Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional

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based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at

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. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are white and blue. Formed on 29 May 1897, the club have won thirteen national championship titles and six

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titles. The club plays in the highest Swedish tier, Allsvenskan, which they first won in

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. IFK Norrköping were most successful during the 1940s, when they won five Swedish championships and two Svenska Cupen titles under the Hungarian coach

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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. 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

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, which was especially tense in the 1970s and early 2010s. This rivalry has lost importance since Åtvidaberg were relegated from

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 le ...

. 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

Out on loan

Retired numbers

* 12 – Fans of the club

Winners of Guldbollen

*1947: Gunnar Nordahl *1949: Knut Nordahl *1953: Bengt "Julle" Gustavsson *1957: Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson *1960:

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*1961: Bengt "Zamora" Nyholm *1963: Harry Bild *1966: Ove Kindvall *1968: Björn Nordqvist *1990: Tomas Brolin *1992: Jan Eriksson

League top scorers

Allsvenskan

* Gunnar Nordahl 1944–45 (27 goals), 1945–46 (25 goals) and 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) *

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1989 (16 goals) * Niclas Kindvall 1994 (23 goals) * Imad Khalili 2013 (15 goals) (eight goals scored for Helsingborgs IF) * Emir Kujović 2015 (21 goals) *

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2017 (14 goals) (shared with Magnus Eriksson, Djurgårdens IF) * Christoffer Nyman 2020 (18 goals) *

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2021 (17 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)

Management

Technical staff

''As of 10 January 2021''

Honours

League

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* 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 *

: ** Winners (12): 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1960, 1962,

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, 2015 ** Runners-up (10): 1952–53, 1957–58, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1987, 1989, 1990,

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, 2018 * Superettan: ** Winners (1):

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** Runners-up (1): 2010 * Mästerskapsserien: ** Runners-up (2):

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, 1992

Cups

* Svenska Cupen: ** Winners (6):

, 1945, 1968–69, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94 ** Runners-up (5): 1944, 1953, 1967, 1971–72, 2016–17 * Svenska Supercupen: ** Winners (1): 2015

IFK Norrköping in Europe

Records

*Most played games (

or Division I): : Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson, 321 games (1949–65) *Most league goals (

or Division I): : Henry "Putte" Källgren, 126 goals (1951–60) *Most spectators: : 32 234 against Malmö FF, 7 June 1956 *Biggest victory (

or Division I): : 11–1 against Djurgårdens IF, 14 October 1945. *Biggest defeat (

or Division I): : 0 – 11 against Örgryte IS, 6 April 1928 and Helsingborgs IF, 22 September 1929

Managerial history

List of IFK Norrköping managers 1905– * Alexander “Sandy” Tait (1905) * Fred Spiksley (1910) * Herbert Butterworth (1921–22) *

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(1923–24) * Rudolf Haglund (1925–35) *

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(1936) * Vilgot Lindberg (1936–37) * Torsten Johansson (1937–38) *

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(1938–41) * Rudolf Haglund (1941) *

(1942–48) *

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(1949) *

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(1950–53) *

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(1954) *

(1955–57) * Vilmos Varszegi (1957–62) *

Georg Ericson Georg "Åby" Ericson (18 December 1919 – 4 January 2002), also nicknamed Jojje, was a Swedish football player and coach. During his playing career as a midfielder he played for IFK Norrköping in the 1940s. He also featured once for the Swede ...

(1958–66) * Gunnar Nordahl (1967–70) *

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(1971–72) * Örjan Martinsson (1973–74) *

Bengt Gustavsson Bengt Olov Emanuel "Julle" Gustavsson (13 January 1928 – 16 February 2017) was a Swedish professional footballer and manager. As player he participated in the final of the World Cup 1958 and won national championships with IFK Norrköping. ...

(1975–78) * Gunnar Nordahl (1979–80) *

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(1981–82) * Lars-Göran Qwist (1983–84) * Kent Karlsson (1985–89) *

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(1990) * Sanny Åslund (1991–92) * Sören Cratz (1993–94) * Kent Karlsson (1995) *

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(1995) *

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(1996–97) * Olle Nordin (1997–00) *

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(2001) * Bengt-Arne Strömberg (2002) *

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(2002–03) * Stefan Hellberg (2004–05) * Mats Jingblad (2005–08) * Sören Cratz (2007–08) *

Göran Bergort Göran Bergort (born 14 February 1968) is a Swedish football manager and former player. He left IFK Norrköping when his contract ran out and was not renewed after the 2010 season. During his playing career, Bergort played in Allsvenskan with I ...

(2009–10) *

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(1 January 2011 – 23 June 2016) *

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(24 June 2016 – 19 december 2020) * Rikard Norling (23 December 2020 – 11 July 2022) *

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(11 July 2022 – 8 August 2022) Caretaker *

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(11 July 2022 – 8 August 2022) Caretaker * Glen Riddersholm (8 August 2022 –)

Affiliate clubs

IF Sylvia IF Sylvia is a Swedish football club based in Norrköping. The club, formed on 19 May 1922, is currently playing in the third tier of Swedish football, Division 1. The club is affiliated to the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund. In the early year ...

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Other sections

IFK Norrköping also maintains departments for women's football, set up in 2009,

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and

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. The bandy team played in Sweden's highest division in 1937. Part of the club was also an

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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

References

External links

IFK Norrköping
nbsp;– official site
Peking Fanz
nbsp;– official supporter club site
IFK Norrköpings Supporter klubb
nbsp;– official supporter club site for seniors
gopeking.net
nbsp;– IFK Norrköpings oldest supporter site
Parkens vita hjältar
nbsp;– supporter site {{DEFAULTSORT:Norrkoping IFK Football clubs in Östergötland County Sport in Norrköping Allsvenskan clubs Association football clubs established in 1897 Bandy clubs established in 1897 1897 establishments in Sweden Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Svenska Cupen winners