Jönköpings Södra IF
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| Full name | Jönköpings Södra Idrottsförening | ||
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| Nickname(s) | J-Södra | ||
| Founded | 9 December 1922 | ||
| Ground | Stadsparksvallen, Jönköping | ||
| Capacity | 5,500 | ||
| Chairman | Sune Lantz | ||
| Manager | Jimmy Thelin | ||
| League | Allsvenskan | ||
| 2015 | Superettan, 1st (promoted) | ||
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Jönköpings Södra IF (often shortened to J-Södra) is a Swedish football club based in Jönköping. The club, founded in 1922, will return to the Swedish top division Allsvenskan in 2016 after winning promotion from the 2015 Superettan.[1] J-Södra has played a total of ten Allsvenskan seasons previously, with the most successful finish being runner-up in 1950 and their last spell ending in 1969.[2] The club is affiliated to the Smålands Fotbollförbund.[3]
Their home games are currently played at Stadsparksvallen with a capacity of 5,200 but in the autumn of 2015 the municipality decided to build a new stadium where J-Södra will play in the future. The club's training facility is located in Odensberg, Jönköping.[4]
History
Jönköpings Södra IF was founded on December 9th 1922 with Bandy being the first sport where the club fielded a team. Other sports that were played by the club in its early days includes Boxing, Ice hockey, Tennis and Table tennis. 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.[5]
The clubs first major success came during the 44–45 season. It was only their second year ever in the second tier of the Swedish football league system, 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.[6] Even though they were relegated the following season they immediately bounced back up to Allsvenskan again and the golden age of the club began as they established themselves in the top division throughout the late 40's and early 50's. With the culmination being the second place finish in the 1949–50 Allsvenskan behind a dominant Malmö FF.[7]
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 80's 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.[8] 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 Sweden national football team coach Olle Nordin as their new manager. During his reign he helped the club advance to, and establish themselves in, Superettan and he eventually also took over the role of director of sports.[9] The 2014 Superettan season started in chaos as manager Mats Gren abruptly left to work for IFK Göteborg. 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.[10]
Players
First-team squad
- As of 8 January 2016[11]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Current youth players with first-team experience
- As of 8 January 2016[A]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
- As of 15 February 2016
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For season transfers, see transfers winter 2015–16.
Managers
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Season to season
* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [13] |
Attendances
In recent seasons Jönköpings Södra have had the following average attendances:
* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [14] |
Achievements
- Allsvenskan:
- Runners-up (1): 1949–50
- Superettan:
- Winners (1) : 2015
Footnotes
References
- ^ Patrik Sjöblom (17 October 2015). "J-Södra klart för allsvenskan" (in Swedish). Jönköpings-Posten. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Svenska mästare i fotboll 1931–2005 samt seriesegrare i Allsvenskan 1925–1930" (PDF) (in Swedish). Bolletinen. 2005. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Smålands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Jönköping Södra får ny arena" (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ "Allt började i en liten källarlokal i kvarteret Liljan". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "1944/45: Allsvenskt avancemang och oslagbara rekord". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "1949/50: Säsongen då det stora silvret bärgades". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "1996: Botten är nådd". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Olle Nordin blev det stora lyftet". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Valde sin egen tränare – då lyfte hela J-Södra". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "A-laget" (in Swedish). Jönköpings Södra IF. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ "J-Södras tränare". Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ "GAIS – Lagfacta – Jönköpings Södra IF". Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 19 November 2010.
External links
Media related to Jönköpings Södra IF at Wikimedia Commons
- Jönköpings Södra IF – official site
- Green Machine – supporter club
- Stadsparksvallen – supporter site
- Södrasajten.se- Supporter site
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