IFK Hässleholm

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IFK Hässleholm

Full name	IFK Hässleholm
Nickname(s)	IFK
Founded	1905 1930-1980 (handball department)
Ground	Österås IP, Skåne County Hässleholm, Sweden (Capacity: 6000(of which 450 seats are on the roof))
Chairman	John Paulsson
Manager	Daniel Nilsson
League	Division 2
2009	Division 2, 5th Place[1]
Home colours Away colours

IFK Hässleholm is Swedish football established in 1905. The team is currently inDivision 2 Södra Götaland. Several well known players hail from the club includingEngland international striker Peter Crouch as well as Swedish footballers Jon Jonsson, Andreas Dahl, and Tobias Linderoth. For the most part, the team is a Division 2 team. However, the club has played in the Division 2/1 from 1971-1981, 1987-1988, and 1992-1998.

Contents 1 History 2 Notable Players 3 Notable Chairman 4 Notable Managers 5 References

[edit] History

The club was first established by factory owners and football enthusiast Knut Rydlund in 1905 When the club first started, the team played at Linnaeus Flats until Göinge Vallen was built in 1910. During the 1910s, IFK Hässleholm was consider to be one of the best football clubs in Sweden In 1918, the team won the Scanian Championship.

By the 1920s, the team slide down into Division 2. The club was hurting financially and in 1928, the club had to take out loans. Over the years, the team has struggled to maintain its former glory. In the 1930s, the club added a handball team which fairly successful. The handball team was outshining the football team at this point in time. However, World War II broke up the team. Once the team resumed playing, it was no longer able to compete in Division 2. The franchise focused on handball. In 1948, the handball won the Scanian Championship but the team disintegrated by 1980. Despite the initial success of the handball, football once again made its way back to the top in the 1950s. The team successful landed back in the Division 2 again. In 1962, the franchise built a club house on Svedje Mark Street. With some success in the 1970s, the construction of a new playing facility was erected called Österås IP which has a capacity of 6000. Following that, the club won the 1972 Skane North East with players such as Bo Nilsson. In 1973, the team came in third place and in 1974 the team took part in their first qualifier.^[2]

The best years of the club are undoubtedly from 1991-1993. In 1991, the team returned to Division 1 and by 1993 nearly won the Allsvenskan. The team boosted crowds up to 8,500, 1,500 fans over capacity. 2000 saw a dramatic change in the club after Peter Crouch and Alton Thelwell were loaned from Tottenham Hotspurs.^[3] Their loan brought new attention to the club resulting in Jon Jönsson being signed to the Spurs.

[edit] Notable Players

• Tobias Linderoth
• Peter Crouch, 2000
• Magnus Arvidsson
• Jon Jönsson
• Andreas Dahl
• Daniel Nicklasson
• Jimmie Augustsson
• Jesper Westerberg
• Christian Fegler
• Peter Olsson, player with the most appearances

[edit] Notable Chairman

• John Paulsson, 2002-
• Hans-Inge Persson1999-2002
• Lennart Persson 1973-1999
• Karl-Erik Almqvist1964-1973
• Erik Leandersson 1951-1964
• Kjell Rydlund1950-1951
• Erik Leandersson 1936-1950
• Edgar Holm 1928-1936
• Knut Rydlund1905-1928

[edit] Notable Managers

• Bo Nilsson, played for the club in the 1970s
• Anders Linderoth
• Peter Swärdh

[edit] References

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