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Jönköpings Södra IF, also known as J-Södra IF, or J-Södra, is a Swedish
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based in
Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat o ...
. The club, founded in 1922, returned to the Swedish second division
Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...
in 2018 after relegation from the 2017 Allsvenskan. J-Södra has played a total of twelve Allsvenskan seasons previously, with the most successful finish being runner-up in 1950 and their last spell ending in 2017. The club is affiliated to the
Smålands Fotbollförbund The Smålands Fotbollförbund ''(Småland Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical provinces of Småland and Öland. Background S ...
. They are currently (2025) playing in Söderettan. Jsödra is a 51% member-controlled club, due to Swedish law regarding the 50+1% Member-controlled rule. Their home games are played at Stadsparksvallen with a capacity of 7300. The club's training facility is located in Odensberg in
Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat o ...
, as well at Junevallen and Jordbrovallen.


History

Jönköpings Södra IF was founded on 9 December 1922 with
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being the first sport where the club fielded a team. Other sports that were played by the club in its early days includes
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,
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,
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and
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. In 1923 they played their first football match, which only featured eight players for each side as they did not have access to a big enough pitch to fit more players. Five years later J-Södra finally entered into league play for the first time as well as the district championship. The club's first major success came during the 44–45 season. It was only their second year ever in the second tier of the
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, but J-Södra managed to go through the season winning all 18 league games as well as the promotion playoffs, thus qualifying themselves for the top division Allsvenskan for the first time ever. Even though they were relegated the following season they immediately bounced back up to Allsvenskan again and the
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of the club began as they established themselves in the top division throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s. With the culmination being the second-place finish in the 1949–50 Allsvenskan behind a dominant
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. After their relegation in 1954 J-södra only managed two short one year appearances in Allsvenskan during the sixties. They instead became established in the second tier until the late 1980s when the club started plummeting down the divisions and eventually bottoming out in 1996 when they finished in 8th place in the fifth tier of Swedish football. In 2003 the club had returned to the third tier and at the start of the season they announced the high-profile signing of former
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coach Olle Nordin as their new manager. During his reign he helped the club advance to, and establish themselves in,
Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...
and he eventually also took over the role of director of sports. The
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season started in chaos as manager Mats Gren abruptly left to work for
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. After feeling unhappy with the list of managers that the board was considering the player squad declared that they wanted inexperienced youth coach Jimmy Thelin as their new manager. The board accepted the players proposal and during his second year in charge Thelin won promotion back to Allsvenskan with the club. After the relegation from Allsvenskan, the club has established itself as a stable club in the Superettan. After many changes and a rough year the club was relegated to Söderettan, in November 2023.


Players


Out on loan


Managers

* Gunnar Gren (1941–42) * Birger Möller (1942–43) * Sölve Flisberg (1944) * Eigil Nielsen (1945) * Otto Cinadler (1945) * Knut Holmgren (1946–48) * Gerhard Thorsell (1949–51) * Josef Stroh (1951–53) * Gerhard Thorsell (1953–59) * Olle Eriksson (1960) *
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(1961–62) * Per-Olof Johansson (1963–64) * Josef Stroh (1965) * Per-Olof Johansson (1966–67) * Stig Sundqvist (1968–71) * Jan Karlsson (1972) * Stig Sundqvist (1973) * Ingvar Svensson (1974–76) * Max Möller (1977) *
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(1978–80) * Weine Wallinder (1981) * Sonny Nordqvist (1981–83) * Roger Johansson (1984–85) * Sven Andersson (1986) * Max Möller (1987–88) *
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(1989–91) * Sonny Nordqvist (1992) * Bo Andersson (1992–93) * Ola Henriksson (1993–94) * Jan Karlsson (1995) *
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(1996) * Sonny Nordqvist (1997) * Giles Stille (1998–99) * Per-Åke Knutsson (2000–01) * Peter Churchill (2002) * Thomas Ek (2002) * Olle Nordin (2003–07) * Thomas Ek (2008) * Olle Nordin (2008–09) * Andreas Jankevics (2010) * Hans Lindbom (2010–11) * Mats Gren (2012–13) * Jimmy Thelin (2014–17) *
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(2018) * Stefan Jörgensen (2018) * Andreas Brännström (2018–2020) * Patric Jildefalk (2021–2022) * Oscar Garcia Rodriguez (2022) * Niclas Tagesson (2022) * Andrés García (2023) * Charbel Abraham (2023) * Niclas Tagesson (2023) * Patrik Ingelsten (2024-)


Season to season


Attendances

In recent seasons Jönköpings Södra have had the following average attendances:


Honours

*
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**Runners-up: 1949–50 *
Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...
**Winners:
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Footnotes


References


External links

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Green Machine
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Stadsparksvallen
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Södrasajten.se
Supporter site {{DEFAULTSORT:Jonkopings Sodra If Football clubs in Jönköping County Allsvenskan clubs Association football clubs established in 1922 1922 establishments in Sweden Sport in Jönköping 20th-century establishments in Jönköping County