IFK Norrköping
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.
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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
Retired numbers
- 12 – Fans of the club
Winners of Guldbollen
- 1947: Gunnar Nordahl
- 1949: Knut Nordahl
- 1953: Bengt "Julle" Gustavsson
- 1957: Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson
- 1960: Torbjörn Jonsson
- 1961: Bengt "Zamora" Nyholm
- 1963: Harry Bild
- 1966: Ove Kindvall
- 1968: Björn Nordqvist
- 1990: Tomas Brolin
- 1992: Jan Eriksson
League top scorers
Allsvenskan
- Gunnar Nordahl 1944–45, 1945–46 and 1947–48
- Harry Bild 1956–57
- Henry "Putte" Källgren 1957–58
- Ove Kindvall 1966
- Jan Hellström 1989
- Niclas Kindvall 1994
- Imad Khalili 2013
- Emir Kujović 2015
- Kalle Holmberg 2017
- Christoffer Nyman 2020
- Samuel Adegbenro 2021
Superettan (Division II 1924/1925–1986 and Division I 1987–1999)
- Stefan Pettersson 1983
- Bruno Santos 2005
- Garðar Gunnlaugsson 2007
Management
Technical staff
As of 12 December 2025HonoursLeagueSwedish Champions
CupsSvenska Cupen:
Records
Managerial historyList of IFK Norrköping managers
Affiliate clubsOther sectionsIFK 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 which evolved into today's HC Vita Hästen. |