IFK Norrköping

IFK Norrköping
Full name	Idrottsföreningen; Kamraterna Norrköping
Nickname(s)	Peking (Beijing); Snoka
Founded	1897
Ground	Idrottsparken,; Norrköping; (Capacity: 19,414)
Chairman	Peter Hunt
Coach	Göran Bergort
League	Superettan
2008	Allsvenskan, 16th (relegated)
Home colours	Away colours

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

IFK Norrköping is a Swedish football club based in Norrköping. The club, formed on 29 May 1897, is currently playing in the second tier of Swedish football, Superettan. The most successful period of the club was in the 1940s under the Hungarian coach Lajos Czeizler (1942-1948).

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. The team of 1989 was well balanced with players such as keeper Lasse Eriksson, Jan Hellström, Sulo Vaattovaara, Igor Ponomarev and youngsters including 17 year old Johnny Rödlund from Manchester United.

2007 IFK Norrköping was promoted to Allsvenskan after 5 long years in the second highest league Superettan. Norrköping's colours are blue and white and reflect their heritage as an IFK club.

1 Current squad
- 1.1 Retired numbers
2 Winners of Guldbollen (eng. the Golden Ball)
3 Other noted players
4 League top scorers
- 4.1 Allsvenskan (Division I 1924/1925-1986)
- 4.2 Superettan (Division II 1924/25-1986 and Division I 1986-2000)
5 Achievements
6 IFK in the European cups
7 Records
8 External links

[edit] Current squad

As of 21 June 2009:

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	David Nilsson
2	DF	Anders Whass
3	MF	Erik Jansson
4	DF	Djordje Mrdjanin
5	DF	Mikael Roth
7	MF	Mikael Blomberg
8	DF	Kristoffer Arvhage
9	MF	Petru Racu
10	MF	Viktor Rönneklev
11	FW	Russell Mwafulirwa
13	MF	Eirik Dybendal
14	MF	Daniel Bamberg

No.	Position	Player
15	DF	Armando Ibraković
16	MF	Magnus Samuelsson
17	DF	Gunnar Þor Gunnarsson
19	FW	Imad Khalili
20	MF	Christopher Telo
21	DF	Oliver Lönn
22	MF	Armin Tanković
23	MF	Riki Cakic
24	FW	Sebastian Francisco
25	MF	Marcin Burkhardt
26	FW	Andreas Haglund
27	GK	Nuredin Bakiu
40	GK	Ivo Vazgec

[edit] Retired numbers

Main article: Retired numbers in football

18 – Stefán Þórðarson, striker, 2004–2007

[edit] Winners of Guldbollen (eng. the Golden Ball)

[edit] Other noted players

[edit] League top scorers

[edit] Allsvenskan (Division I 1924/1925-1986)

Gunnar Nordahl 1944/1945 (27 goals), 1945/1946 (25 goals) och 1947/1948 (18 goals)
Harry Bild 1956/1957 (19 goals)
Henry "Putte" Källgren 1957/1958 (27 goals) (shared with Bertil Johansson, IFK Göteborg)
Ove Kindvall 1966 (20 goals)
Jan Hellström 1989 (16 goals)
Niclas Kindvall 1994 (23 goals)

[edit] Superettan (Division II 1924/25-1986 and Division I 1986-2000)

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

[edit] 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

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

Mästerskapsserien:
- Runners-up (2): 1991, 1992

Allsvenskan play-off:
- Winners (1): 1989
- Runners-up (2): 1984, 1990

Svenska Cupen:
- Winners (6): 1943, 1945, 1968–69, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94
- Runners-up (4): 1944, 1953, 1967, 1971–72

[edit] IFK in the European cups

Season	Competition	Round	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, 5-1	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