IFK Stockholm is multi-

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Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

, Sweden. It is most known for its

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team.

Background

The club was formed 1 February 1895 as IF Kamraterna (IFK) by two young students, Louis Zettersten and Pehr Ehnemark, and was the first IFK club. The club soon changed name to IFK Stockholm to differentiate it from the other IFK clubs that were formed in various towns in Sweden. The club had minor successes in the early days of Swedish football, but from 2008 to 2010, resided in Division 5, part of the regional leagues of the

Swedish football league system The Swedish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Sweden which is controlled by the Swedish Football Association The Swedish Football Association ( sv, Svenska Fotbollförbundet, SvFF) is the go ...

. The club is affiliated to the

Stockholms Fotbollförbund The Stockholms Fotbollförbund ''(Stockholm Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Stockholm County. Background Stockholms Fotbollförbund, c ...

. The club also sponsors

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and

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. It formerly also sponsored

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and played its home games at the

Hovet Hovet (formerly known as Johanneshovs Isstadion or, in English: Johanneshov Stadium) is an arena located in the Johanneshov district of Stockholm (Stockholm Globe City) which is mainly used for ice hockey, concerts and corporate events. It was op ...

, formerly known as Johanneshovs Isstadion. It also played

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

, a sport in which it was the runner-up for the Swedish Championship in 1910. The men's bandy team has played seven seasons in the Swedish top division.

Season to season

In their most successful period IFK Stockholm competed in the following divisions: In recent seasons IFK Stockholm have competed in the following divisions:

Attendances

In recent seasons IFK Stockholm have had the following average attendances:

Achievements

* Svenska Mästerskapet: ** Runners-up (1): 1905 *

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: ** Runners-up (2): 1906, 1907 * Svenska Fotbollspokalen: ** Runners-up (2): 1903 II *

Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden ("The Wicander Charity Shield") was a Swedish football cup tournament played between 1905 and 1916, a match was also planned to be played in 1920, but was not. The idea for the tournament came from the English English usually refers to: * ...

: ** Winners (4): 1905, 1906, 1911, 1912 *

Kamratmästerskapen Kamratmästerskapen (literally, "The Comrade Championships") was a Swedish football cup tournament played 1901–1924 and 1940–1945. The tournament was open only to teams of the Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Idrottsföreningen Kamratern ...

: ** Winners (5): 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908 ** Runners-up (6): 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1919, 1922

Footnotes

External links

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Defunct bandy clubs in Sweden