IFK Stockholm is a 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.
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.
Season to season
In their most successful period IFK Stockholm competed in the following divisions:
SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1924–25Tier 2Division 2Östsvenska 9th1925–26Tier 2Division 2Östsvenska 5th1926–27Tier 2Division 2Östsvenska 5th1927–28Tier 2Division 2Östsvenska 4th 1928–29Tier 2Division 2Norra 9thRelegated1929–30Tier 3Division 3Östsvenska4th1930–31Tier 3Division 3Östsvenska6th1931–32Tier 3Division 3Östsvenska3rdPromoted1932–33Tier 3Division 3Östsvenska7th1933–34Tier 3Division 3Östsvenska10thRelegated1934–35Tier 4 Division 4??1935–36Tier 4 Division 4??1936–37Tier 4 Division 4??1937–38Tier 4 Division 4??1938–39Tier 4 Division 4??1939–40Tier 4 Division 4??1940–41Tier 4 Division 4??1941–42Tier 4 Division 4??1942–43Tier 4 Division 4??1943–44Tier 4 Division 4??1944–45Tier 4 Division 4??1945–46Tier 4 Division 4??1946–47Tier 4 Division 4??1947–48Tier 4 Division 4??1948–49Tier 4 Division 4??1949–50Tier 4 Division 4??1950–51Tier 4 Division 4??1951-52Tier 4 Division 4??1952-53Tier 4 Division 4?1stPromoted1953–54Tier 3Division 3Östra Svealand4th1954–55Tier 3Division 3Östra Svealand1stPromoted1955–56Tier 2Division 2Svealand4th1956–57Tier 2Division 2Svealand3rd1957–58Tier 2Division 2Svealand7th1959Tier 2Division 2Svealand5th1960Tier 2Division 2Svealand6th1961Tier 2Division 2Svealand2nd1962Tier 2Division 2Svealand6th1963Tier 2Division 2Svealand5th1964Tier 2Division 2Svealand5th1965Tier 2Division 2Svealand2nd1966Tier 2Division 2Svealand2nd1967Tier 2Division 2Svealand8th1968Tier 2Division 2Svealand9th1969Tier 2Division 2Svealand6th1970Tier 2Division 2Svealand4th1971Tier 2Division 2Svealand10thRelegated1972Tier 3Division 3Östra Svealand1stPromotion Playoffs - Not Promoted1973Tier 3Division 3Östra Svealand1stPromotion Playoffs - Not Promoted1974Tier 3Division 3Östra Svealand12thRelegated1975Tier 4 Division 4Stockholm Norra12thRelegated
In recent seasons IFK Stockholm have competed in the following divisions:
SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1993Tier 3Division 2Östra Svealand8th1994Tier 3Division 2Östra Svealand12thRelegated1995Tier 4 Division 3Östra Svealand9thRelegation Playoffs1996Tier 4 Division 3Östra Svealand8th1997Tier 4 Division 3Östra Svealand4th1998Tier 4 Division 3Östra Svealand7th1999Tier 4 Division 3Östra Svealand10th Relegated2000Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Södra4th2001Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Mellersta10th2002Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Mellersta5th2003Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Mellersta3rd2004Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Mellersta9th2005Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Mellersta11th2006*Tier 6 Division 4 Stockholm Mellersta9th2007Tier 6 Division 4 Stockholm Mellersta10thRelegated2008Tier 7 Division 5 Stockholm Södra6th2009Tier 7 Division 5 Stockholm Södra9th2010Tier 7 Division 5 Stockholm Södra1stPromoted2011Tier 6 Division 4 Stockholm Södra5th2012Tier 6 Division 4 Stockholm Södra2ndPromotion Playoffs – Promoted2013Tier 5 Division 3 Södra Svealand6th2014Tier 5 Division 3 Södra Svealand2ndPromotion Playoffs – Promoted2015Tier 4 Division 2Södra Svealand12thRelegation Playoffs - Relegated2016Tier 5 Division 3Östra Svealand12thRelegated2017Tier 6 Division 4 Stockholm Mellersta5th2018Tier 6 Division 4 Stockholm Södra5th2019Tier 6 Division 4 Stockholm Södra6th2020Tier 6 Division 4 Stockholm Södra9th2021Tier 6 Division 4 Stockholm Södra9th * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.
Attendances
In recent seasons IFK Stockholm have had the following average attendances:
SeasonAverage attendanceDivision / SectionLevel201396 Div 3 Södra Svealand Tier 5201490 Div 3 Södra Svealand Tier 52015113 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4201657 Div 3 Östra Svealand Tier 5201754 Div 4 Stockholm Mellersta Tier 6201854 Div 4 Stockholm Södra Tier 62019? Div 4 Stockholm Södra Tier 62020 Div 4 Stockholm Södra Tier 6 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.
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
External links
IFK Stockholm – football department