IFK Norrköping

Full name

Idrottsföreningen
Kamraterna Norrköping

Nickname(s)

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

Founded

29 May 1897

Ground

Östgötaporten, Norrköping

Capacity

17,234

Chairman

Peter Hunt

Manager

Jens Gustafsson

League

Allsvenskan

2016

Allsvenskan, 3rd

Website

Club website

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.

Östgötaporten

IFK Norrköping supporter group Peking Fanz.

Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, also known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Östgötaporten.^[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 players like Gunnar Nordahl and Nils Liedholm.

IFK Norrköping won the 2015 Allsvenskan, their first win since 1989, which also gave them a spot in the second qualification round of 2016–17 UEFA Champions League.

History

IFK Norrköping dominated Swedish football in the post war era and won the first division 11 times in 20 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 dominating performance from the reigning Swedish champions.

Rivalries

The club used to have a fierce rivalry with IK Sleipner, also from Norrköping, before Sleipner's fall from the higher divisions. Another historic rivalry is that against Åtvidabergs FF, also from the province of Östergötland, which was especially tense in the 1970s and early 2010s. This rivalry has lost importance since Åtvidaberg were relegated from Allsvenskan. IFK Norrköping also maintains a rivalry with Malmö FF; the fixtures between the clubs is sometimes known as "The Working Class Derby"

Players

First-team squad

As of 15 July 2017^[4]

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Henrik Castegren
3	DF	Jón Guðni Fjóluson
4	DF	Andreas Johansson (captain)
6	DF	Linus Wahlqvist
7	MF	Andreas Blomqvist
9	MF	David Moberg Karlsson
10	FW	Simon Skrabb
13	DF	Alfons Sampsted
14	MF	Eric Smith
15	DF	Marcus Falk-Olander
16	MF	Pontus Almqvist
17	FW	Karl Holmberg
18	MF	Guðmundur Þórarinsson

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Sebastian Andersson
20	MF	Daniel Sjölund (vice captain)
21	DF	Andreas Hadenius
22	MF	Marwan Bazi
25	DF	Filip Dagerstål
26	FW	Adin Bukva
27	MF	Arnór Sigurðsson
29	GK	Julius Lindgren
30	DF	Nikola Tkalčić
70	MF	Alexander Jakobsen
91	GK	David Mitov Nilsson
—	GK	Aslak Falch
—	DF	Johannes Vall

Out on loan

As of 10 January 2017

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

No.		Position	Player
24		MF	Gentrit Citaku (at IFK Värnamo until 8 January 2018)
28		DF	Mohanad Jeahze (at Syrianska FC until 8 January 2018)

No.		Position	Player
—		DF	Erik Lindell (at Degerfors IF until 8 January 2018)

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)
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

1963: Bengt Nyholm, the keeper of IFK Norrköping, tries to improve his effectiveness by applying glue from flypaper to his hands

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 (5): 1944, 1953, 1967, 1971–72, 2017
Svenska Supercupen:
- Winners (1): 2015
Allsvenskan play-offs:
- Winners (1): 1989
- Runners-up (2): 1984, 1990

IFK Norrköping in Europe

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1956–57	European Cup	1R	Florentina	0–1	1–1	1–2
1957–58	European Cup	1R	Red Star Belgrade	2–2	1–2	3–4
1962–63	European Cup	PR	Partizani Tirana	2–0	1–1	3–1
1962–63	European Cup	1R	Benfica	1–1	1–5	2–6
1963–64	European Cup	PR	Standard Liége	2–0	0–1	2–1
1963–64	European Cup	1R	Milan	1–1	2–5	3–6
1968–69	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Crusaders	4–1	2–2	6–3
1968–69	European Cup Winners' Cup	2R	Lyn	3–2	0–2	3–4
1969–70	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Sliema Wanderers	5–1	0–1	5–2
1969–70	European Cup Winners' Cup	2R	Schalke 04	0–0	0–1	0–1
1972–73	UEFA Cup	1R	Flamura Roşie Arad	2–0	2–1	4–1
1972–73	UEFA Cup	2R	Inter Milan	0–2	2–2	2–4
1978–79	UEFA Cup	1R	Hibernian	0–0	2–3	2–3
1982–83	UEFA Cup	1R	Southampton	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
1982–83	UEFA Cup	2R	Roma	1–0	0–1 (2–4 p)	1–1
1988–89	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Sampdoria	2–1	0–2	2–3
1990–91	UEFA Cup	1R	1. FC Köln	0–0	1–3	1–3
1991–92	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Jeunesse Esch	4–0	2–1	6–1
1991–92	European Cup Winners' Cup	2R	Monaco	1–2	0–1	1–3
1992–93	UEFA Cup	1R	Torino	1–0	0–3	1–3
1993–94	UEFA Cup	1R	KV Mechelen	0–1	1–1 (aet)	1–2
1994–95	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	QR	Viktoria Žižkov	3–3	0–1	3–4
2000–01	UEFA Cup	QR	GÍ	2–1	2–0	4–1
2000–01	UEFA Cup	1R	Slovan Liberec	2–2	1–2	3–4
2016–17	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Rosenborg	3–2	1–3	4–5
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Prishtina	5–0	1–0	6–0
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Trakai	2–1	1–2 (3–5 p)	3–3

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

Arnór Ingvi Traustason, to

SK Rapid Wien for approximately 16 million SEK, 2016.

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 (28 November 2008 – 31 December 2010)
Janne Andersson (1 January 2011– 23 June 2016)

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 from 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

↑ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Östergötlands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 12 January 2011.
↑ "Svenska mästare 1896–1925, 1931–". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 November 2009.
↑ http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/allsvenskan/ifknorrkoping/article21682097.ab
↑ "IFK Norrköpings trupp" (in Swedish). IFK Norrköping. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
↑ "Svenska mästare 1896–1925, 1931–" [Swedish champions 1896–1925, 1931–]. svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

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

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