IFK Norrköping
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| Full name | Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping |
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| Nickname(s) | Peking (Beijing) Snoka Kamraterna (The comrades) VitaBlå (WhiteBlue) |
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| Founded | 29 May 1897 | ||
| Ground | Nya Parken, Norrköping | ||
| Capacity | 17,234 | ||
| Chairman | Peter Hunt | ||
| Manager | Jan Andersson | ||
| League | Allsvenskan | ||
| 2015 | Allsvenskan, 1st | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, also known simply as IFK Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Nya Parken.[1] The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are blue and white. Formed on 29 May 1897, the club have won thirteen national championship titles and six national cup titles.
The club is currently playing in Allsvenskan, where the season lasts from April to October. The club first won Allsvenskan in 1943.[2] IFK Norrköping were most successful during the 1940s, when they won five Swedish championships and two Svenska Cupen titles under the Hungarian coach Lajos Czeizler and with the players like Gunnar Nordahl and Nils Liedholm.
IFK Norrköping are currently the defending champions after winning the 2015 Allsvenskan, which also gave them a spot in the second qualification round of 2016–17 UEFA Champions League.
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History
IFK Norrköping dominated Swedish football in the post war era and won the first division 11 times in 20 glorious years culminating in the league triumph of 1963. It took the club another 26 years before adding championship title number 12 to the trophy cabinet.
On 31 October 2015, IFK Norrköping won their 13th championship title after defeating the defending champions Malmö FF with 2–0 away in Swedbank Stadion in Malmö in the last round of 2015 Allsvenskan. This was the second time in a row they had to wait 26 years between titles.[3] On 8 November IFK Norrköping won supercupen against Swedish cup winners IFK Göteborg. The result was 3–0 after a fantastic performance from the reigning Swedish champions.
Rivalries
The club had a fierce rivalry with the other local club, IK Sleipner, something that has been forgotten since Sleipner's fall from the higher divisions. The main rival today is mainly fellow Östergötland club Åtvidabergs FF.
Players
First-team squad
- As of 8 January 2016 [4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For season transfers, see transfers winter 2015–16.
Retired numbers
- 12 – Fans of the club
- 18 – Stefán Þórðarson, forward (2005–2007, 2009)
Winners of Guldbollen
- 1947:
Gunnar Nordahl - 1949: Knut Nordahl
- 1953: Bengt "Julle" Gustavsson
- 1957: Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson
- 1960: Torbjörn Jonsson
- 1961: Bengt "Zamora" Nyholm
- 1963: Harry Bild
- 1966: Ove Kindvall
- 1968: Björn Nordqvist
- 1990: Tomas Brolin
- 1992: Jan Eriksson
League top scorers
Allsvenskan
- Gunnar Nordahl 1944–45 (27 goals), 1945–46 (25 goals) och 1947–48 (18 goals)
- Harry Bild 1956–57 (19 goals)
- Henry "Putte" Källgren 1957–58 (27 goals) (shared with Bertil Johansson, IFK Göteborg)
- Ove Kindvall 1966 (20 goals)
- Jan Hellström 1989 (16 goals)
- Niclas Kindvall 1994 (23 goals)
- Imad Khalili 2013 (15 goals)
- Emir Kujović 2015 (21 goals)
Superettan (Division II 1924/1925–1986 and Division I 1987–1999)
- Stefan Pettersson 1983 (17 goals)
Bruno Santos 2005 (17 goals)
Garðar Gunnlaugsson 2007 (18 goals)
Achievements
- Swedish Champions[upper-alpha 1]
- Winners (13): 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1989, 2015
League
- Allsvenskan:
- Winners (13): 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1992, 2015
- Runners-up (9): 1952–53, 1957–58, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993
- Superettan:
- Winners (1): 2007
- Runners-up (1): 2010
- Mästerskapsserien:
- Runners-up (2): 1991, 1992
Cups
- Svenska Cupen:
- Winners (6): 1943, 1945, 1968–69, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94
- Runners-up (4): 1944, 1953, 1967, 1971–72
- Svenska Supercupen:
- Winners (1): 2015
- Allsvenskan play-offs:
- Winners (1): 1989
- Runners-up (2): 1984, 1990
IFK Norrköping in Europe
Records
- Most played games (Allsvenskan or Division I):
- Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson, 321 games (1949–65)
- Most league goals (Allsvenskan or Division I):
- Henry "Putte" Källgren, 126 goals (1951–60)
- Most spectators:
- 32 234 against Malmö FF, 7 June 1956
- Biggest victory (Allsvenskan or Division I):
- 11–1 against Djurgårdens IF, 14 October 1945.
- Biggest defeat (Allsvenskan or Division I):
- 0 – 11 against Örgryte IS, 6 April 1928 and Helsingborgs IF, 22 September 1929
- Most expensive player:
- Forward
Kevin Amuneke, from 
CSKA Sofia for approximately 3 million SEK, 2007.
- Most expensive sale:
- Midfielder/Forward Astrit Ajdarević, to
Standard Liège for approximately 15,9 million SEK, 2012.
Managers
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Lajos Czeizler (1942–48)
Karl Adamek (1950 – 30 June 1957)- Torsten Lindberg (1 January 1953 – 31 December 1954)
- Vilmos Várszegi (1 January 1957 – 31 December 1962)
- Georg Ericson (1 January 1958 – 31 December 1966)
- Gunnar Nordahl (1967–70)
- Bengt Gustavsson (1975–78)
- Gunnar Nordahl (1979–80)
- Kent Karlsson (1985–89)
- Sören Cratz (1993–94)
- Kent Karlsson (1995)
- Tomas Nordahl (1995)
Colin Toal (1996)- Olle Nordin (1 July, 1997–00)
- Tor-Arne Fredheim (2001)
- Bengt-Arne Strömberg (2002)
- Håkan Ericson (2002–03)
- Stefan Hellberg (2004–05)
- Mats Jingblad (1 October 2005 – 30 October 2008)
- Sören Cratz (2008)
- Mats Jingblad (2008)
- Göran Bergort (28 November 2008 – 31 December 2010)
- Jan Andersson (1 January 2011–)
Other sections
IFK Norrköping also maintains departments for women's football, set up in 2009, orienteering, bowling and the in Sweden and a few other Nordic countries very popular sport of bandy. The bandy team played in Sweden's highest division in 1937.
Part of the club was also an ice hockey team which played in the seasons 1950/51 and 1955/56 in the highest Swedish division. The ice hockey teams of IFK and local rivals IK Sleipner were joined in 1967 to form IF IFK/IKS, known form 1973 forward as IK Vita Hästen ("Ice Hockey Club White Horse") which evolved into today's HC Vita Hästen.
Footnotes
- ↑ The title of "Swedish Champions" has been awarded to the winner of four different competitions over the years. Between 1896 and 1925 the title was awarded to the winner of Svenska Mästerskapet, a stand-alone cup tournament. No club were given the title between 1926 and 1930 even though the first-tier league Allsvenskan was played. In 1931 the title was reinstated and awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan. Between 1982 and 1990 a play-off in cup format was held at the end of the league season to decide the champions. After the play-off format in 1991 and 1992 the title was decided by the winner of Mästerskapsserien, an additional league after the end of Allsvenskan. Since the 1993 season the title has once again been awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan.[5]
References
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