IFK Göteborg

The IFK Gothenburg (Swedish: Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna " sports association comrades " ) is Sweden 's most successful football club. The club is currently playing in Allsvenskan, the highest Swedish league.

General

It was founded on October 4, 1904 in Gothenburg. Besides football, there are sections bowling, athletics, orienteering, skiing and speed skating at the club.

The club colors are blue and white and the nicknames are in Swedish " Blåvitt " ( Blue-White ) and " Änglarna " ( the angels ). The actual home stadium Gamla Ullevi is, in games with high public response, however, has often eluded to the larger Ullevi. On 9 January 2007, started with the demolition of the old stadium; in its place is a new football stadium was built, which bears the same name. On April 5, 2009, it was officially opened.

The association is the eternal table of Allsvenskan, the highest Swedish football league, at. Overall, he was 18 times Swedish football champion and twice won the UEFA Cup (1982 and 1987).

City derbies in Allsvenskan plays the club against GAIS and BK Hacken.

History

The years in the Second Division ( 1970-76 )

Many IFK fans can still remember when the club played in the 1970s, only in the second division. After winning the title in 1969, the club was surprisingly relegated in the following season. In the coming years, the largest association of Gothenburg was even in the second division. Only in 1976 managed the club as a sovereign leader of the then Division 2 (Today: Superettan) made ​​a comeback in the first division. The highlight of the year was the game against GAIS at Ullevi Stadium in front of an audience of over 50 000 spectators. After the comeback in the Allsvenska the manager Bernmar built a new team with young players such as Torbjörn Nilsson, Glenn Hysén and brothers Tommy and Tord Holmgren. The club also bought internationals like Björn Nordqvist, Ralf Edström and Ove Kindvall and therefore slid into financial hardships.

Winning the UEFA Cup in 1982 and 1987

The unexpected title in the UEFA Cup 1981/82 relaxed again the situation in the club and also meant the greatest success of the club's history. IFK Gothenburg won sensationally the two final games against Hamburger SV 1-0 in Gothenburg and then in Hamburg Volksparkstadion 3-0. Players as Torbjörn Nilsson, Dan Corneliusson, Glenn Hysén, Glenn Strömberg and Tord Holmgren, were for legends. Coach of the '82 team was Sven -Goran Eriksson, who left after the victory at Benfica. IFK Gothenburg in the same year both Swedish champion and cup winner and to win him the so-called triple. On the way to the UEFA Cup final of IFK won against teams like Valencia FC and 1st FC Kaiserslautern.

The greatest success in the European Cup came in 1986 when IFK reached the semi-finals. In the first match IFK won against FC Barcelona in Gothenburg Ullevistadion 3-0, with Torbjörn Nilsson as man of the match. In the return match, however, they lost 0-3 and then also the penalty shootout. 1987 IFK was the second time UEFA Cup winners. In the final they beat Dundee United.

Title profits churning ( 1990-96 )

New achievements celebrated in the 1990s the club. Between 1990 and 1996 IFK was six times Swedish champion and also successfully took part in the European Champions Cup and the Champions League. New stars such as Jesper Blomqvist, Joachim Björklund, Magnus Erling and Mark Andreas Andersson played in the club and in the Swedish national team. IFK Gothenburg had a number of players in the legendary Swedish World Cup squad in the U.S. 1994: uva Thomas Ravelli, Stefan Rehn, Mikael Nilsson Ravelli became the great World Cup hero.

Times in the middle of the league and the title in 2007 (since 1997)

After winning the title in 1996 IFK Göteborg was in the next season " only" second and bought in the coming years, a lot of new players, many of them, however, never made ​​the breakthrough. The sooner such a successful club played without luck and coaches like Mats Jingblad were dismissed. 2004 celebrated IFK Gothenburg centenary. 2007 succeeded again after eleven years of winning the championship. Otherwise they finished but mostly only places in the middle of the league and finished the 2011 season as a seventh -placed from.

Teamcrest History

1970s - 1980s

1990s

Current club crest

Centenary 2004/ 05

Achievements

  • Swedish Champion: 1908, 1910, 1918, 1935, 1942, 1958, 1969, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2007
  • Swedish Cup winner: 1979, 1982, 1983, 1992, 2008, 2013
  • UEFA Cup winners: 1982, 1987

Known player

Known coach

  • Bosse Johansson
  • Stefan Lundin
  • Mats Jingblad
  • Roger Gustavsson
  • Sven -Goran Eriksson
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