IFK Norrköping

Full name

Idrottsföreningen
Kamraterna Norrköping

Nickname(s)

Peking (Beijing)
Snoka
Kamraterna (The comrades)
VitaBlå (WhiteBlue)

Founded

29 May 1897

Ground

Nya Parken, Norrköping

Capacity

15,734

Chairman

Peter Hunt

Manager

Jan Andersson

League

Allsvenskan

2014

Allsvenskan, 12th

Home colours

Away colours

A chart showing the progress of IFK Norrköping through the swedish football league system. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.

Norrköpings Idrottspark

IFK Norrköping supporter group Peking Fanz.

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 twelve national championship titles and six national cup titles. The club are 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.

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.

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 31 March 2015 ^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Marcus Sahlman
4	DF	Andreas Johansson (captain)
5	FW	Christoffer Nyman
6	DF	Linus Wahlqvist
7	MF	Alexander Fransson
8	MF	Rawez Lawan
9	MF	Arnór Ingvi Traustason
10	FW	Emir Kujović
11	MF	Christopher Telo
14	MF	Nicklas Bärkroth
15	DF	Marcus Falk-Olander
16	FW	Joel Enarsson

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Mirza Halvadžić
20	MF	Daniel Sjölund
21	DF	Andreas Hadenius
22	DF	Christopher Meneses
23	DF	David Boo Wiklander (vice captain)
24	MF	Gentrit Citaku
25	DF	Filip Dagerstål
26	DF	Adnan Kojić
27	MF	Tesfaldet Tekie
30	DF	Nikola Tkalčić
91	GK	David Mitov Nilsson

Out on loan

As of 31 March 2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
13	DF	Erik Lindell (at IF Sylvia until 8 January 2016)
17	FW	Alhaji Kamara (at Johor Darul Ta'zim until 8 January 2016)
18	FW	Tidjani Diawara (at IF Sylvia until 8 January 2016)

No.		Position	Player
28		DF	Henrik Castegren (at IF Sylvia until 8 January 2016)
29		GK	Edvard Setterberg (at IF Sylvia until 8 January 2016)

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2014–15.

Retired numbers

12 – Fans of the club
18 – Stefán Þórðarson, forward (2005–2007, 2009)

Winners of Guldbollen

Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson (right) playing in a 1964 game against Malmö FF.

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)

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

1963: The keeper of IFK Norrkoping tries to improve his effectiveness by applying glue from flypaper to his hands

Swedish Champions^[A]
- Winners (12): 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1989

League

Allsvenskan:
- Winners (12): 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1992
- 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
Allsvenskan play-offs:
- Winners (1): 1989
- Runners-up (2): 1984, 1990

IFK Norrköping in Europe

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Result
1956–57	European Cup	Round of 16	AC Fiorentina	1–1, 0–1
1957–58	European Cup	Round of 16	Red Star Belgrade	2–2, 1–2
1962–63	European Cup	Qualification	Partizani Tirana	2–0, 1–1
		Round of 16	S.L. Benfica	1–1, 1–5
1963–64	European Cup	Qualification	Standard Liége	0–1, 2–0
		Round of 16	AC Milan	1–1, 2–5
1968–69	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First Round	Crusaders F.C.	4–1, 2–2
		Second Round	FC Lyn	3–2, 0–2
1969–70	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First Round	Sliema Wanderers F.C.	5–1, 0–1
		Second Round	Schalke 04	0–0, 0–1
1972–73	UEFA Cup	First Round	Flamura Roşie Arad	2–0, 2–1
		Second Round	FC Internazionale	0–2, 2–2
1978–79	UEFA Cup	First Round	Hibernian	0–0, 2–3
1982–83	UEFA Cup	First Round	Southampton	0–0, 2–2
		Second Round	A.S. Roma	1–0, 0–1 (2–4 after penalties)
1988–89	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First Round	UC Sampdoria	2–1, 0–2
1990–91	UEFA Cup	First Round	1. FC Köln	0–0, 1–3
1991–92	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First Round	Jeunesse Esch	4–0, 2–1
		First Round	AS Monaco	1–2, 0–1
1992–93	UEFA Cup	First Round	Torino FC	1–0, 0–3
1993–94	UEFA Cup	First Round	KV Mechelen	0–1, 1–1 (in stoppage time)
1994–95	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifications	FK Viktoria Žižkov	3–3, 0–1
2000–01	UEFA Cup	Qualification	GÍ Gøta	2–1, 2–0
		First Round	FC Slovan Liberec	2–2, 1–2

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

Tomas Brolin, to

Parma AC for approximately 11 million SEK, 1990.

Managers

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 (1 November 2009 – 31 December 2010)
Jan Andersson (1 January 2011–)

Footnotes

A. ^ 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.^[2]

Other sports

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.

Notes

↑ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Östergötlands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 12 January 2011.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Svenska mästare 1896–1925, 1931–". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 November 2009.
↑ "IFK Norrköping 2014" (in Swedish). IFK Norrköpings trupp. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to IFK Norrköping.

IFK Norrköping – official site
Peking Fanz – official supporter club site
IFK Norrköpings Supporter klubb – official supporter club site for seniors
gopeking.net – IFK Norrköpings oldest supporter site
Parkens vita hjältar – supporter site

Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping

Players Managers

History	History Seasons Europe

Home stadiums	Nya Parken

Rivalries	Östgötaderbyt

Supporters	Peking Fanz

Football in Sweden

Swedish Football Association District Football Associations

National teams	Men's U-21 U-19 U-17 Women's U-19 U-17

League system - Men	Allsvenskan Superettan Division 1 North South Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5 Division 6 Division 7 Division 8

League system - Women	Damallsvenskan Elitettan Women's Division 1 Women's Division 2 Women's Division 3 Women's Division 4 Women's Division 5 Women's Division 6

Cup competitions	Svenska Cupen Svenska Supercupen Svenska Cupen (women) Svenska Supercupen (women)

List of champions List of Svenska Cupen winners List of men's clubs List of women's clubs List of venues Records Derbies Europe Europe (women) List of competitions defunct

Allsvenskan

2015 teams	AIK BK Häcken Djurgårdens IF Falkenbergs FF Gefle IF GIF Sundsvall Halmstads BK Hammarby IF Helsingborgs IF IF Elfsborg IFK Göteborg IFK Norrköping Kalmar FF Malmö FF Åtvidabergs FF Örebro SK

Former teams	Assyriska FF Billingsfors IK BK Derby Brynäs IF Degerfors IF Enköpings SK Eskilstuna City FK GAIS Gårda BK Hallstahammars SK Högadals IS IF Brommapojkarna IF Saab IFK Eskilstuna IFK Holmsund IFK Luleå IFK Malmö IFK Sundsvall IFK Uddevalla IK Brage IK Oddevold IK Sirius IK Sleipner IS Halmia Jönköpings Södra IF Landskrona BoIS Ljungskile SK Ludvika FfI Mjällby AIF Motala AIF Norrby IF Redbergslid IK Reymersholms IK Råå IF Sandvikens AIK Sandvikens IF Stattena IF Syrianska FC Trelleborgs FF Umeå FC Västerås IK Västerås SK Västra Frölunda IF Westermalms IF Örgryte IS Östers IF

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Players	Players Foreign players Top scorers