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IFK Norrköping

Swedish football club

Swedish football club

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imageIFK Norrkoping logo.svg
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fullnameIdrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping
nicknameIFK
Kamraterna (Comrades)
Snoka
Peking (Beijing)
Vita-Blå (White and Blue)
founded
stadiumPlatinumCars Arena, Norrköping
capacity16,000
chairmanMartin Gyllix
managerEldar Abdulic
leagueSuperettan
season2025
positionAllsvenskan, 14th of 16
(relegated)
website
current2025 IFK Norrköping season
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Note

IFK Norrköping's men's football department

Kamraterna (Comrades) Snoka Peking (Beijing) Vita-Blå (White and Blue) (Östgötaporten, Nya Parken, Idrottsparken) (relegated)

[[Nya Parken
IFK Norrköping supporter group Peking Fanz.

Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at PlatinumCars Arena. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are white and blue. Formed on 29 May 1897, the club have won thirteen national championship titles and six national cup titles.

The club plays in the highest Swedish tier, Allsvenskan, which they first won 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 players like Gunnar Nordahl and Nils Liedholm.

IFK Norrköping won the 2015 Allsvenskan, their first win since 1989, which also gave them a spot in the second qualification round of 2016–17 UEFA Champions League.

History

IFK Norrköping won the first division 11 times in 20 years, the last in 1963. It won for its 12th time in 1989.

On 31 October 2015, IFK Norrköping won its 13th championship title after defeating the defending champions Malmö FF with 2–0 away in Swedbank Stadion in Malmö in the last round of 2015 Allsvenskan. On 8 November IFK Norrköping won supercupen against Swedish cup winners IFK Göteborg. The result was 3–0.

Players

First-team squad

Retired numbers

  • 12 – Fans of the club

Winners of Guldbollen

  • 1947: Sweden Gunnar Nordahl
  • 1949: Sweden Knut Nordahl
  • 1953: Sweden Bengt "Julle" Gustavsson
  • 1957: Sweden Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson
  • 1960: Sweden Torbjörn Jonsson
  • 1961: Sweden Bengt "Zamora" Nyholm
  • 1963: Sweden Harry Bild
  • 1966: Sweden Ove Kindvall
  • 1968: Sweden Björn Nordqvist
  • 1990: Sweden Tomas Brolin
  • 1992: Sweden Jan Eriksson

League top scorers

Allsvenskan

  • Sweden Gunnar Nordahl 1944–45 (27 goals), 1945–46 (25 goals) and 1947–48 (18 goals)
  • Sweden Harry Bild 1956–57 (19 goals)
  • Sweden Henry "Putte" Källgren 1957–58 (27 goals) (shared with Bertil Johansson, IFK Göteborg)
  • Sweden Ove Kindvall 1966 (20 goals)
  • Sweden Jan Hellström 1989 (16 goals)
  • Sweden Niclas Kindvall 1994 (23 goals)
  • Sweden Imad Khalili 2013 (15 goals) (eight goals scored for Helsingborgs IF)
  • Sweden Emir Kujović 2015 (21 goals)
  • Sweden Kalle Holmberg 2017 (14 goals) (shared with Magnus Eriksson, Djurgårdens IF)
  • Sweden Christoffer Nyman 2020 (18 goals)
  • Nigeria Samuel Adegbenro 2021 (17 goals)

Superettan (Division II 1924/1925–1986 and Division I 1987–1999)

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

Management

Technical staff

As of 12 December 2025

NameRole
SWE Henrik JureliusSports director
SWE Eldar AbdulicHead coach
SWE Henric PekkalaAssistant coach
SWE Tomas VainioGoalkeeping coach
Iceland Ari SkúlasonTransition coach
Iceland Pálmar HreinssonFitness coach
SWE Jacob DahlAnalyst & scouting
SWE Peter CratzClub doctor
SWE Bengt JanzonClub doctor
SWE Nicolas Santi AguilarPhysiotherapist
SWE Kristoffer KarlssonPhysiotherapist
SWE Daniel EkwallMental coach
SWE Simon LarssonEquipment manager
SWE Tobias FalkCoordinator

