Örgryte IS

Örgryte IS

Full name	Örgryte Idrottsällskap
Nickname(s)	Sällskapet (The Society)
Founded	1887
Ground	Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg (Capacity: 18,800)
Chairman	Martin Larsson
Manager	Roberto Jacobsson
League	Division 1 Södra
2010	Superettan, 9th
Home colours Away colours

Örgryte IS, also commonly referred to as ÖIS, is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg.

History

The club was founded on 4 December 1887 and participated in the first football match in Sweden on 22 May 1892. Örgryte IS has won 12 national championship titles and one national cup title. After have economical problems Örgryte Fotboll AB went in bancruptcy in February 2011. The following of the bancruptcy was that Örgryte was relegated to the third Swedish division, Division 1 Södra. Their home arena is Gamla Ullevi. The club is affiliated to the Göteborgs Fotbollförbund.^[1]

Supporters

The name of the official supporter club is ÖIS Supporterklubb Balders Hage. There are also other groups of fans. The second largest supporter club is the Ultras-influenced Inferno Örgryte.

According to a recent survey, Örgryte IS is the second most popular team in Gothenburg, with 11% of the football fans supporting them. The other local teams with a notable following are IFK Göteborg, GAIS and BK Häcken.

Famous supporters of the club include Marcus and Peter Birro, Björn Afzelius and Leif Pagrotsky.

Rivalries

The strongest rivalry is with IFK Göteborg, also from Gothenburg. The derbies between the two teams are often the games with the highest attendance in Swedish football; crowds of over 40000 fans are not uncommon. Therefore these games are nowadays played at Nya Ullevi. The other big rivalry is with GAIS.

Current squad

As of July 31, 2011

Former manager Janne Andersson in 2008

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Peter Abrahamsson 2 DF Christofer Bengtsson 3 DF Adam Eriksson 5 DF David Björkeryd 7 DF Joakim Hall 8 MF Jonathan Lindström 9 MF Tommy Lycén 10 FW Oskar Wallén 11 FW Marcus Allbäck 12 GK Fredrik Andersson 13 MF Jakob Lindström 14 FW Patrik Elmander 15 MF Niclas Elving 16 DF Pontus Otterstedt

No. Position Player 17 FW Andreas Clarholm 18 DF Valter 19 FW Markus Anderberg 20 FW Luka Mijaljevic 21 MF Mathias Johannesson 22 DF Felix Sehlström 23 MF Jakob Olsson 24 MF Sebastian Johansson 25 FW Nicolas Sandberg 26 DF Dennis Jonsson 28 MF Mikael Odin 29 DF Danny Ervik 44 DF David Leinar

For season transfers, see either transfers summer 2010 or transfers winter 2010–2011.

Notable former players

Brazil Afonso Alves Aílton José Almeida Paulinho Guará Álvaro Santos Northern Ireland Sammy McIlroy Sweden Sören Börjesson Marcus Allbäck Gunnar Gren Markus Johannesson Örjan Persson Sven Rydell Agne Simonsson Ola Toivonen Bengt Andersson United States Hugo Perez

Achievements

• Swedish Champions^[A]
  • Winners (12): 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1913, 1985

League

• Allsvenskan:
  • Winners (2): 1925–1926, 1927–1928
  • Runners-up (2): 1928–1929, 1931–1932
• Svenska Serien:
  • Winners (4): 1910, 1911–1912, 1920–1921, 1923–1924
  • Runners-up (3): 1912–1913, 1913–1914, 1916–1917
• Superettan:
  • Winners (1): 2008
• Division 1 Södra:
  • Winners (1): 1994
• Division 1 Västra:
  • Runners-up (1): 1991
• Fyrkantserien:
  • Runners-up (2): 1918, 1919

Cups

• Svenska Cupen:
  • Winners (1): 1999–2000
  • Runners-up (1): 1997–1998
• Svenska Mästerskapet:
  • Winners (11): 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1913
  • Runners-up (5): 1897 (reserve team), 1900, 1901 (reserve team), 1912, 1915
• Allsvenskan play-offs:
  • Winners (1): 1985
• Corinthian Bowl:
  • Winners (7): 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913
  • Runners-up (1): 1910
• Svenska Fotbollspokalen:
  • Winners (2): 1903 I, 1903 II

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 Allsvenskan 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.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar - Göteborgs Fotbollförbund - Svenskfotboll.se". http://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/?ffid=7. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 
2. ^ "Svenska mästare 1896–1925, 1931–" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/historik/. Retrieved 2009-11-25. 

External links

• Örgryte IS - official site
• ÖIS Supporterklubb Balders Hage - official supporter club site