IFK Norrköping

IFK Norrköping

Full name	Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping
Nickname(s)	Peking (Beijing) Snoka
Founded	29 May 1897 (1897-05-29)
Ground	Idrottsparken, Norrköping (Capacity: 16,700)
Chairman	Peter Hunt
Coach	Jan Andersson
League	Allsvenskan
2011	Allsvenskan, 13th
Home colours Away colours

Norrköpings Idrottspark

This article is about IFK Norrköping's football section. For other sections of the club, see IFK Norrköping (disambiguation).

Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, also known simply as IFK Norrköping, are a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Idrottsparken. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are blue and white. Formed on 29 May 1897, the club have won twelve national championship titles and six national cup titles. The club are currently playing in Allsvenskan, where the season lasts from April to October. The club first won Allsvenskan in 1943. IFK Norrköping were most successful during the 1940s, when they won five Swedish championships and two Svenska Cupen titles under the Hungarian coach Lajos Czeizler and with the players like Gunnar Nordahl and Nils Liedholm.

History

IFK Norrköping dominated Swedish football in the post war era and won the first division 11 times in 20 glorious 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.

Rivalries

The club had a fierce rivalry with the other local club, IK Sleipner, something that has been forgotten since Sleipner's fall from the higher divisions. The main rival today is mainly fellow Östergötland club Åtvidabergs FF.

Players

Current squad

As of 27 January 2012: Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK David Nilsson 3 DF Morten Skjønsberg 4 DF Anders Wikström 6 DF Mathias Florén (captain) 7 FW Marcus Johansson 8 MF Astrit Ajdarević 10 MF Riki Cakić 12 FW Christoffer Nyman 13 DF Nikola Tkalčić 14 MF James Frempong 15 MF Marcus Falk-Olander 16 MF Shpëtim Hasani 17 DF Bobbie Friberg da Cruz

No. Position Player 19 FW Imad Khalili 20 MF Christopher Telo 21 DF Joonas Tamm 22 MF Armin Tanković 23 DF David Wiklander 27 GK Abbas Hassan 28 FW Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson 84 MF Martin Smedberg-Dalence 99 FW Bruno Santos — FW Isaac Thelin — FW Modou Barrow — MF Andreas Johansson

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2011–2012.

Retired numbers

Main article: Retired numbers in football

18 – Stefán Þórðarson, striker, 2004–2007 and 2009

Winners of Guldbollen

• 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

Other noted players

• Kennet Andersson
• Harry Bild
• Georg "Åby" Ericson
• Lars Eriksson
• Eddie Gustafsson
• Jan Hellström
• Henry "Putte" Källgren
• Niclas Kindvall
• Nils Liedholm
• Gösta Nordahl
• Stefan Pettersson
• Jan Svensson

Notable foreign players

• Brian McDermott
• Antti Sumiala
• Joachin Yaw Acheampong
• Bennard Yao Kumordzi
• Balázs Rabóczki
• Gunnar Þor Gunnarsson
• Birkir Kristinsson
• Stefan Thordarson
• Russel Mwafulirwa
• Abderrahman Kabous
• Marcin Burkhardt
• Yevgeni Kuznetsov
• Ranko Đorđić
• Slobodan Marovic

League top scorers

Allsvenskan (Division I 1924/1925–1986)

• Gunnar Nordahl 1944–45 (27 goals), 1945–46 (25 goals) och 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)

Superettan (Division II 1924/1925–1986 and Division I 1986–2000)

• Stefan Pettersson 1983 (17 goals)
• Bruno Santos 2005 (17 goals)
• Garðar Gunnlaugsson 2007 (18 goals)

Achievements

• Swedish Champions
  • Winners (12): 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1989

League

• Allsvenskan:
  • Winners (12): 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1992
  • Runners-up (9): 1952–53, 1957–58, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993
• Superettan:
  • Winners (1): 2007
  • Runners-up (1): 2010
• Mästerskapsserien:
  • Runners-up (2): 1991, 1992

Cups

• Svenska Cupen:
  • Winners (6): 1943, 1945, 1968–69, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94
  • Runners-up (4): 1944, 1953, 1967, 1971–72
• Allsvenskan play-offs:
  • Winners (1): 1989
  • Runners-up (2): 1984, 1990

