IFK Norrköping facts for kids
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| Full name | Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping | |||
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| Nickname(s) | IFK Kamraterna (Comrades) Snoka Peking (Beijing) Vita-Blå (White and Blue) |
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| Founded | 29 May 1897 | |||
| Stadium | PlatinumCars Arena, Norrköping (Östgötaporten, Nya Parken, Idrottsparken) | |||
| Stadium capacity |
17,234 | |||
| Chairman | Sakarias Mårdh | |||
| Manager | Andreas Alm | |||
| League | Allsvenskan | |||
| 2024 | Allsvenskan, 11th of 16 | |||
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Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, often called IFK Norrköping, is a professional football club from Norrköping, Sweden. The club is connected to the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play their home games at Östgötaporten.
The team's colors are white and blue, which you can see on their logo and uniforms. IFK Norrköping was started on May 29, 1897. They have won thirteen national championship titles and six national cup titles.
The club plays in the top Swedish league, Allsvenskan. They first won this league in 1943. The 1940s were a very successful time for IFK Norrköping. They won five Swedish championships and two national cups. This was thanks to their Hungarian coach Lajos Czeizler and famous players like Gunnar Nordahl and Nils Liedholm.
IFK Norrköping won the 2015 Allsvenskan title. This was their first win since 1989. This victory also earned them a spot in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualification rounds.
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Club History and Success
IFK Norrköping was a very strong team after World War II. They won the first division 11 times in just 20 years! Their best year during this time was 1963, when they won the league. It took them another 26 years to win their 12th championship title.
On October 31, 2015, IFK Norrköping won their 13th championship. They beat the champions Malmö FF 2–0 in Malmö in the last game of the 2015 Allsvenskan season. This meant they had to wait 26 years between titles again. A week later, on November 8, they won the supercupen against IFK Göteborg with a score of 3–0.
Team Rivalries
IFK Norrköping used to have a big rivalry with IK Sleipner, another team from Norrköping. But this rivalry faded when Sleipner moved to lower divisions. They also had a historic rivalry with Åtvidabergs FF from the same area, especially in the 1970s. This rivalry is not as important now since Åtvidaberg is no longer in the top league.
IFK Norrköping also has a rivalry with Malmö FF. Games between these two clubs are sometimes called "The Working Class Derby."
Players and Squad
First-Team Players
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Players on Loan
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Retired Jersey Numbers
- 12 – This number is retired for the club's fans.
Guldbollen Winners
The Guldbollen is an award for the best Swedish male football player each year. Several IFK Norrköping players have won it:
- 1947:
Gunnar Nordahl - 1949: Knut Nordahl
- 1953: Bengt "Julle" Gustavsson
- 1957: Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson
- 1960: Torbjörn Jonsson
- 1961: Bengt "Zamora" Nyholm
- 1963: Harry Bild
- 1966: Ove Kindvall
- 1968: Björn Nordqvist
- 1990: Tomas Brolin
- 1992: Jan Eriksson
Top Scorers in the League
Allsvenskan Top Scorers
These players scored the most goals in the Allsvenskan league while playing for IFK Norrköping:
- 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)
- Jan Hellström 1989 (16 goals)
- Niclas Kindvall 1994 (23 goals)
- Imad Khalili 2013 (15 goals) (eight goals scored for Helsingborgs IF)
- Emir Kujović 2015 (21 goals)
- Kalle Holmberg 2017 (14 goals) (shared with Magnus Eriksson, Djurgårdens IF)
- Christoffer Nyman 2020 (18 goals)
Samuel Adegbenro 2021 (17 goals)
Superettan Top Scorers
These players were top scorers in the Superettan league (or its earlier names):
- Stefan Pettersson 1983 (17 goals)
Bruno Santos 2005 (17 goals)
Garðar Gunnlaugsson 2007 (18 goals)
Club Management
Current Technical Staff
As of January 13, 2024
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Club Achievements
League Titles
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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
- Allsvenskan:
- Winners (12): 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1960, 1962, 1963, 2015
- Runners-up (10): 1952–53, 1957–58, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2018
- Superettan:
- Winners (1): 2007
- Runners-up (1): 2010
- Mästerskapsserien:
- Runners-up (2): 1991, 1992
Cup Wins
- Svenska Cupen:
- Winners (6): 1943, 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 European Competitions
IFK Norrköping has played in several European football tournaments:
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1956–57 | European Cup | 1R |  Florentina |
0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| 1957–58 | European Cup | 1R |  Red Star Belgrade |
2–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 |
| 1962–63 | European Cup | PR |  Partizani Tirana |
2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| 1R |  Benfica |
1–1 | 1–5 | 2–6 | ||
| 1963–64 | European Cup | PR |  Standard Liége |
2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| 1R | Milan |
1–1 | 2–5 | 3–6 | ||
| 1968–69 | European Cup Winners' Cup | 1R |  Crusaders |
4–1 | 2–2 | 6–3 |
| 2R |  Lyn |
3–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | ||
| 1969–70 | European Cup Winners' Cup | 1R |  Sliema Wanderers |
5–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 |
| 2R |  Schalke 04 |
0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | ||
| 1972–73 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  UTA Arad |
2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| 2R | Inter Milan |
0–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | ||
| 1978–79 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  Hibernian |
0–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 |
| 1982–83 | UEFA Cup | 1R |  Southampton |
0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 (a) |
| 2R | Roma |
1–0 | 0–1 (2–4 p) |
1–1 | ||
| 1988–89 | European Cup Winners' Cup | 1R | Sampdoria |
2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| 1990–91 | UEFA Cup | 1R | 1. FC Köln |
0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| 1991–92 | European Cup Winners' Cup | 1R |  Jeunesse Esch |
4–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 |
| 2R |  Monaco |
1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | ||
| 1992–93 | UEFA Cup | 1R | Torino |
1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| 1993–94 | UEFA Cup | 1R | KV Mechelen |
0–1 | 1–1 (aet) |
1–2 |
| 1994–95 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | QR |  Viktoria Žižkov |
3–3 | 0–1 | 3–4 |
| 2000–01 | UEFA Cup | QR |  GÍ |
2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| 1R | Slovan Liberec |
2–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 | ||
| 2016–17 | UEFA Champions League | 2Q | Rosenborg |
3–2 | 1–3 | 4–5 |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  Prishtina |
5–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| 2Q |  Trakai |
2–1 | 1–2 (3–5 p) |
3–3 | ||
| 2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  St Patrick's Athletic |
2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| 2Q |  Liepāja |
2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 3Q |  Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 |
Club Records
- Most games played (Allsvenskan or Division I):
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- Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson, 321 games (1949–65)
- Most league goals (Allsvenskan or Division I):
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- Henry "Putte" Källgren, 126 goals (1951–60)
- Most spectators at a game:
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- 32,234 against Malmö FF, June 7, 1956
- Biggest victory (Allsvenskan or Division I):
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- 11–1 against Djurgårdens IF, October 14, 1945.
- Biggest defeat (Allsvenskan or Division I):
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- 0–11 against Örgryte IS, April 6, 1928 and Helsingborgs IF, September 22, 1929
Other Club Sections
IFK Norrköping is not just about men's football. It also has:
- A women's football team, started in 2009.
- Sections for orienteering, bowling, and bandy. The bandy team played in Sweden's top league in 1937.
The club also used to have an ice hockey team. This team played in the top Swedish division in 1950/51 and 1955/56. In 1967, the ice hockey teams of IFK and local rivals IK Sleipner joined together. They formed IF IFK/IKS, which later became IK Vita Hästen ("Ice Hockey Club White Horse"). This club is now known as HC Vita Hästen.
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