Jönköpings Södra IF, also known as J-Södra IF, J-Södra or simply Jönköping, is a Swedish football club based in Jönköping. The club, founded in 1922, returned to the Swedish second division Superettan in 2018 after relegation from the 2017 Allsvenskan.[1] J-Södra has played a total of twelve Allsvenskan seasons previously, with the most successful finish being runner-up in 1950 and their last spell ending in 2017.[2] The club is affiliated to the Smålands Fotbollförbund.[3] They are currently (2024) playing in Söderettan.
Their home games are played at Stadsparksvallen with a capacity of 7300. The club's training facility is located in Odensberg in Jönköping, as well at Junevallen and Jordbrovallen.[4]
A chart showing the progress of Jönköpings Södra through the swedish football league system. The different shades of gray represent league divisions.
Jönköpings Södra IF was founded on 9 December 1922 with Bandy being the first sport where the club fielded a team. Other sports that were played by the club in its early days includes Boxing, Ice hockey, Tennis and Table tennis. In 1923 they played their first football match, which only featured eight players for each side as they did not have access to a big enough pitch to fit more players. Five years later J-Södra finally entered into league play for the first time as well as the district championship.[5]
The club's first major success came during the 44–45 season. It was only their second year ever in the second tier of the Swedish football league system, but J-Södra managed to go through the season winning all 18 league games as well as the promotion playoffs, thus qualifying themselves for the top division Allsvenskan for the first time ever.[6] Even though they were relegated the following season they immediately bounced back up to Allsvenskan again and the golden age of the club began as they established themselves in the top division throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s. With the culmination being the second-place finish in the 1949–50 Allsvenskan behind a dominant Malmö FF.[7]
After their relegation in 1954 J-södra only managed two short one year appearances in Allsvenskan during the sixties. They instead became established in the second tier until the late 1980s when the club started plummeting down the divisions and eventually bottoming out in 1996 when they finished in 8th place in the fifth tier of Swedish football.[8] In 2003 the club had returned to the third tier and at the start of the season they announced the high-profile signing of former Sweden national football team coach Olle Nordin as their new manager. During his reign he helped the club advance to, and establish themselves in, Superettan and he eventually also took over the role of director of sports.[9] The 2014 Superettan season started in chaos as manager Mats Gren abruptly left to work for IFK Göteborg. After feeling unhappy with the list of managers that the board was considering the player squad declared that they wanted inexperienced youth coach Jimmy Thelin as their new manager. The board accepted the players proposal and during his second year in charge Thelin won promotion back to Allsvenskan with the club.[10]
After the relegation from Allsvenskan, the club has established itself as a stable club in the Superettan.
A new board appointed in 20th of June 2023.
After many changes and a rough year the club got degraded to Söderettan, in November 2023.[citation needed]
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^"Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Smålands Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
^"Anläggningar - Jönköpings Södra IF". www.jonkopingssodra.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^"Allt började i en liten källarlokal i kvarteret Liljan". Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
^"1944/45: Allsvenskt avancemang och oslagbara rekord". Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
^"1949/50: Säsongen då det stora silvret bärgades". Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
^"1996: Botten är nådd". Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
^"Olle Nordin blev det stora lyftet". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
^"Valde sin egen tränare – då lyfte hela J-Södra". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
^"Herrlaget". jonkopingssodra.se. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
^. Archived from the original on 9 October 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
^"GAIS – Lagfacta – Jönköpings Södra IF". Retrieved 9 September 2010.[permanent dead link]
^. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
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Södrasajten.se- Supporter site
January 01, 1970
