IS Halmia is a football club, located in Halmstad, Sweden.

Background

IS Halmia was founded on 16 June 16, 1907 and currently plays in Division 3 Sydästra Götaland. The club originally ran soccer, track and field athletics, gymnastics and amateur wrestling. In early years, the club also played bandy. The first ever bandy game between two organised teams in Halland, is thought to have been played between Halmia and local rival Halmstads BK in 1922. In 1932 Halmia won the Halland district championship in this sport. In 1933, the handball team won the Halland district championship. In 1932 the club also became the first team from Halmstad to reach the Allsvenskan, the top-tier football league in Sweden. In total IS Halmia has played 11 seasons in the Allsvenskan, the last time being in 1979. The club's best spell was from 1944 until 1950 when they spent seven seasons at the top level. They have also enjoyed 44 seasons playing second tier Swedish football. However they have been less successful in recent years. The club shares Örjans vall with, its rival of many years, Halmstads BK. They still hold the record attendance of 20,381 spectators for a promotion playoff match in 1962. IS Halmia are affiliated to the Hallands Fotbollförbund. Key dates in the history of IS Halmia are as follows;

Season to season

Attendances

In recent seasons IS Halmia have had the following average attendances:

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