IFK Stockholm

IFK Stockholm

Full name	Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Stockholm
Founded	1895
Ground	Vårbergs IP, Stockholm
Capacity	1000
Chairman	Klas-Göran Hoffman
Manager	Hakan Bezgin
League	Division 4 Stockholm Södra
2016	Division 3 Östra Svealand, 12th (Relegated)
Home colours Away colours

IFK Stockholm is multi-sports club in Stockholm, Sweden. It is most known for its football team.

Background

The club was formed 1 February 1895 as IF Kamraterna (IFK) by two young students, Louis Zettersten and Pehr Ehnemark, and was the first IFK club. The club soon changed name to IFK Stockholm to differentiate it from the other IFK clubs that were formed in various towns in Sweden.

The club had minor successes in the early days of Swedish football, but from 2008 to 2010, resided in Division 5, part of the regional leagues of the Swedish football league system. The club is affiliated to the Stockholms Fotbollförbund.^[1]

The club also sponsors bowling and swimming. It formerly also sponsored ice hockey and played its home games at the Hovet, formerly known as Johanneshovs Isstadion. It also played bandy, a sport in which it was the runner-up for the Swedish Championship in 1910. The men's bandy team has played seven seasons in the Swedish top division.^[2]

Season to season

In their most successful period IFK Stockholm competed in the following divisions:

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 1924–25 Tier 2 Division 2 Östsvenska 9th 1925–26 Tier 2 Division 2 Östsvenska 5th 1926–27 Tier 2 Division 2 Östsvenska 5th 1927–28 Tier 2 Division 2 Östsvenska 4th 1928–29 Tier 2 Division 2 Norra 9th Relegated 1929–30 Tier 3 Division 3 Östsvenska 4th 1930–31 Tier 3 Division 3 Östsvenska 6th 1931–32 Tier 3 Division 3 Östsvenska 3rd Promoted 1932–33 Tier 3 Division 3 Östsvenska 7th 1933–34 Tier 3 Division 3 Östsvenska 10th Relegated [3] [4]

In recent seasons IFK Stockholm have competed in the following divisions:

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 1993 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 8th 1994 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 12th Relegated 1995 Tier 4 Division 3 Östra Svealand 9th Relegation Playoffs 1996 Tier 4 Division 3 Östra Svealand 8th 1997 Tier 4 Division 3 Östra Svealand 4th 1998 Tier 4 Division 3 Östra Svealand 7th 1999 Tier 4 Division 3 Östra Svealand 10th Relegated 2000 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Södra 4th 2001 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Mellersta 10th 2002 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Mellersta 5th 2003 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Mellersta 3rd 2004 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Mellersta 9th 2005 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Mellersta 11th 2006* Tier 6 Division 4 Stockholm Mellersta 9th 2007 Tier 6 Division 4 Stockholm Mellersta 10th Relegated 2008 Tier 7 Division 5 Stockholm Södra 6th 2009 Tier 7 Division 5 Stockholm Södra 9th 2010 Tier 7 Division 5 Stockholm Södra 1st Promoted 2011 Tier 6 Division 4 Stockholm Södra 5th 2012 Tier 6 Division 4 Stockholm Södra 2nd Promotion Playoffs – Promoted 2013 Tier 5 Division 3 Södra Svealand 6th 2014 Tier 5 Division 3 Södra Svealand 2nd Promotion Playoffs – Promoted 2015 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 12th Relegation Playoffs – Relegated 2016 Tier 5 Division 3 Östra Svealand 12th Relegated * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [5] [6] [7]

Attendances

In recent seasons IFK Stockholm have had the following average attendances:

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level 2013 96 Div 3 Södra Svealand Tier 5 2014 90 Div 3 Södra Svealand Tier 5 2015 113 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4 2016 57 Div 3 Östra Svealand Tier 5 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [8]

Achievements

• Svenska Mästerskapet:
  • Runners-up (1): 1905
• Corinthian Bowl:
  • Runners-up (2): 1906, 1907
• Svenska Fotbollspokalen:
  • Runners-up (2): 1903 II
• Wicanderska Välgörenhetsskölden:
  • Winners (4): 1905, 1906, 1911, 1912
• Kamratmästerskapen:
  • Winners (5): 1903, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908
  • Runners-up (6): 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1919, 1922

Footnotes

1. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Stockholms Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2011-01-13.
2. "Maratontabell" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Bandy Association. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
3. "GAIS – Lagfacta – IFK Stockholm". Retrieved 2011-09-17.
4. "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning". Retrieved 2011-09-17.
5. "GAIS – Lagfacta – IFK Stockholm". Retrieved 2011-09-17.
6. "IFK Stockholm – Fotboll – everysport.com". Retrieved 2011-09-17.
7. "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning". Retrieved 2011-09-17.
8. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-11-16.

External links

• IFK Stockholm – official site
• IFK Stockholm – football department