IFK Norrköping
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Full name
Idrottsföreningen
Kamraterna Norrköping

Nicknames
Peking (Beijing)
Snoka
Kamraterna (The comrades)
VitaBlå (WhiteBlue)

Founded
29 May 1897

Ground
Nya Parken, Norrköping

Capacity
15,734

Chairman
Peter Hunt

Manager
Jan Andersson

League
Allsvenskan

2015
Allsvenskan, 1st

Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, also known simply as IFK Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. 

The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Nya Parken.

The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are blue and white.

Formed on 29 May 1897, the club have won thirteen national championship titles and six national cup titles.

The club is currently playing in Allsvenskan, where the season lasts from April to October. 

The club first won Allsvenskan in 1943.

IFK Norrköping were most successful during the 1940s, when they won five Swedish championships and two Svenska Cupen titles under the Hungarian coach Lajos Czeizler and with the players like Gunnar Nordahl and Nils Liedholm.

IFK Norrköping are currently the defending champions after winning the 2015 Allsvenskan, which also gave them a spot in the second qualification round of 2016-17 UEFA Champions League.

HISTORY

IFK Norrköping dominated Swedish football in the post war era and won the first division 11 times in 20 glorious years culminating in the league triumph of 1963. 

It took the club another 26 years before adding championship title number 12 to the trophy cabinet.

On 31 October 2015, IFK Norrköping won their 13th championship title after defeating the defending champions Malmö FF with 2:0 away in Swedbank Stadion in Malmö in the last round of 2015 Allsvenskan. 

This was the second time in a row they had to wait 26 years between titles.

RIVALRIES

The club had a fierce rivalry with the other local club, IK Sleipner, something that has been forgotten since Sleipner's fall from the higher divisions. 

The main rival today is mainly fellow Östergötland club Åtvidabergs FF.