In 1896 the club started having regular football training sessions under the guidance of an English accountant by the name of Robert Carrick.

[6] Due to high travel costs Gefle declined to participate in the other major swedish football tournament, Svenska Mästerskapet, during those years.

An ever-increasing number of football clubs were starting up in the early 1900s and Gefle were not able to maintain its dominant position among all the new competition.

After some fledgeling attempts in the mid-1990s when the interest in traveling to away games increased, the "Sky Blues" was finally founded in 2001 as the official supporter group.

[9] In 2009 Gefle IF caused controversy among its fans by changing the sky blue home shirt to white, the color which the club played in during its first 80 years.

[10][11] Further compromise was then reached for the 2015 Allsvenskan season when a new sky blue and white striped kit was launched, inspired by the Argentina national football team.

[2] None of Gefle's appearances in European competition have been due to cup wins or their league positions (11th, 10th and 11th in the respective years).