Idrottsklubben Sleipner is a

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club in

Norrköping Norrköping (; ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Linköp ...

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; the main sports are

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and

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. It was founded in 1903, and named after the deity

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's horse

Sleipnir In Norse mythology, Sleipnir (Old Norse: ; "slippy"Orchard (1997:151). or "the slipper"Kermode (1904:6).) is an eight-legged horse ridden by Odin. Sleipnir is attested in the ''Poetic Edda'', compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional ...

from

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. Currently, the club's senior men's team plays football in Division 2. They are mostly known for winning

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

in 1938, but have since been overshadowed by local rivals

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly 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 ...

both locally and nationally. The rivalry in beginning 1900 up until 1950 was often fierce as IK Sleipner was the workingclass team whilst IFK Norrköping came from the academical class. The club is affiliated to the

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

. In the early 20th Century, the club also played

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. also the record holders of most goalscorers in one game against Cuba in 1938 with 7 goals.

Achievements

* Swedish Champions ** Winners (1): 1937–38

League

: ** Winners (1): 1937–38 ** Runners-up (1): 1936–37 * Division 2 Östra: ** Winners (1): 1933-34 ** Runners-up (1): 1943-44 * Division 3 Östra: ** Winners (1): 1952-53 ** Runners-up (2): 1950-51, 1951–52 * Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland: ** Winners (3): 1961, 1967, 1978 * Division 4 Östergötland Östra: ** Winners (1): 1965

Cups

Svenska Cupen Svenska Cupen (, ''The Swedish Cup'') is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 96 teams compe ...

: ** Runners-up (1): 1941 *

Svenska Mästerskapet Svenska Mästerskapet was a Swedish football competition held as a cup to decide the Swedish Champions between 1896 and 1925. It was held during a short period, and all games were often played in either Gothenburg or Stockholm. For many years only ...

: ** Runners-up (2): 1920, 1921

Season to season

Current squad

Attendances

In recent seasons IK Sleipner have had the following average attendances:

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

, a stand-alone cup tournament. No club were given the title between 1926 and 1930 even though the first-tier league

was played. In 1931 the title was reinstated and awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan. Between 1982 and 1990 a

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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 Mästerskapsserien (Championship League) was a short-lived Swedish football league played 1991 and 1992 to decide the Swedish Champions. The top six teams from Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan ...

, an additional league after the end of Allsvenskan. Since the 1993 season the title has once again been awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan.

References

External links

IK Sleipner

SvenskFotboll.se – IK Sleipner
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sleipner IK Allsvenskan clubs Football clubs in Östergötland County Association football clubs established in 1903 Bandy clubs established in 1903 1903 establishments in Sweden Defunct bandy clubs in Sweden