Английская Википедия:IK Sirius Fotboll

IK Sirius, more commonly known simply as Sirius, is a Swedish professional football club located in Uppsala. The club is affiliated to the Upplands Fotbollförbund.^[1]

History

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A chart showing the progress of IK Sirius through the Swedish football league system. The different shades of grey represent league divisions.

Early success

The sports club that became IK Sirius was founded on 9 August 1907, and got its current name on 5 April 1908 after having been discussing Svartbäckens IK and IK Spurt.^[2] At the time, several sports club existed in the city of Uppsala: IFK Uppsala, IF Thor, IF Heimdal, and Upsala IF.^[2] The sports club was founded for athletics, and took up football in 1908.^[3]

The first success came in 1924 when they reached the Svenska Mästerskapet final (not to be confused with Svenska Serien, which never acquired an official status of deciding the Swedish Champions). In the final, they were trounced 5–0 by Fässbergs IF.

The Allsvenskan years

The club spent the next forty years in lower division anonymity, before favourable economic circumstances enabled them to gain promotion to Allsvenskan in 1968, although they were relegated after just one season. The high point was arguably in the years 1973–1974, when the club again gained promotion to the highest league and its squad contained a number of high-profile players, such as Roland Grip, then a member of the Swedish national team.

Obscurity and comeback

After the club's relegation from Allsvenskan in 1974, the club played in the second division until they plummeted to fourth division level following a couple of hard years in the beginning of the 1980s. The 1990s were mostly spent at a second tier level, i.e. the old Division 1, corresponding to the modern Superettan. The club then played the first five years of the 21st century in Division 2, before returning to Division 1 in 2006 (although still playing at a third tier level).

With new manager Magnus Pehrsson and prodigal son and goal-getter Olle Kullinger (starting his career with IF VP and later also having played with Enköpings SK, Halmstads BK and IF Brommapojkarna in Superettan and Allsvenskan) bearing the captaincy, the club finished the season in second place, which meant they had to qualify to gain promotion to Superettan. IK Sirius played the first leg at home against Väsby United on 25 October. Due to some seriously poor defending, Väsby were able to go 1–0 up just before the half-time break. Sirius recovered slightly in the second period, and were able to equalise in the 83rd minute. In the second leg, in front of about 1000 travelling fans, Sirius were completely dominant but also rather wasteful with their chances. They managed, however to break the deadlock in the 73rd minute, Olle Kullinger managing to knock a rebound past the Väsby keeper. With the aggregate score of 2–1, Sirius celebrated their 100th anniversary in the Superettan, which their fans thought was reprehensible and awful.

The first spell in Superettan

Magnus Pehrsson resigned as manager and Pär Millqvist was appointed and brought in Gary Sundgren as his assistant manager. After a strong first half of the season the club finished 7th in Superettan 2007. The team struggled through most of the 2008-season but finally finished 12th and avoided relegation. Millqvist and Sundgren was sacked after the first six games and youth-team coaches Johan Mattsson and Andreas Brännström led the team for the rest of the season.

In preparation for the 2009 season they appointed Jens T Andersson from Väsby and AIK as new manager. Like the season before they struggled in the bottom of the league and with just five games left to play of the season Jens T Andersson resigned as manager due to the lack of good results. Assistant coach Andreas Brännström was once again hired as new head manager but this time he could not save the team from degradation.

In 2010 IK Sirius played in the third tier Division 1 Norra and finished 2nd in the table 5 points behind rivals Västerås SK and as a result they went through to the Superettan play-offs, where they went head-to-head with Jönköpings Södra. After a 0–1 defeat at home they lost the away game with 3–0 and faced another season in Division 1 Norra.

2011 the team was voted by all the managers of the league as favourites to win but failed to live up to the expectations. They finished 3rd in Division 1 Norra, just 2 points from finishing first and goal-difference kept them from the second spot which leads to Superettan play-offs. As a result, coach Andreas Brännström and his assistant Antonio Andric was forced to leave the club after the season.

The Kim Bergstrand era

On 17 November 2012 the club announced that the ex-Brommapojkarna manager Kim Bergstrand had been appointed as the new head coach. Soon thereafter Thomas Lagerlöf (ex-Väsby) was appointed as assistant manager.

In 2012 the team were once again the favourites to win the Division 1 Norra, and led the league by five points with three games left. A 0–1 home defeat to Vasalund and a 1–0 away win at Enköping set the team up for an all-decisive match against second-placed Östersunds FK. Sirius needed a draw to win the league, but lost at home 0–1 and ended up third, also behind BK Forward.

The 2013 season began with an unexpected success in the Swedish Cup, as Sirius defeated reigning Swedish champions IF Elfsborg to win their group and advance to the quarterfinals, where they were knocked out away to Öster, 1–2. The team had been bolstered by the signing of several experienced players, including former Djurgården, Molde and Sweden midfielder Johan Arneng. This time all the pieces fell into place as the team won the Division 1 Norra handily, securing promotion to Superettan with five games still in hand, and ending the season undefeated.

The 2014 season again began with Cup success, as Allsvenskan teams Djurgården and Halmstad were dispatched in the group stages, setting up a quarterfinal with IFK Göteborg. At Ullevi, Moses Ogbu's 29th-minute header gave Sirius the win. In front of a sold-out Studenternas, Sirius faced Elfsborg in the semi-final. This time, Elfsborg got their revenge for last year's defeat, winning 4–1.

