Södertälje Sportklubb, also known as Södertälje SK and often referred to as SSK, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest level of pro hockey in Sweden. Södertälje were charter members of Elitserien when the league was founded in 1975 and have since played 24 seasons in the league (1975–1978, 1980–1981, 1983–1992, 1996–1998, 2001–2006, 2007–2011). Södertälje SK's fan club is known as Supporterklubben
History Södertälje SK was founded on 22 February 1902 and originally featured gymnastics, track and field athletics, soccer, tug of war and speed skating. In 1907, a bandy section was established and the 1910s and 1920s saw the club scoring successes in competitive cycling. In January and February 1925, the club started practicing ice hockey.
The club had played more seasons (74) in the Swedish ice hockey top division until Djurgårdens IF matched that feat in the 2014–15 SHL season. They are the team that's spent the most consecutive seasons in the top division, with 53 consecutive seasons between 1925 and 1978. Södertälje SK have won the Swedish ice hockey championship seven times (1925, 1931, 1941, 1944, 1953, 1956, and 1985). The team has played in the Swedish Hockey League for a combined total of 24 seasons while it was referred to by its previous name, Elitserien.
Södertälje finished the 2004–05 Elitserien season in 8th place and, in the following playoffs that season, advanced to the semifinals. This was the team's best performance in Elitserien since 1989. In the 2005–06 season, however, they were relegated to Allsvenskan (now known as HockeyAllsvenskan). In 2007 the team qualified for Elitserien again. In the 2007–08 season the team finished ninth in Elitserien and thus missed the playoffs but were automatically qualified for the following Elitserien season.
In 2009 and 2010 the team survived Kvalserien in 12th and 11th positions respectively and thus managed to remain in Elitserien. In 2011 Kvalserien, prior to the last round, both Södertälje and Modo had 17 points. Both teams would contest in the final round in Fjällräven Center to determine which team would be relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan. Södertälje unsuccessfully defended its position in Elitserien losing the game 0–2, thus were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan. Södertälje head coach Peter Popovic was forced out and replaced by Johan Strömwall.
Season-by-season The following is a list of seasons 2012–13 to 2016–17. For a more complete list, see List of Södertälje SK seasons. Season Level Division Record Notes Position W-T-LW-OT-L 2012–13 Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 2nd 29–7–2–14 3,644 Elitserien qualifiers 6th 2–0–1–7 4,026 2013–14 Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 12th 16–6–6–24 3,036 2014–15 Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 14th 10–10–5–27 3,033 HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers 6th 3–0–1–6 2,941 Relegated to Hockeyettan 2015–16 Tier 3 HockeyAllsvenskan East 1st of 12 19–0–0–3 2,422 Allettan South 2nd of 8 9–1–1–3 3,168 Playoffs — 5–1–0–2 3,278 Round 1: won 2–0 in games vs Halmstad HFRound 2: won 2–1 in games vs Piteå HCRound 3: won 2–1 in games vs Kristianstads IK HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers 1st of 6 6–2–0–2 3,857 Promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan 2016–17 Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 14th of 14 13–4–3–32 2,650 HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers TBD TBD TBD
Players Current roster Updated February 1, 2023.
Board of directors Chairman of the Board: Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd Board Member: Patrik Walle Board Member: Håkan Söderberg Board Member : Jan Päkkilä Board Member: Joakim Gustafsson Board Member: Peter Onstrand Board Member: Per Hallberg Board Member: Firial Saado
Management Club Director: Mats Pernhem General Manager: Mats Waltin Marketing Manager: Fredrik Aminoff Ticket Manager: Jenny Palm
Sports Head Coach: Mats Waltin
Kit and Medical Kit Manager: Anders Kellerstam Kitman: Lars Bergström Physio: Walter Skeppar Team Doctor: Tomas Hopfgarten
Former coaches Head Coach: 06/07, 07/08, 08/09 Leif Strömberg Head Coach: 09/10, 10/11 Peter Popovic Assistant Coach: Peter Larsson Assistant Coach: Jörgen Bemström Goalkeeper Coach: Stefan Lahde
References
External links
Södertälje SK official website