IK Sleipner

Full name	Idrottsklubben Sleipner
Nickname(s)	Randigt
Founded	1903
Ground	Nya Parken, Norrköping Sweden
Capacity	17,234
Chairman	Anders Nobrant
Manager	Wisam Al-Ezzi
Coach	Robert Axelsson
League	Division 2 Södra Svealand
2022	Division 2 Södra Svealand, 7th
Home colours Away colours

Idrottsklubben Sleipner is a sports club in Norrköping, Sweden; the main sports are football and ten-pin bowling. It was founded in 1903, and named after the deity Odin's horse Sleipnir from Norse mythology. Currently, the club's senior men's team plays football in Division 2. They are mostly known for winning Allsvenskan in 1938, but have since been overshadowed by local rivals IFK Norrköping both locally and nationally. The rivalry in beginning 1900 up until 1950 was often fierce as IK Sleipner was the workingclass team whilst IFK Norrköping came from the academical class. The club is affiliated to the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund.^[1] In the early 20th Century, the club also played bandy.^[2]

Achievements

• Swedish Champions^[A]
  • Winners (1): 1937–38

League

• Allsvenskan:
  • Winners (1): 1937–38
  • Runners-up (1): 1936–37
• Division 2 Östra:
  • Winners (1): 1933-34
  • Runners-up (1): 1943-44
• Division 3 Östra:
  • Winners (1): 1952-53
  • Runners-up (2): 1950-51, 1951–52
• Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland:
  • Winners (4): 1961, 1967, 1978, 2021
• Division 4 Östergötland Östra:
  • Winners (1): 1965

Cups

• Svenska Cupen:
  • Runners-up (1): 1941
• Svenska Mästerskapet:
  • Runners-up (2): 1920, 1921

Season to season

Current squad

As of 26 January 2023^[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SWE Edvard Setterberg 3 DF  SWE Alexander Contreras Dinamarca 4 DF  SWE Benjamin Omerovic 5 DF  SWE Jonathan Larsson 6 DF  SWE Gabriel Lahdo 16 DF  SWE Hadar Sundberg 17 DF  SWE Nils Akai Rosell 20 DF  SWE Johan Andersson 22 DF  SWE Goran Hadziahmetovic 2 MF  SWE Ezquiel Lucas 8 MF  SWE Srdjan Sotra 10 MF  SWE Buster Blasse 12 MF  SWE Ahmed Al-Ezzi 18 MF  SWE Khaled Qasem 21 MF  SWE Daniel Liljeqvist 24 MF  SWE Maximilian Malm 34 MF  SWE Arber Abazi 7 FW  SWE Casper Frisk 9 FW  SWE Albert Johansson 11 FW  SWE Jonathan Gren 80 FW  SWE Eldin Ibrahimbegovic |} Attendances[edit] In recent seasons IK Sleipner have had the following average attendances: Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level 2005 435 Div 2 Östra Svealand Tier 3 2006 243 Div 2 Mellersta Götaland Tier 4 2007 302 Div 2 Mellersta Götaland Tier 4 2008 377 Div 2 Östra Götaland Tier 4 2009 680 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2010 358 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2011 332 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2012 225 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2013 193 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4 2014 221 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4 2015 243 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4 2016 172 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 2017 201 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4 2018 ? Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4 2019 ? Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5 2020 ? Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5 2021 ? Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [5] Footnotes[edit] A. ^ The title of "Swedish Champions" has been awarded to the winner of four different competitions over the years. Between 1896 and 1925 the title was awarded to the winner of Svenska Mästerskapet, a stand-alone cup tournament. No club were given the title between 1926 and 1930 even though the first-tier league Allsvenskan was played. In 1931 the title was reinstated and awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan. Between 1982 and 1990 a play-off in cup format was held at the end of the league season to decide the champions. After the play-off format in 1991 and 1992 the title was decided by the winner of Mästerskapsserien, an additional league after the end of Allsvenskan. Since the 1993 season the title has once again been awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan.[6] References[edit] ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Östergötlands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2011-01-12. ^ Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), pp. 489f (in Swedish) ^ "GAIS – Lagfacta – IK Sleipner". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 7 September 2010. ^ "IK Sleipners trupp" (in Swedish). IK Sleipner. Retrieved 21 September 2015. ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-12-09. ^ "Svenska mästare 1896–1925, 1931–". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-11-25. External links[edit] Wikimedia Commons has media related to IK Sleipner. IK Sleipner (in Swedish) SvenskFotboll.se – IK Sleipner