
Patrik Nesskog
24
F/IM
55
25
0
0
0
2024
89
Captain: Tomi Osenius
Notable players
Most games: Gilbert Dang, 240 games (S60-73)
Most goals: Henrik Adolfsson, 221 goals (S58-74)
Most clean sheets: Rickard Hansson, 75 clean sheets (S52-72)
Players with experience from national teams
Brandon Carter, Wales: 13 games for senior team, 4 games for junior team (S57)
Kade Hanson, Oceania: 13 games for junior team (S60)
Gilbert Dang, Cameroon: 2 games for senior team, 18 games for junior team (S60-73)
Gordon Bocking, England: 14 games for junior team (S78-80)
IFK Sälhyltan (102770)
Brandon Carter, Wales: 13 games for senior team, 4 games for junior team (S57)
Kade Hanson, Oceania: 13 games for junior team (S60)
Gilbert Dang, Cameroon: 2 games for senior team, 18 games for junior team (S60-73)
Gordon Bocking, England: 14 games for junior team (S78-80)
Renátó Debreczeni (S49)
Julio Aulestia (S50-51)
Ugo Guillemot (S53-54)
Jürgen Dollinger (S55)
Hayati Yaşar Yaldız (S49-54)
Lauri Ruus (S74-S88)
