Idrottsklubben Sleipner is a

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club in

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; the main sports are

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and

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. It was founded in 1903, and named after the deity

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's horse Sleipnir from

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. Currently, the club's senior men's team plays football in Division 2. They are mostly known for winning

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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

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Achievements

* Swedish Champions ** Winners (1): 1937–38

League

** 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

Attendances

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

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

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
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