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.

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 First-team squad

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 (27 goals), 1945–46 (25 goals) and 1947–48 (18 goals) Harry Bild 1956–57 (19 goals) Henry "Putte" Källgren 1957–58 (27 goals) (shared with Bertil Johansson, IFK Göteborg) Ove Kindvall 1966 (20 goals) Jan Hellström 1989 (16 goals) Niclas Kindvall 1994 (23 goals) Imad Khalili 2013 (15 goals) (eight goals scored for Helsingborgs IF) Emir Kujović 2015 (21 goals) Kalle Holmberg 2017 (14 goals) (shared with Magnus Eriksson, Djurgårdens IF) Christoffer Nyman 2020 (18 goals) Samuel Adegbenro 2021 (17 goals)

Superettan (Division II 1924/1925–1986 and Division I 1987–1999) Stefan Pettersson 1983 (17 goals) Bruno Santos 2005 (17 goals) Garðar Gunnlaugsson 2007 (18 goals)

Management Technical staff As of 12 December 2025Herrlaget 9 January 2025 NameRole Henrik JureliusSports directorVälkommen till IFK, Henrik Jurelius 18 November 2025 Eldar AbdulicHead coach Henric PekkalaAssistant coach Tomas VainioGoalkeeping coach Ari SkúlasonTransition coach Pálmar HreinssonFitness coach Jacob DahlAnalyst & scouting Peter CratzClub doctor Bengt JanzonClub doctor Nicolas Santi AguilarPhysiotherapist Kristoffer KarlssonPhysiotherapist Daniel EkwallMental coach Simon LarssonEquipment manager Tobias FalkCoordinator

Honours League

Swedish Champions Winners (13): 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1989, 2015 Allsvenskan: Winners (12): 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1960, 1962, 1963, 2015 Runners-up (10): 1952–53, 1957–58, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2018 Superettan: Winners (1): 2007 Runners-up (1): 2010 Mästerskapsserien: Runners-up (2): 1991, 1992

Cups Svenska Cupen: Winners (6): 1943, 1945, 1968–69, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94 Runners-up (5): 1944, 1953, 1967, 1971–72, 2016–17 Svenska Supercupen: Winners (1): 2015

IFK Norrköping in Europe Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate 1956–57 European Cup 1R Florentina 0–1 1–1 1–2 1957–58 1R Red Star Belgrade 2–2 1–2 3–4 1962–63 PR Partizani Tirana 2–0 1–1 3–1 1R Benfica 1–1 1–5 2–6 1963–64 PR Standard Liége 2–0 0–1 2–1 1R Milan 1–1 2–5 3–6 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Crusaders 4–1 2–2 6–3 2R Lyn 3–2 0–2 3–4 1969–70 1R Sliema Wanderers 5–1 0–1 5–2 2R Schalke 04 0–0 0–1 0–1 1972–73 UEFA Cup 1R UTA Arad 2–0 2–1 4–1 2R Inter Milan 0–2 2–2 2–4 1978–79 1R Hibernian 0–0 2–3 2–3 1982–83 1R Southampton 0–0 2–2 2–2 (a) 2R Roma 1–0 1–1 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Sampdoria 2–1 0–2 2–3 1990–91 UEFA Cup 1R 1. FC Köln 0–0 1–3 1–3 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Jeunesse Esch 4–0 2–1 6–1 2R Monaco 1–2 0–1 1–3 1992–93 UEFA Cup 1R Torino 1–0 0–3 1–3 1993–94 1R KV Mechelen 0–1 1–1 (aet) 1–2 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup QR Viktoria Žižkov 3–3 0–1 3–4 2000–01 UEFA Cup QR GÍ 2–1 2–0 4–1 1R Slovan Liberec 2–2 1–2 3–4 2016–17 UEFA Champions League 2Q Rosenborg 3–2 1–3 4–5 2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1Q Prishtina 5–0 1–0 6–0 2Q Trakai 2–1 1–2 (3–5 p) 3–3 2019–20 1Q St Patrick's Athletic 2–1 2–0 4–1 2Q Liepāja 2–0 1–0 3–0 3Q Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1–1 1–3 2–4

Records Most played games (Allsvenskan or Division I): Christoffer Nyman, 322 games (2011–2016, 2019-) Most league goals (Allsvenskan or Division I): Henry "Putte" Källgren, 126 goals (1951–60) Most spectators: 32 234 against Malmö FF, 7 June 1956 Biggest victory (Allsvenskan or Division I): 11–1 against Djurgårdens IF, 14 October 1945. Biggest defeat (Allsvenskan or Division I): 0 – 11 against Örgryte IS, 6 April 1928 and Helsingborgs IF, 22 September 1929

Managerial history List of IFK Norrköping managers (1905–present)IFK Norrköping tränare 1921–2003. . gruvstugan.com. 6 January 2018.IFK Norrköpings historia – Tränare/Lagledare . tomasjunglander.se. 7 January 2018.IFK Norrköpings historia – lagbild 1905 . tomasjunglander.se. 7 January 2018.

Alexander "Sandy" Tait (1905) Fred Spiksley (1910) Herbert Butterworth (1921–22) Imre Schlosser (1923–24) Rudolf Haglund (1925–35) Sölve Flisberg (1936) Vilgot Lindberg (1936–37) Torsten Johansson (1937–38) Bengt Flisberg (1938–41) Rudolf Haglund (1941) Lajos Czeizler (1942–48) Eric Keen (1949) Karl Adamek (1950–53) Torsten Lindberg (1954) Karl Adamek (1955–57) Vilmos Varszegi (1957–62) Georg Ericson (1958–66) Gunnar Nordahl (1967–70) Gösta Löfgren (1971–72) Örjan Martinsson (1973–74) Bengt Gustavsson (1975–78) Gunnar Nordahl (1979–80) Bo Axberg (1981–82) Lars-Göran Qwist (1983–84) Kent Karlsson (1985–89) Jörgen Augustsson (1990) Sanny Åslund (1991–92) Sören Cratz (1993–94) Kent Karlsson (1995) Tomas Nordahl (1995) Colin Toal (1996–97) Olle Nordin (1997–00) Tor-Arne Fredheim (2001) Bengt-Arne Strömberg (2002) Håkan Ericson (2002–03) Stefan Hellberg (2004–05) Mats Jingblad (2005–08) Sören Cratz (2007–08) Göran Bergort (2009–10) Janne Andersson (1 January 2011 – 23 June 2016) Jens Gustafsson (24 June 2016 – 19 December 2020) Rikard Norling (23 December 2020 – 11 July 2022) Anes Mravac (11 July 2022 – 8 August 2022) Caretaker Vedran Vucicevic (11 July 2022 – 8 August 2022) Caretaker Glen Riddersholm (8 August 2022 – 13 November 2023) Andreas Alm (29 December 2023 – 9 December 2024) Martin Falk (21 December 2024 – 16 December 2025) Eldar Abdulic (16 December 2025 – present)

Affiliate clubs IF SylviaSamarbetet med Sylvia ‚ svenskafans.com, 21 January 2014 Husqvarna FFOfficiellt: Husqvarna FF lånar Julius Lindgren ‚ svenskafans.com, 24 August 2017 Western United FC

Other sections IFK 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 ("Ice Hockey Club White Horse") which evolved into today's HC Vita Hästen.

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References

External links

IFK Norrköping – official site Peking Fanz – official supporter club site