IFK Norrköping

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. 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 had a fierce rivalry with the other local club, IK Sleipner, something that has been forgotten since Sleipner's fall from the higher divisions. Another historic rivalry is that against fellow Östergötland club Åtvidabergs FF, especially tense during the 1970s and early 2010s, but since Åtvidaberg has been relegated from the Allsvenskan that rivalry is receiving little importance. The Classic main rivalry is with Malmö FF , known as "The Working Class Derby"

First-team squad

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.