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Honours

League

Cups

IFK Norrköping in Europe

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
1956–57European Cup1RItaly Florentina0–11–11–2
1957–58European Cup1RYugoslavia Red Star Belgrade2–21–23–4
1962–63European CupPRAlbania Partizani Tirana2–01–13–1
1RPortugal Benfica1–11–52–6
1963–64European CupPRBelgium Standard Liége2–00–12–1
1RItaly Milan1–12–53–6
1968–69European Cup Winners' Cup1RNorthern Ireland Crusaders4–12–26–3
2RNorway Lyn3–20–23–4
1969–70European Cup Winners' Cup1RMalta Sliema Wanderers5–10–15–2
2RWest Germany Schalke 040–00–10–1
1972–73UEFA Cup1RRomania UTA Arad2–02–14–1
2RItaly Inter Milan0–22–22–4
1978–79UEFA Cup1RScotland Hibernian0–02–32–3
1982–83UEFA Cup1REngland Southampton0–02–22–2 (a)
2RItaly Roma1–00–1
(2–4 p)1–1
1988–89European Cup Winners' Cup1RItaly Sampdoria2–10–22–3
1990–91UEFA Cup1RGermany 1. FC Köln0–01–31–3
1991–92European Cup Winners' Cup1RLuxembourg Jeunesse Esch4–02–16–1
2RFrance Monaco1–20–11–3
1992–93UEFA Cup1RItaly Torino1–00–31–3
1993–94UEFA Cup1RBelgium KV Mechelen0–11–1
(aet)1–2
1994–95UEFA Cup Winners' CupQRCzech Republic Viktoria Žižkov3–30–13–4
2000–01UEFA CupQRFaroe Islands GÍ2–12–04–1
1RCzech Republic Slovan Liberec2–21–23–4
2016–17UEFA Champions League2QNorway Rosenborg3–21–34–5
2017–18UEFA Europa League1QKosovo Prishtina5–01–06–0
2QLithuania Trakai2–11–2
(3–5 p)3–3
2019–20UEFA Europa League1QIreland St Patrick's Athletic2–12–04–1
2QLatvia Liepāja2–01–03–0
3QIsrael Hapoel Be'er Sheva1–11–32–4

Records

  • Most played games (Allsvenskan or Division I): : Sweden Christoffer Nyman, 322 games (2011–2016, 2019-)
  • Most league goals (Allsvenskan or Division I): : Sweden Henry "Putte" Källgren, 126 goals (1951–60)
  • Most spectators: : 32 234 against Malmö FF, 7 June 1956
  • Biggest victory (Allsvenskan or Division I): : 11–1 against Djurgårdens IF, 14 October 1945.
  • Biggest defeat (Allsvenskan or Division I): : 0 – 11 against Örgryte IS, 6 April 1928 and Helsingborgs IF, 22 September 1929

Managerial history

List of IFK Norrköping managers (1905–present)

