IK Sleipner

IK Sleipner

Full name	Idrottsklubben Sleipner
Founded	1903
Ground	Nya Parken, Norrköping Sweden
Capacity	16 800
Chairman	Birger Granberg
Coach	Josef Massi
League	Division 1 Norra
2015	Division 2 Södra Svealand, 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

Idrottsklubben Sleipner is a sports club in Norrköping, Sweden; the main sports are football and ten-pin bowling. It was founded in 1903, and named after Odin's horse Sleipnir. Currently, the club's senior men's team plays football in Division 2. They are mostly known for winning Allsvenskan in 1938, but have since been overshadowed by local rivals IFK Norrköping both locally and nationally. The club is affiliated to the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund.^[1]

Achievements

Norrköpings Idrottspark.

IK Sleipner, Swedish champion in football in 1938, standing from left: Hilding Sköld, Arne Linderholm, Tore Keller (captain), Harry Andersson, Gustaf Wetterström and Kurt Hjelm; kneeling Sven Unger, Roland Hjelm, Allan Johansson, Karl Johansson and Bernt Öhrström.

• Swedish Champions^[A]
  • Winners (1): 1937–38

League

• Allsvenskan:
  • Winners (1): 1937–38
  • Runners-up (1): 1936–37

Cups

• Svenska Cupen:
  • Runners-up (1): 1941
• Svenska Mästerskapet:
  • Runners-up (2): 1920, 1921

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 1993 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 1st Promoted 1994 Tier 2 Division 1 Södra 13th Relegated 1995 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 7th 1996 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 4th 1997 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 12th Relegated 1998 Tier 4 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland 1st Promoted 1999 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 6th 2000 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 6th 2001 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Svealand 5th 2002 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Svealand 1st 2003 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 6th 2004 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 4th 2005 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 5th Promotion Playoffs 2006 Tier 4 Division 2 Mellersta Götaland 2nd 2007 Tier 4 Division 2 Mellersta Götaland 2nd 2008 Tier 4 Division 2 Östra Götaland 1st Promoted 2009 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 3rd 2010 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 4th 2011 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 7th 2012 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 12th Relegated 2013 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 3rd 2014 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 2nd 2015 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 1st Promoted * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [2]

Current squad

As of 21 September 2015 ^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Molgan Vester 2 DF Gorgis Isa 3 MF Vinicius Gil 4 DF Calle Appelquist 5 DF Alija Smailagic 6 DF Mikael Mattsson 7 MF Semir Ajanic 8 MF Viktor Adsell-Sjöberg 9 FW Peter Skoog 11 FW Andreas Bäckmark 12 DF Henrik Nilsson 13 DF Linus Hellman 14 DF Hampus Boiertz 15 MF Philip Özer

No. Position Player 16 MF Alexander Radesjö 17 FW Pontus Larsson 18 MF Rasmus Bengtsson 19 FW Andreas Lind 20 MF Simon Storm 21 FW Daniel Källsholm 22 FW Niklas Brodacki 23 DF Eric Mattsson Vahlkvist 24 MF Laban Blosse 25 MF Michael Schepler 26 MF Martin Andersson 27 FW Martin Silva 77 MF Johan Eklind 33 GK Jimmy Karlsson

Attendances

In recent seasons IK Sleipner have had the following average attendances:

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level 2005 435 Div 2 Östra Svealand Tier 3 2006 243 Div 2 Mellersta Götaland Tier 4 2007 302 Div 2 Mellersta Götaland Tier 4 2008 377 Div 2 Östra Götaland Tier 4 2009 680 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2010 358 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2011 332 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2012 225 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2013 193 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4 2014 221 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4 2015 243 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [4]

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.^[5]

References

1. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Östergötlands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2011-01-12.
2. "GAIS – Lagfacta – IK Sleipner". Retrieved 07.09.2010. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
3. "IK Sleipners trupp" (in Swedish). IK Sleipner. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
4. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-12-09.
5. "Svenska mästare 1896–1925, 1931–". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-11-25.

External links

• IK Sleipner (in Swedish)
• SvenskFotboll.se – IK Sleipner