The club soon gained sponsorship by the swimwear producerPanos Emporio after advancing for the first time toAllsvenskan (LSK defeatedUmeå FC when attending the qualifying round in November 1996), and played under the namePanos Ljungskile SK from 1997 to 2002. The club was relegated two times (1997 and 2000) during these years, and played some years inDivision 2 Västra Götaland before they managed to gain promotion back toSuperettan in late 2004, defeatingVäsby IK in the qualifying round. On October 21, 2007, the club gained promotion for the second time ever toAllsvenskan by defeatingLandskrona BoIS away. During2008 the club managed to replaceIFK Uddevalla as Bohuslän's most successful club in the history of Allsvenskan.
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