  • Scotland Alexander "Sandy" Tait (1905)
  • England Fred Spiksley (1910)
  • England Herbert Butterworth (1921–22)
  • Hungary Imre Schlosser (1923–24)
  • Sweden Rudolf Haglund (1925–35)
  • Sweden Sölve Flisberg (1936)
  • Sweden Vilgot Lindberg (1936–37)
  • Sweden Torsten Johansson (1937–38)
  • Sweden Bengt Flisberg (1938–41)
  • Sweden Rudolf Haglund (1941)
  • Hungary Lajos Czeizler (1942–48)
  • England Eric Keen (1949)
  • Austria Karl Adamek (1950–53)
  • Sweden Torsten Lindberg (1954)
  • Austria Karl Adamek (1955–57)
  • Hungary Vilmos Varszegi (1957–62)
  • Sweden Georg Ericson (1958–66)
  • Sweden Gunnar Nordahl (1967–70)
  • Sweden Gösta Löfgren (1971–72)
  • Sweden Örjan Martinsson (1973–74)
  • Sweden Bengt Gustavsson (1975–78)
  • Sweden Gunnar Nordahl (1979–80)
  • Sweden Bo Axberg (1981–82)
  • Sweden Lars-Göran Qwist (1983–84)
  • Sweden Kent Karlsson (1985–89)
  • Sweden Jörgen Augustsson (1990)
  • Sweden Sanny Åslund (1991–92)
  • Sweden Sören Cratz (1993–94)
  • Sweden Kent Karlsson (1995)
  • Sweden Tomas Nordahl (1995)
  • England Colin Toal (1996–97)
  • Sweden Olle Nordin (1997–00)
  • Sweden Tor-Arne Fredheim (2001)
  • Sweden Bengt-Arne Strömberg (2002)
  • Sweden Håkan Ericson (2002–03)
  • Sweden Stefan Hellberg (2004–05)
  • Sweden Mats Jingblad (2005–08)
  • Sweden Sören Cratz (2007–08)
  • Sweden Göran Bergort (2009–10)
  • Sweden Janne Andersson (1 January 2011 – 23 June 2016)
  • Sweden Jens Gustafsson (24 June 2016 – 19 December 2020)
  • Sweden Rikard Norling (23 December 2020 – 11 July 2022)
  • Sweden Anes Mravac (11 July 2022 – 8 August 2022) Caretaker
  • Sweden Vedran Vucicevic (11 July 2022 – 8 August 2022) Caretaker
  • Denmark Glen Riddersholm (8 August 2022 – 13 November 2023)
  • Sweden Andreas Alm (29 December 2023 – 9 December 2024)
  • Sweden Martin Falk (21 December 2024 – 16 December 2025)
  • Sweden Eldar Abdulic (16 December 2025 – present)

Affiliate clubs

  • Sweden IF Sylvia
  • Sweden Husqvarna FF

Other sections

IFK Norrköping also maintains departments for women's football, set up in 2009, orienteering, bowling and bandy. The bandy team played in Sweden's highest division in 1937.

Part of the club was also an ice hockey team which played in the seasons 1950/51 and 1955/56 in the highest Swedish division. The ice hockey teams of IFK and local rivals IK Sleipner were joined in 1967 to form IF IFK/IKS, known from 1973 forward as IK Vita Hästen ("Ice Hockey Club White Horse") which evolved into today's HC Vita Hästen.

Footnotes

References

References

  1. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Östergötlands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se".
  2. "Svenska mästare 1896–1925, 1931–". svenskfotboll.se.
  3. (31 October 2015). ""När jag såg pappa så brast det för mig"".
  4. "IFK Norrköpings trupp". IFK Norrköping.
  5. [https://ifknorrkoping.se/vara-lag/herrlaget/ Herrlaget] 9 January 2025
  6. [https://ifknorrkoping.se/valkommen-till-ifk-henrik-jurelius/ Välkommen till IFK, Henrik Jurelius] 18 November 2025
  7. "Svenska mästare 1896–1925, 1931–". The Swedish Football Association.
  8. [http://www.gruvstugan.com/tranare.htm IFK Norrköping tränare 1921–2003]. {{Webarchive. link. (3 March 2016 . gruvstugan.com. 6 January 2018.)
  9. [http://tomasjunglander.se/fotboll/ifk-norrkoping/ifk-norrkopings-historia-tranarelagledare/ IFK Norrköpings historia – Tränare/Lagledare] {{Webarchive. link. (7 January 2018 . tomasjunglander.se. 7 January 2018.)
  10. [http://tomasjunglander.se/fotboll/ifk-norrkoping/ifk-norrkopings-historia-lagbilder-1903-1924/ifk-norrkoping-lagbild-1905/ IFK Norrköpings historia – lagbild 1905] {{Webarchive. link. (7 January 2018 . tomasjunglander.se. 7 January 2018.)
  11. [https://www.svenskafans.com/fotboll/samarbetet-med-sylvia--498896.aspx Samarbetet med Sylvia] {{Webarchive. link. (5 January 2018 ‚ svenskafans.com, 21 January 2014)
  12. [http://fotbolltransfers.com/site/news/82763 Officiellt: Husqvarna FF lånar Julius Lindgren] {{Webarchive. link. (5 January 2018 ‚ svenskafans.com, 24 August 2017)
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