Jönköpings Södra IF

Jönköpings Södra IF

Full name	Jönköpings Södra Idrottsförening
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)
Home colours Away colours

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

A chart showing the progress of Jönköpings Södra through the swedish football league system. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.

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]

J-Södra playing at home against IK Sirius in the 2015 Superettan.

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.

No. Position Player 2 DF Jonathan Tamimi 3 DF Tom Siwe 5 MF Fredric Fendrich (vice captain) 7 MF Dženis Kozica 8 DF Joakim Karlsson 9 FW Tommy Thelin (captain) 10 MF Moses Ogbu 11 MF Simon Dimitrijević 12 DF Jesper Svensson 14 DF Tobias Nilsson 15 MF Stian Aasmundsen

No. Position Player 16 DF Viktor Rönneklev 17 MF Daryl Smylie 18 MF Liridon Silka 20 FW Markus Tegebäck 22 FW Paweł Cibicki (on loan from Malmö FF) 23 GK Anton Cajtoft 24 MF Robert Gojani 25 GK Damir Mehić 26 DF André Calisir 28 DF Álex Portillo

Current youth players with first-team experience

As of 8 January 2016^{[upper-alpha 1]}

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 Bence Verebélyi 27 MF Daniel Koutcho[upper-alpha 2] 48 MF Alexander Dimitrijević

No. Position Player 51 MF Adam Lindström Leister 52 MF Midhad Juković[upper-alpha 2]

Out on loan

As of 15 February 2016

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

No. Position Player 4 DF Max Watson (at Norrby IF until 8 January 2017)

No. Position Player 21 MF Sebastian Holmqvist (at Nest-Sotra until 8 January 2017)

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2015–16.

Managers

^[12]

Gunnar Gren (1941–42) Birger Möller (1942–43) Sölve Flisberg (1944) Eigil Nielsen (1945) Otto Cinadler (1945) Knut Holmgren (1946–48) Gerhard Thorsell (1949–51) Josef Stroh (1951–53) Gerhard Thorsell (1953–59) Olle Eriksson (1960) Vilém Lugr (1961–62) Per-Olof Johansson (1963–64) Josef Stroh (1965) Per-Olof Johansson (1966–67) Stig Sundqvist (1968–71) Jan Karlsson (1972) Stig Sundqvist (1973) Ingvar Svensson (1974–76) Max Möller (1977) Bo Axberg (1978–80) Weine Wallinder (1981) Sonny Nordqvist (1981–83)

Roger Johansson (1984–85) Sven Andersson (1986) Max Möller (1987–88) Bo Axberg (1989–91) Sonny Nordqvist (1992) Bo Andersson (1992–93) Ola Henriksson (1993–94) Jan Karlsson (1995) Jörgen Augustsson (1996) Sonny Nordqvist (1997) Giles Stille (1998–99) Per-Åke Knutsson (2000–01) Peter Churchill (2002) Thomas Ek (2002) Olle Nordin (2003–2007) Thomas Ek (2008) Olle Nordin (2008–2009) Andreas Jankevics (2010) Hans Lindbom (2010–11) Mats Gren (2012–13) Jimmy Thelin (2014–)

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 1999 Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvästra Götaland 1st Promoted 2000 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 7th 2001 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 6th 2002 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 5th 2003 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 1st Promotion Playoffs 2004 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 3rd 2005 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Götaland 1st Promotion Playoffs – Promoted 2006* Tier 2 Superettan 10th 2007 Tier 2 Superettan 13th 2008 Tier 2 Superettan 14th Relegation Playoffs 2009 Tier 2 Superettan 10th 2010 Tier 2 Superettan 13th 2011 Tier 2 Superettan 12th 2012 Tier 2 Superettan 7th 2013 Tier 2 Superettan 11th 2014 Tier 2 Superettan 4th 2015 Tier 2 Superettan 1st Promoted * 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:

Current stadium Stadsparksvallen in 2008. Jönköping municipality announced in October 2015 that they are going to build a new stadium that will become the future home of Jönköpings Södra.^[4]

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level 2004 1,239 Div 2 Östra Götaland Tier 3 2005 1,400 Div 2 Mellersta Götaland Tier 3 2006 2,685 Superettan Tier 2 2007 2,357 Superettan Tier 2 2008 1,830 Superettan Tier 2 2009 2,471 Superettan Tier 2 2010 2,271 Superettan Tier 2 2011 2,347 Superettan Tier 2 2012 2,421 Superettan Tier 2 2013 1,928 Superettan Tier 2 2014 2,424 Superettan Tier 2 2015 3,085 Superettan Tier 2 * 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

1. Current youth players who at least have sat on the bench in a competitive match.
2. Player with an apprenticeship contract.

References

1. Patrik Sjöblom (17 October 2015). "J-Södra klart för allsvenskan" (in Swedish). Jönköpings-Posten. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
2. "Svenska mästare i fotboll 1931–2005 samt seriesegrare i Allsvenskan 1925–1930" (PDF) (in Swedish). Bolletinen. 2005. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
3. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Smålands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
4. "Jönköping Södra får ny arena" (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
5. "Allt började i en liten källarlokal i kvarteret Liljan". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
6. "1944/45: Allsvenskt avancemang och oslagbara rekord". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
7. "1949/50: Säsongen då det stora silvret bärgades". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
8. "1996: Botten är nådd". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
9. "Olle Nordin blev det stora lyftet". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
10. "Valde sin egen tränare – då lyfte hela J-Södra". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
11. "A-laget" (in Swedish). Jönköpings Södra IF. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
12. "J-Södras tränare". Retrieved 5 November 2015.
13. "GAIS – Lagfacta – Jönköpings Södra IF". Retrieved 2010-09-09.
14. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-11-19.

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