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. In the early 20th Century, the club also played bandy.Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), pp. 489f (in Swedish)

Achievements

Swedish Champions 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 SeasonLevelDivisionSectionPositionMovements1924–25Tier 1 Allsvenskan 7th 1925–26Tier 1 Allsvenskan 8th 1926–27Tier 1 Allsvenskan 6th1927–28Tier 1 Allsvenskan 6th1928–29Tier 1 Allsvenskan 4th1929–30Tier 1 Allsvenskan 3rd1930–31Tier 1 Allsvenskan 8th 1931–32Tier 1 Allsvenskan 6th1932–33Tier 1 Allsvenskan 11thRelegated1933–34Tier 2Division 2Östra 1stPromoted1934–35Tier 1 Allsvenskan 7th1935–36Tier 1 Allsvenskan 8th1936–37Tier 1 Allsvenskan 2ndRunners Up1937–38Tier 1 Allsvenskan 1stChampions1938–39Tier 1 Allsvenskan 7th1939–40Tier 1 Allsvenskan 8th1940–41Tier 1 Allsvenskan 12thRelegated1941-42Tier 2Division 2Östra 3rd1942-43Tier 2Division 2Östra 7th1943-44Tier 2Division 2Östra 2nd1944-45Tier 2Division 2Östra 5th1945-46Tier 2Division 2Östra 3rd1946-47Tier 2Division 2Östra 3rd1947-48Tier 2Division 2Nordöstra 8th1948-49Tier 2Division 2Nordöstra 4th1949-50Tier 2Division 2Sydvästra 10thRelegated1950–51Tier 3Division 3Östra2nd1951–52Tier 3Division 3Östra2nd1952–53Tier 3Division 3Östra1stPromoted1953-54Tier 2Division 2Götaland 2nd1954-55Tier 2Division 2Götaland 12th1955-56Tier 2Division 2Östra Götaland 5th1956-57Tier 2Division 2Östra Götaland 5th1957-58Tier 2Division 2Östra Götaland 5th1959Tier 2Division 2Östra Götaland 6th1960Tier 2Division 2Östra Götaland 11thRelegated1961Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland1stPromoted1962Tier 2Division 2Östra Götaland 11thRelegated1963Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland5th1964Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland10thRelegated1965Tier 4 Division 4Östergötland Östra1st Promoted1966Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland4th1967Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland1stPromoted1968Tier 2Division 2Norra Götaland 5th1969Tier 2Division 2Norra Götaland 5th1970Tier 2Division 2Svealand 6th1971Tier 2Division 2Svealand 3rd1972Tier 2Division 2Mellersta 7th1973Tier 2Division 2Södra 11th1974Tier 2Division 2Norra 4th1975Tier 2Division 2Norra 8th1976Tier 2Division 2Norra 6th1977Tier 2Division 2Norra 12thRelegated1978Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland1stPromoted1979Tier 2Division 2Södra 8th1980Tier 2Division 2Södra 11th1981Tier 2Division 2Södra 9th1982Tier 2Division 2Södra 12thRelegated1983Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland3rd1984Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland8th1985Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland4th1986Tier 3Division 3Nordöstra Götaland7thRelegated1987Tier 4 Division 3Nordöstra Götaland 7th1988Tier 4 Division 3Nordöstra Götaland 1stPromoted1989Tier 3Division 2Östra2nd1990Tier 3Division 2Östra8th1991Tier 3Division 2Mellersta1stSpring Promoted1991Tier 2Division 1Östra 7thAutumn - Relegated1992Tier 3Division 3Östra Götaland1stSpring Promoted1991Tier 2Division 1Västra 8thAutumn - Relegated1993Tier 3Division 2Östra Götaland1stPromoted1994Tier 2Division 1Södra 13th Relegated1995Tier 3Division 2Östra Götaland7th1996Tier 3Division 2Östra Götaland4th1997Tier 3Division 2Östra Götaland12thRelegated1998Tier 4 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland1st Promoted1999Tier 3Division 2Östra Götaland6th2000Tier 3Division 2Östra Götaland6th2001Tier 3Division 2Västra Svealand5th2002Tier 3Division 2Västra Svealand1st2003Tier 3Division 2Östra Svealand6th2004Tier 3Division 2Östra Götaland4th2005Tier 3Division 2Östra Svealand5thPromotion Playoffs2006Tier 4 Division 2 Mellersta Götaland2nd 2007Tier 4 Division 2 Mellersta Götaland2nd 2008Tier 4 Division 2 Östra Götaland1st Promoted2009Tier 3Division 1Södra3rd2010Tier 3Division 1Södra4th2011Tier 3Division 1Södra7th2012Tier 3Division 1Södra12thRelegated2013Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand3rd2014Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand2nd2015Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand1stPromoted2016Tier 3Division 1Södra14thRelegated2017Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand3rd2018Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand12thRelegation Playoffs - Relegated2019Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland8th2020Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland5th2021Tier 5 Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland1stPromoted2022Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand7th2023Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand2ndPromotion Playoffs2024Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand8th2025Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand4th * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.

Current squad

Attendances

In recent seasons IK Sleipner have had the following average attendances:

SeasonAverage attendanceDivision / SectionLevel2005435 Div 2 Östra Svealand Tier 32006243 Div 2 Mellersta Götaland Tier 42007302 Div 2 Mellersta Götaland Tier 42008377 Div 2 Östra Götaland Tier 42009680 Div 1 Södra Tier 32010358 Div 1 Södra Tier 32011332 Div 1 Södra Tier 32012225 Div 1 Södra Tier 32013193 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 42014221 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 42015243 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 42016172 Div 1 Norra Tier 32017201 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 42018? Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 42019? Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 52020? Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 52021? Div 3 Nordöstra Götaland Tier 5 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.

Footnotes 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.

References

External links

IK Sleipner SvenskFotboll.se – IK Sleipner