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Jonkopings Sodra IF also known as J Sodra IF J Sodra or simply Jonkoping is a Swedish football club based in Jonkoping The club founded in 1922 returned to the Swedish second division Superettan in 2018 after relegation from the 2017 Allsvenskan 1 J Sodra has played a total of twelve Allsvenskan seasons previously with the most successful finish being runner up in 1950 and their last spell ending in 2017 2 The club is affiliated to the Smalands Fotbollforbund 3 They are currently 2024 playing in Soderettan Jonkopings Sodra IFFull nameJonkoping SodraIdrottsforeningNickname s J SodraFounded9 December 1922 101 years ago 1922 12 09 GroundStadsparksvallen JonkopingCapacity7 300ChairmanBengt SpjuthManagerPatrik IngelstenLeagueEttan2023Superettan 15thWebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway coloursThird colours Jsodra is a 51 member controlled club due to Swedish law regarding the 50 1 Member controlled rule Their home games are played at Stadsparksvallen with a capacity of 7300 The club s training facility is located in Odensberg in Jonkoping as well at Junevallen and Jordbrovallen 4 Contents 1 History 2 Players 3 Managers 4 Season to season 5 Attendances 6 Honours 7 Footnotes 8 References 9 External linksHistory edit nbsp A chart showing the progress of Jonkopings Sodra through the swedish football league system The different shades of gray represent league divisions Jonkopings Sodra IF was founded on 9 December 1922 with Bandy being the first sport where the club fielded a team Other sports that were played by the club in its early days includes Boxing Ice hockey Tennis and Table tennis In 1923 they played their first football match which only featured eight players for each side as they did not have access to a big enough pitch to fit more players Five years later J Sodra finally entered into league play for the first time as well as the district championship 5 The club s first major success came during the 44 45 season It was only their second year ever in the second tier of the Swedish football league system but J Sodra managed to go through the season winning all 18 league games as well as the promotion playoffs thus qualifying themselves for the top division Allsvenskan for the first time ever 6 Even though they were relegated the following season they immediately bounced back up to Allsvenskan again and the golden age of the club began as they established themselves in the top division throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s With the culmination being the second place finish in the 1949 50 Allsvenskan behind a dominant Malmo FF 7 nbsp J Sodra playing at home against IK Sirius in the 2015 Superettan After their relegation in 1954 J sodra only managed two short one year appearances in Allsvenskan during the sixties They instead became established in the second tier until the late 1980s when the club started plummeting down the divisions and eventually bottoming out in 1996 when they finished in 8th place in the fifth tier of Swedish football 8 In 2003 the club had returned to the third tier and at the start of the season they announced the high profile signing of former Sweden national football team coach Olle Nordin as their new manager During his reign he helped the club advance to and establish themselves in Superettan and he eventually also took over the role of director of sports 9 The 2014 Superettan season started in chaos as manager Mats Gren abruptly left to work for IFK Goteborg After feeling unhappy with the list of managers that the board was considering the player squad declared that they wanted inexperienced youth coach Jimmy Thelin as their new manager The board accepted the players proposal and during his second year in charge Thelin won promotion back to Allsvenskan with the club 10 After the relegation from Allsvenskan the club has established itself as a stable club in the Superettan A new board appointed in 20th of June 2023 After many changes and a rough year the club got degraded to Soderettan in November 2023 citation needed Players editAs of 11 April 2024 11 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player 4 DF nbsp SWE Jesper Manns 12 DF nbsp SWE Daniel Strandsater 14 MF nbsp SWE Erik Johansson 15 MF nbsp SWE Arvid Eriksson 10 MF nbsp SWE Dzenis Kozica 7 MF nbsp SWE Isak Ellbring 1 GK nbsp SWE Julius Lindgren on loan from IFK Norrkoping No Pos Nation Player 17 MF nbsp SWE Olle Almstrom 21 FW nbsp SWE Mans Isaksson 27 FW nbsp SWE Elias Nordstrom on loan from Pisa Primavera 30 GK nbsp SWE Alexander Eriksson 9 FW nbsp SWE Linus Lyck 13 DF nbsp SWE Hugo Lyck 11 FW nbsp SWE Anmar Kiwarkis DF nbsp SWE Andreas Carlsson 18 MF nbsp SWE Jonathan Drott 8 MF nbsp SWE Benjamin Tannus 2 DF nbsp SWE Lukas Eek 16 FW nbsp SWE Hampus IsraelssonManagers edit 12 nbsp Gunnar Gren 1941 42 nbsp Birger Moller 1942 43 nbsp Solve Flisberg 1944 nbsp Eigil Nielsen 1945 nbsp Otto Cinadler 1945 nbsp Knut Holmgren 