The 2014 Superettan season began well for Sirius, with a 5–1 win away to former Allsvenskan outfit Syrianska. Two somewhat surprising home defeats to Huskvarna and Varberg followed, and the team settled into a habit of playing well away but struggling at home. In the end, however, Sirius enjoyed a successful return to Superettan, finishing in sixth place, after a season that included wins against both the two directly promoted teams, Hammarby and GIF Sundsvall.

Promotion to Allsvenskan

On 24 October 2016, Sirius defeated Halmstads BK 1–0 to gain promotion to the Allsvenskan for the first time in 42 years (since the 1973–74 season).

Season-to-season

Season	Level	League	Pos
1993	Tier 2	Division 1 Norra	11th
1994	Tier 2	Division 1 Norra	9th
1995	Tier 2	Division 1 Norra	11th
1996	Tier 2	Division 1 Norra	12th (R)
1997	Tier 3	Division 2 Östra Svealand	1st (P)
1998	Tier 2	Division 1 Norra	7th
1999	Tier 2	Division 1 Norra	13th (R)
2000	Tier 3	Division 2 Östra Svealand	3rd
2001	Tier 3	Division 2 Östra Svealand	2nd
2002	Tier 3	Division 2 Östra Svealand	7th
2003	Tier 3	Division 2 Norrland	6th
2004	Tier 3	Division 2 Östra Svealand	10th (R)
2005	Tier 3	Division 2 Norra Svealand	2nd (P)
2006 Шаблон:Efn	Tier 3	Division 1 Norra	2nd (P)
2007	Tier 2	Superettan	7th
2008	Tier 2	Superettan	12th
2009	Tier 2	Superettan	15th (R)
2010	Tier 3	Division 1 Norra	2nd
2011	Tier 3	Division 1 Norra	3rd
2012	Tier 3	Division 1 Norra	3rd
2013	Tier 3	Division 1 Norra	1st (P)
2014	Tier 2	Superettan	6th
2015	Tier 2	Superettan	3rd
2016	Tier 2	Superettan	1st (P)
2017	Tier 1	Allsvenskan	7th
2018	Tier 1	Allsvenskan	13th
2019	Tier 1	Allsvenskan	11th
2020	Tier 1	Allsvenskan	10th
2021	Tier 1	Allsvenskan	11th
2022	Tier 1	Allsvenskan	11th
2023	Tier 1	Allsvenskan	8th

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Players

Current squad

Out on loan

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Notable players

The following players are either listed on the official IK Sirius website^[4] or have represented their national team.

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Sigge Parling on the right side of Brazilian footballer Pelé during the 1958 FIFA World Cup Final.

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Management

Technical staff

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Name	Role
Шаблон:Flag icon Christer Mattiasson	Head coach
Шаблон:Flag icon Petter Hansson	Assistant coaches
Шаблон:Flag icon Henrik Åhnstrand	Assistant coaches
Шаблон:Flag icon Jonathan Ederström	Sporting director
Шаблон:Flag icon John Swärd	Head of scouting
Шаблон:Flag icon Olle Ekman	Fitness coach
Шаблон:Flag icon Karim Fegrouch	Goalkeeping coach

Managerial history

Шаблон:Flagicon Sid Huntley (1972)
Шаблон:Flagicon Alan Ball Sr. (1974–1976)
Шаблон:Flagicon Kjell Jonevret (1998–1999)
Шаблон:Flagicon Magnus Pehrsson (2006)
Шаблон:Flagicon Pär Millqvist (2007–2008)
Шаблон:Flagicon Andreas Brännström (2009–2011)
Шаблон:Flagicon Kim Bergstrand & Шаблон:Flagicon Thomas Lagerlöf (2012–2018)
Шаблон:Flagicon Henrik Rydström & Шаблон:Flagicon Mirza Jelečak (2019)
Шаблон:Flagicon Henrik Rydström (2020)
Шаблон:Flagicon Daniel Bäckström (2021–2022)
Шаблон:Flagicon Christer Mattiasson (2023–)

Attendances

In recent seasons IK Sirius FK have had the following average attendances:

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IK Sirius home stadium Studenternas IP.

Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2005	626	Div 2 Norra Svealand	Tier 3
2006	964	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2007	3,332	Superettan	Tier 2
2008	1,851	Superettan	Tier 2
2009	1,498	Superettan	Tier 2
2010	1,166	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2011	1,164	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2012	1,721	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2013	1,773	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2014	1,779	Superettan	Tier 2
2015	1,786	Superettan	Tier 2
2016	2,916	Superettan	Tier 2
2017	5,174	Allsvenskan	Tier 1
2018	3,998	Allsvenskan	Tier 1
2019	4,288	Allsvenskan	Tier 1
2020	No attendance (COVID-19)	Allsvenskan	Tier 1
2021	4,580	Allsvenskan	Tier 1
2022	5,614	Allsvenskan	Tier 1
2023	6,329	Allsvenskan	Tier 1

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.^[5]

Honours

Cup

Svenska Mästerskapet:
- Runners-up (1): 1924

League

Superettan:
- Winners (1): 2016
Division 1 Norra:
- Winners (1): 2013
- Runners-up (2): 2006, 2010
Division 2 Östra Svealand:
- Winners (1): 1997

Footnotes

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References