ÖIS Football

What ÖIS Football does

ÖIS Football is the football section of Örgryte Idrottssällskap (ÖIS), a Gothenburg-based, non-profit multi-sport alliance founded on 4 December 1887 and claimed to be one of Sweden's oldest continuously active sports clubs. ÖIS is structured as an alliance association in which five independent member clubs — Football (Fotboll), Bowling, Wrestling (Brottning), Handball (Handboll), and Athletics (Friidrott) — share the ÖIS brand and shield while running their own boards, budgets, and operations; the alliance layer itself coordinates shared traditions, the ÖIS Veteranerna alumni body, and the Balders Hage supporter club. ÖIS Fotboll, established in 1892, competes in Sweden's men's Superettan and operates a growing women's programme, with services spanning youth development, competitive league participation, and social membership for amateur footballers across Gothenburg.

The alliance has no proprietary technology platform: it operates through its public websites (ois.se and sport-specific subsites), managed-via third-party club platforms (sportadmin.se, svenskalag.se, laget.se, idrottonline.se), and social media. The commercial model is a hybrid of individual sport-section membership subscriptions, paid attendance at recurring community events (julbord, sillbord, ÖIS-dagen family day), and corporate sponsorship (Ernst Rosen, Stena Line, Dunross) supplemented by supporter-club merchandise and Radio ÖIS, a community radio channel run by Balders Hage. Pricing is set independently by each section; no unified schedule exists, and event tickets are priced per occasion (e.g., julbord 575 SEK in 2024; sillbord 300–350 SEK).

Distribution is domestic and Gothenburg-centric — primarily direct-to-individual membership via the football section's website, anchored on the ÖIS-gården headquarters at Korndalsvägen 2. Customer segments are horizontal: amateur players, youth academy participants, veterans, social members, and corporate sponsors. ÖIS has undergone two structural inflection points relevant to its present form: the 2016 conversion from a single multi-section club into an alliance association, and the 2020 onboarding of Handboll as the fifth member section.

Name

ÖIS Football

Legal name

Örgryte Idrottssällskap

Website

https://ois.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1887

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ÖIS Football is the football section of Örgryte Idrottssällskap, a 137-year-old Gothenburg-based non-profit multi-sport alliance running community football from youth to Sweden's Superettan under the ÖIS brand. It operates alongside four sibling sport clubs through a shared alliance model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Amateur Football Club

NAICS

Sports Teams and Clubs (711211), Spectator Sports (71121), Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (71394)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Association Football (Soccer) Leagues (MPAKAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

National Collegiate Governing Bodies (e.g., NCAA/NAIA/NJCAA/USCAA) (MPAKACAC)

Keywords

• Amateur football club
• Community sports programs
• Youth football training
• Football league participation
• Multi-sport association

Headquarters

HQ city

Gothenburg

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: Each of the five member clubs (Bowling, Wrestling, Football, Athletics, Handball) charges its own membership fee. Individual members join through sport-specific pages (sportadmin.se, svenskalag.se, etc.).
2. Event participation fees: Organised social events such as the annual sillbord (herring dinner), julbord (Christmas banquet), and ÖIS-dagen family day include paid attendance. Prices vary; julbord 2024 was 575 kr per person.
3. Sponsorship: Corporate sponsors (Ernst Rosen, Stena Line, Dunross) provide financial or in-kind support, visible on the main website and at events. The supporter club Balders Hage also sells souvenirs as part of the commercial ecosystem.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ÖIS Football is the football section of Örgryte Idrottssällskap (ÖIS), Sweden's oldest football club, providing community football activities from youth to elite level. It runs competitive league participation in Superettan (men's) and a growing women's programme, alongside youth academies, training programmes, and social membership. Activities are conducted through the ÖIS Fotboll section, with membership sign-ups handled via fotboll.ois.se and sportadmin.se.

Product overview

Örgryte Idrottssällskap (ÖIS) is a multi-sport alliance organization based in Gothenburg, Sweden, founded in 1887. The organization comprises five member associations: ÖIS Fotboll (football), ÖIS Bowling, ÖIS Brottning (wrestling), ÖIS Friidrott (track and field), and ÖIS Handboll (handball). The alliance also includes ÖIS Veteranerna (veteran organization), Balders Hage supporter club, and ÖIS-Arkivet (digital archive). The sports sections operate independently with their own boards and budgets, while the alliance maintains shared traditions including ÖIS-dagen (annual family day), Christmas celebrations, and historical preservation. ÖIS is one of Sweden's oldest still-active sports clubs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ÖIS Arkivet: Historical archive project and website (ois-arkivet.se) for preserving ÖIS's history
• Balders Hage
• ÖIS Veteranerna

Products and services

• ÖIS Fotboll (Football section) Football (soccer) section of Örgryte IS, claimed to be Sweden's oldest football club. Provides structured training programmes, competitive league participation (men's Superettan), youth academies, and a growing women's programme for footballers of all ages and skill levels in Gothenburg.
• ÖIS Bowling Bowling section founded in 1918, originally as "ÖIS kägelavdelning". Provides organised bowling activity and produced Sweden's first bowling champion (Einar Sjöberg, 1931). Membership open to bowling enthusiasts in Gothenburg.
• ÖIS Brottning (Wrestling)

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Ernst RosenminorOthersCorporate sponsor of Örgryte IS, acknowledged on the sponsors section of the main website. Nature of sponsorship not specified beyond logo placement.
• Stena LineminorOthersCorporate sponsor of Örgryte IS, acknowledged on the sponsors section of the main website.
• DunrossminorOthersCorporate sponsor of Örgryte IS, acknowledged on the sponsors section of the main website.
• Balders Hage Supporter ClubcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBalders Hage is ÖIS's official supporter club (founded 1951), one of the oldest in Sweden. It actively supports ÖIS through souvenir production, Radio ÖIS (a dedicated radio channel covering all sections), travel discounts for away matches, and general advocacy. The club is an integral part of ÖIS's community ecosystem.
• Regionarkivet (Regional Archive)minorOthersÖIS has deposited portions of its archive with Regionarkivet. As part of a 2024 project, over 1,000 historical images are now publicly accessible via Digitalt Museum, making ÖIS's visual history broadly available.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/OrgryteFotboll
• Facebookfacebook.com/OrgryteFotboll
• Instagraminstagram.com/ois_se
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oisfotboll

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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