1946 48 nbsp Gerhard Thorsell 1949 51 nbsp Josef Stroh 1951 53 nbsp Gerhard Thorsell 1953 59 nbsp Olle Eriksson 1960 nbsp Vilem Lugr 1961 62 nbsp Per Olof Johansson 1963 64 nbsp Josef Stroh 1965 nbsp Per Olof Johansson 1966 67 nbsp Stig Sundqvist 1968 71 nbsp Jan Karlsson 1972 nbsp Stig Sundqvist 1973 nbsp Ingvar Svensson 1974 76 nbsp Max Moller 1977 nbsp Bo Axberg 1978 80 nbsp Weine Wallinder 1981 nbsp Sonny Nordqvist 1981 83 nbsp Roger Johansson 1984 85 nbsp Sven Andersson 1986 nbsp Max Moller 1987 88 nbsp Bo Axberg 1989 91 nbsp Sonny Nordqvist 1992 nbsp Bo Andersson 1992 93 nbsp Ola Henriksson 1993 94 nbsp Jan Karlsson 1995 nbsp Jorgen Augustsson 1996 nbsp Sonny Nordqvist 1997 nbsp Giles Stille 1998 99 nbsp Per Ake Knutsson 2000 01 nbsp Peter Churchill 2002 nbsp Thomas Ek 2002 nbsp Olle Nordin 2003 07 nbsp Thomas Ek 2008 nbsp Olle Nordin 2008 09 nbsp Andreas Jankevics 2010 nbsp Hans Lindbom 2010 11 nbsp Mats Gren 2012 13 nbsp Jimmy Thelin 2014 17 nbsp Jorgen Walemark 2018 nbsp Stefan Jorgensen 2018 nbsp Andreas Brannstrom 2018 2020 nbsp Patric Jildefalk 2021 2022 nbsp Oscar Garcia Rodriguez 2022 nbsp Niclas Tagesson 2022 nbsp Andres Garcia 2023 nbsp Charbel Abraham 2023 nbsp Niclas Tagesson 2023 nbsp Patrik Ingelsten 2024 Season to season editSeason Level Division Section Position Movements 1999 Tier 4 Division 3 Sydvastra Gotaland 1st Promoted 2000 Tier 3 Division 2 Ostra Gotaland 7th 2001 Tier 3 Division 2 Ostra Gotaland 6th 2002 Tier 3 Division 2 Ostra Gotaland 5th 2003 Tier 3 Division 2 Ostra Gotaland 1st Promotion Playoffs 2004 Tier 3 Division 2 Ostra Gotaland 3rd 2005 Tier 3 Division 2 Mellersta Gotaland 1st Promotion Playoffs Promoted 2006 Tier 2 Superettan 10th 2007 Tier 2 Superettan 13th 2008 Tier 2 Superettan 14th Relegation Playoffs 2009 Tier 2 Superettan 10th 2010 Tier 2 Superettan 13th Relegation Playoffs 2011 Tier 2 Superettan 12th 2012 Tier 2 Superettan 7th 2013 Tier 2 Superettan 11th 2014 Tier 2 Superettan 4th 2015 Tier 2 Superettan 1st Promoted 2016 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 12th 2017 Tier 1 Allsvenskan 14th Relegation Playoffs Relegated 2018 Tier 2 Superettan 11th 2019 Tier 2 Superettan 4th 2020 Tier 2 Superettan 3rd Promotion Playoffs 2021 Tier 2 Superettan 11th 2022 Tier 2 Superettan 12th 2023 Tier 2 Superettan 15th Relegated League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level 13 Attendances editIn recent seasons Jonkopings Sodra have had the following average attendances Season Average Attendance Division Section Level 2004 1 239 Div 2 Ostra Gotaland Tier 3 2005 1 400 Div 2 Mellersta Gotaland Tier 3 2006 2 685 Superettan Tier 2 2007 2 357 Superettan Tier 2 2008 1 830 Superettan Tier 2 2009 2 471 Superettan Tier 2 2010 2 271 Superettan Tier 2 2011 2 347 Superettan Tier 2 2012 2 421 Superettan Tier 2 2013 1 928 Superettan Tier 2 2014 2 424 Superettan Tier 2 2015 3 085 Superettan Tier 2 2016 4 973 Allsvenskan Tier 1 2017 4 301 Allsvenskan Tier 1 Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollforbundet website 14 Honours editAllsvenskan Runners up 1949 50 Superettan Winners 2015Footnotes editReferences edit Patrik Sjoblom 17 October 2015 J Sodra klart for allsvenskan in Swedish Jonkopings Posten Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 17 October 2015 Svenska mastare i fotboll 1931 2005 samt seriesegrare i Allsvenskan 1925 1930 PDF in Swedish Bolletinen 2005 Retrieved 31 October 2015 Kontaktuppgifter och tavlingar Smalands Fotbollforbund Svenskfotboll se Retrieved 8 November 2015 Anlaggningar Jonkopings Sodra IF www jonkopingssodra se in Swedish Retrieved 24 January 2023 Allt borjade i en liten kallarlokal i kvarteret Liljan Archived from the original on 14 August 2016 Retrieved 8 November 2015 1944 45 Allsvenskt avancemang och oslagbara rekord Archived from the original on 14 August 2016 Retrieved 8 November 2015 1949 50 Sasongen da det stora silvret bargades Archived from the original on 14 August 2016 Retrieved 8 November 2015 1996 Botten ar nadd Archived from the original on 14 August 2016 Retrieved 8 November 2015 Olle Nordin blev det stora lyftet Retrieved 8 November 2015 Valde sin egen tranare da lyfte hela J Sodra Retrieved 8 November 2015 Herrlaget jonkopingssodra se Retrieved 4 February 2023 J Sodras tranare Archived from the original on 9 October 2015 Retrieved 5 November 2015 GAIS Lagfacta Jonkopings Sodra IF Retrieved 9 September 2010 permanent dead link Kontaktuppgifter och tavlingar Svenska Fotbollforbundet svenskfotboll se Archived from the original on 9 June 2009 Retrieved 19 November 2010 External links edit nbsp Media related to Jonkopings Sodra IF at Wikimedia Commons Green Machine supporter club Stadsparksvallen supporter site Sodrasajten se Supporter site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jonkopings Sodra IF amp oldid 1221029779, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
