Södertälje Sportklubb, also known as Södertälje SK and often referred to as SSK, is a

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professional

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club playing in

HockeyAllsvenskan HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league, and the second-highest league in the Sweden, Swedish ice hockey system (after the Swedish Hockey League, SHL). Since the 2009–10 ...

, the second highest level of pro hockey in Sweden. Södertälje were charter members of Elitserien when the league was founded in 1975 and have since played 24 seasons in the league (1975–1978, 1980–1981, 1983–1992, 1996–1998, 2001–2006, 2007–2011). Södertälje SK's fan club is known as Supporterklubben

History

Södertälje SK was founded on 22 February 1902 and originally practiced

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and

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. In 1907, a

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section was established and the 1910s and 1920s saw the club scoring successes in competitive cycling. In January and February 1925, the club started practicing ice hockey. The club had played more seasons (74) in the Swedish ice hockey top division until

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matched that feat in the 2014–15 SHL season. They are the team that's spent the most consecutive seasons in the top division, with 53 consecutive seasons between 1925–1978. Södertälje SK have won the Swedish ice hockey championship seven times (1925, 1931, 1941, 1944, 1953, 1956, and 1985). The team has played in the

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for a combined total of 24 seasons while it was referred to by its previous name, Elitserien. Södertälje finished the 2004–05 Elitserien season in 8th place and, in the following

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that season, advanced to the semifinals. This was the team's best performance in Elitserien since 1989. In the 2005–06 season, however, they were relegated to Allsvenskan (now known as HockeyAllsvenskan). In 2007 the team qualified for Elitserien again. In the 2007–08 season the team finished ninth in Elitserien and thus missed the playoffs but were automatically qualified for the following Elitserien season. From 2009 to 2011, during Södertälje's three latest seasons in the Elitserien, the team appeared in the

Kvalserien Kvalserien, also known as ''Kvalserien till SHL'', was the Swedish round-robin ice hockey tournament to qualify for play in the next season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL, previously named Elitserien), Sweden's top-level ice hockey league fo ...

three years in a row. In the respective Elitserien seasons they finished 12th and 11th. In both

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the team survived Kvalserien and thus managed to stay in Elitserien. However, in 2011, things went worse. Prior to the last round, both Södertälje and Modo had 17 points. In the final round of the 2011 Kvalserien, both teams met each other in

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for a game that directly decided which team would be relegated to

. Södertälje lost the game 0–2 and thus were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan. After Södertälje's failure to stay in Elitserien, Södertälje's then head coach

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was forced to leave the club.

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became Södertälje's new head coach.

Season-by-season

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Players

Current roster

Updated November 1, 2020.

Board of directors

* Chairman of the Board:

Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd Catharina Sabine Maria Laurine Elmsäter-Svärd (born 23 November 1965) is a Swedish politician who was Minister for Infrastructure from 2010 to 2014. A member of the Moderate Party, she was an MP of the Swedish Riksdag for Stockholm County fro ...

* Board Member: Patrik Walle * Board Member: Håkan Söderberg * Board Member : Jan Päkkilä * Board Member: Joakim Gustafsson * Board Member: Peter Onstrand * Board Member: Per Hallberg * Board Member: Firial Saado

Management

* Club Director: Mats Pernhem * General Manager: Mats Waltin * Marketing Manager: Fredrik Aminoff * Ticket Manager: Jenny Palm

Sports

* Head Coach: Mats Waltin

Kit and Medical

* Kit Manager: Anders Kellerstam * Kitman: Lars Bergström * Physio: Walter Skeppar * Team Doctor: Tomas Hopfgarten

Former coaches

* Head Coach: 06/07, 07/08, 08/09 Leif Strömberg * Head Coach: 09/10, 10/11

* Assistant Coach: Peter Larsson * Assistant Coach: Jörgen Bemström * Goalkeeper Coach: Stefan Lahde

References

External links

Södertälje SK official website
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