IF Sylvia

IF Sylvia was a Swedish football club based in Norrköping. The club formed on 19 May 1922, and played as high as the second highest division in Swedish football, Superettan, in 2000–2003 and 2007. The club was affiliated to the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund.

In the early years, the club was also playing bandy and other sports.

In March 2013, IF Sylvia and IFK Norrköping started a cooperation where Sylvia would act as a nursery for youth players from IFK Norrköping. Sylvia would also be able to loan players from IFK Norrköping at short notice.Samarbetet med Sylvia‚ svenskafans.com, 21 January 2014

At an annual meeting in October 2025, it was decided that the club should seek a merger with Lindö FF, which in practice meant that Sylvia would be dissolved as its own club. In February 2026, the Swedish Football Association decided to transfer Sylvia's place in Division 2 to Lindö FF.

Achievements Division 1 Södra: Winners (1): 2006 Runners-up (1): 2011 Division 2 Södra Svealand: Winners (1): 2018 Division 2 Västra Svealand: Runners-up (2): 1994, 1997 Division 3 Östra Svealand: Winners (1): 1993

Season to season

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|style="background:#77DD77;"|5th|style="background:#77DD77;"| |- |style="background:#77DD77;"|1997 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Tier 3 |style="background:#77DD77;"|Division 2|style="background:#77DD77;"|Västra Svealand |style="background:#77DD77;"|2nd|style="background:#77DD77;"|Promotion Playoffs – Promoted |- |style="background:#87CEFA;"|1998 |style="background:#87CEFA;"|Tier 2 |style="background:#87CEFA;"|Division 1|style="background:#87CEFA;"|Södra |style="background:#87CEFA;"| 3rd|style="background:#87CEFA;"| |- |style="background:#87CEFA;"|1999 |style="background:#87CEFA;"|Tier 2 |style="background:#87CEFA;"|Division 1|style="background:#87CEFA;"|Norra |style="background:#87CEFA;"| 3rd|style="background:#87CEFA;"| |- |style="background:#87CEFA;"|2000 |style="background:#87CEFA;"|Tier 2 |style="background:#87CEFA;"| Superettan|style="background:#87CEFA;"| |style="background:#87CEFA;"| 9th|style="background:#87CEFA;"| |- |style="background:#87CEFA;"|2001 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Attendances

In recent seasons IF Sylvia have had the following average attendances:

SeasonAverage attendanceDivision / SectionLevel2005300 Div 2 Östra Svealand Tier 32006233 Div 1 Södra Tier 320071,357 Superettan Tier 22008221 Div 1 Norra Tier 32009241 Div 1 Södra Tier 32010305 Div 1 Södra Tier 32011430 Div 1 Södra Tier 32012254 Div 1 Södra Tier 32013218 Div 1 Södra Tier 32014154 Div 1 Södra Tier 32015163 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 42016186 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4201766 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 42018? Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.

Records Highest attendance, Idrottsparken: 11,114 vs. IFK Norrköping, 3 May 2007 (Final score, 1–2, in Superettan)

Current squad

Management Technical staffAs of 4 January 2018''Truppen‚ ifsylvia.se, 4 January 2018 NameRole Rickard JohanssonHead coach Daniel JernbergAssistant coach Kim VaattovaaraAssistant coach Håkan AnderssonPhysiotherapist

Footnotes

External links

IF Sylvia – Official site