| Full name | Idrottsklubben Sirius | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Blåsvart (blue-black) | ||
| Founded | 1907 | ||
| Ground | Studenternas IP, Uppsala (Capacity: 7,600) |
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| Chairman | Bo Lundqvist | ||
| Manager | Kim Bergstrand | ||
| League | Division 1 Norra | ||
| 2011 | Division 1 Norra, 3rd | ||
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IK Sirius is a Swedish football club located in Uppsala. The club is affiliated to the Upplands Fotbollförbund. [1]
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The club was formed in 1907, with its first success coming in 1924 when they reached the Svenska Mästerskapet final (not to be confused with Svenska Serien, which never acquired an official status of deciding the Swedish Champions). In the final, they were trounced 5-0 by Fässbergs IF.
The club spent the next forty years in lower division anonymity, before favourable economic circumstances enabled them to gain promotion to Allsvenskan in 1968, although they were relegated after just one season. The club's high point was arguably in the years 1973-1974, when the club again gained promotion to the highest league and its squad contained a number of high-profile players, such as Roland Grip, then a member of the Swedish national team.
After the club's relegation from Allsvenskan in 1974, the club played in the second division until they plummeted to fourth division level following a couple of hard years in the beginning of the 1980s. The 1990s were mostly spent at a second tier level, i.e. the old Division 1, corresponding to the modern Superettan. The club then played the first five years of the 21st century in Division 2, before returning to Division 1 in 2006 (although still playing at a third tier level).
With new manager Magnus Pehrsson and prodigal son and goal-getter Olle Kullinger (starting his career with IF VP and later also having played with Enköpings SK, Halmstads BK and IF Brommapojkarna in Superettan and Allsvenskan) bearing the captaincy, the club finished the season in second place, which meant they had to qualify in order to gain promotion to Superettan. IK Sirius played the first leg at home against Väsby United on October 25. Due to some seriously poor defending, Väsby were able to go 1-0 up just before the half-time break. Sirius recovered slightly in the second period, and were able to equalise in the 83rd minute. In the second leg, Sirius were completely dominant, but also rather wasteful with their chances. They managed, however to break the deadlock in the 73rd minute, Olle Kullinger managing to knock a rebound past the Väsby keeper. With the aggregate score of 2-1, Sirius celebrated their 100th anniversary in the Superettan, much to the delight of their fans.
Magnus Pehrsson resigned as manager and Pär Millqvist was appointed and brought in Gary Sundgren as his assistant manager. After a strong first half of the season the club finished 7th in Superettan 2007. The team struggled through most of the 2008-season but finally finished 12:th and avoided relegation. Millqvist and Sundgren was sacked after the first six games and youth-team coaches Johan Mattsson and Andreas Brännström lead the team for the rest of the season.
As Sirius prepare for 2009 they have appointed Jens T Andersson as new manager. Key-players are Richard Richardsson, Gustaf Segerström, Pierre Gallo and Daniel Hoch
With just 6 games left to play of the 2009 season Jens T Andersson resigned as manager due to the lack of good results. Assistant coach Andreas Brännström were once again hired as new head manager but this time he could not save the team from degradation.
In 2010 IK Sirius played in the third tier Division 1 Norra and finished 2nd in the table 5 points behind Västerås SK and as a result they went trough to the Superettan play-offs, where they went head-to-head with Jönköpings Södra. After a 0-1 defeat at home they lost the away game with 3-0 and are therefore still playing in the Division 1 Norra 2011.
2011 the team was voted as favourites to win the leauge but failed to live up to the expectations. They finished 3rd in Division 1 Norra, only 2 points from getting promoted. As a result coach Andreas Brännström and his assistant Antonio Andric was forced to leave the club after the season. On the 17 November the club announced that the ex-Brommapojkarna manager Kim Bergstand had been appointed as the new head coach.
* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [2] |
In recent seasons IK Sirius FK have had the following average attendances:
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* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [3] |}
As of 19 December 2011[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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