IFK Norrköping in Europe

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Result	Spectators (Home in bold style)	IFKs goalscorers
1956–57	European cup	Round of 16		AC Fiorentina	1–1, 0–1	6351, 4000(Played in Rome)	Harry Bild ;
1957–58	European cup	Round of 16		Red Star Belgrade	2–2, 1–2	10.893, 20.000	Olle Håkansson, Henry "Putte" Källgren ; Lennart Backman
1962–63	European cup	Qualification		Partizani Tirana	2–0, 1–1	12.271, 18.000	Harry Bild, Åke Rosander ; Ove Kindvall
		Round of 16		S.L. Benfica	1–1, 1-5	24.205, 50.000	Bill Björklund ; Bill Björklund
1963–64	European cup	Qualification		Standard Liége	0–1, 2–0	33.000, 15.030	– ; Ove Kindvall, Örjan Martinsson
		Round of 16		AC Milan	1–1, 2–5	15.486, 15.000	Björn Nordqvist ; Örjan Martinsson, Own goal
1968–69	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First Round		Crusaders F.C.	4–1, 2–2
		Second Round		FC Lyn	3–2, 0–2
1969–70	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First Round		Sliema Wanderers F.C.	5–1, 0–1
		Second Round		Schalke 04	0–0, 0–1
1972–73	Uefa cup	First Round		Flamura Roşie Arad	2–0, 2–1
		Second Round		FC Internazionale	0–2, 2–2
1978–79	Uefa cup	First Round		Hibernian	0–0, 2–3
1982–83	Uefa cup	First Round		Southampton	0–0, 2–2
		Second Round		A.S. Roma	1–0, 0–1 (2–4 after penalties)
1988–89	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First Round		UC Sampdoria	2–1, 0–2
1990–91	Uefa cup	First Round		1. FC Köln	0–0, 1–3
1991–92	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First Round		Jeunesse Esch	4–0, 2–1
		First Round		AS Monaco	1–2, 0–1
1992–93	Uefa cup	First Round		Torino FC	1–0, 0–3
1993–94	Uefa cup	First Round		KV Mechelen	0–1, 1–1 (in stoppage time)
1994–95	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Qualifications		FK Viktoria Žižkov	3–3, 0–1
2000–01	Uefa cup	Qualification		GÍ Gøta	2–1, 2–0
		First Round		FC Slovan Liberec	2–2, 1–2

Records

• Most played games (Allsvenskan or Division I):

Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson, 321 games (1949–65)

• Most league goals (Allsvenskan or Division I):

Henry "Putte" Källgren, 126 goals (1951–60)

• Most spectators:

32 234 against Malmö FF, 7th June 1956

• Biggest victory (Allsvenskan or Division I):

11–1 against Djurgårdens IF, 14th October 1945.

• Biggest defeat (Allsvenskan or Division I):

0 – 11 against Örgryte IS, 6th April 1928 and Helsingborgs IF, 22nd September 1929

• Most expensive player:

Forward Kevin Amuneke, from CSKA Sofia for approximately 3 million SEK, 2007.

• Most expensive sale:

Midfielder/Forward Tomas Brolin, to Parma AC for approximately 11 million SEK, 1990.

Footnotes

A. ^ The title of "Swedish Champions" has been awarded to the winner of four different competitions over the years. Between 1896 and 1925 the title was awarded to the winner of Svenska Mästerskapet, a stand-alone cup tournament. No club were given the title between 1926 and 1930 even though the first-tier league Allsvenskan was played. In 1931 the title was reinstated and awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan. Between 1982 and 1990 a play-off in cup format was held at the end of the league season to decide the champions. After the play-off format in 1991 and 1992 the title was decided by the winner of Mästerskapsserien, an additional league after the end of Allsvenskan. Since the 1993 season the title has once again been awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan.

External links

• IFK Norrköping – official site
• Peking Fanz – official supporter club site
• IFK Norrköpings Supporter klubb – official supporter club site for seniors
• gopeking.net – IFK Norrköpings oldest supporter site
• Parkens vita hjältar – supporter site