Södertälje SK

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Södertälje SK
Södertälje SK Logo.png
City Södertälje, Sweden
League HockeyAllsvenskan
Founded February 22, 1902
Home arena Scaniarinken
Colors Navy, white, yellow
              
Franchise history
1902-present Södertälje Sportklubb
Championships
Playoff championships 1925
Le Mat Trophy: 1931, 1941, 1944, 1953, 1956, 1985

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Södertälje Sportklubb, also known as Södertälje SK and often referred to as SSK, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club playing in the second-tier HockeyAllsvenskan. Södertälje were charter members of Elitserien when the league was founded in 1975 and have since played 24 seasons in the league (1975–1978, 1980–1981, 1983–1992, 1996–1998, 2001–2006, 2007–2011).

History

Södertälje SK was founded in 1902 and have played hockey since 1925. The club has also competed in association football, bandy, and ice skating, amongst others. They had played more seasons (74) in the highest Swedish ice hockey league than any other club, though Djurgården matched that feat in the 2014–15 SHL season. They have won the Swedish championship seven times (1925, 1931, 1941, 1944, 1953, 1956, and 1985). The team has played in the Swedish Hockey League for a combined total of 24 seasons while it was referred to by its previous name, Elitserien.

Södertälje finished the 2004–05 Elitserien season in 8th place and, in the following playoffs that season, advanced to the semifinals. This was the team's best performance in Elitserien since 1989. In the 2005–06 season, however, they were relegated to Allsvenskan (now known as HockeyAllsvenskan). In 2007 the team qualified for Elitserien again. In the 2007–08 season the team finished ninth in Elitserien and thus missed the playoffs but were automatically qualified for the following Elitserien season.

From 2009 to 2011, during Södertälje's three latest seasons in the Elitserien, the team appeared in the Kvalserien three years in a row. In the respective Elitserien seasons they finished 12th and 11th. In both 2009 and 2010 the team survived Kvalserien and thus managed to stay in Elitserien. However, in 2011, things went worse. Prior to the last round, both Södertälje and Modo had 17 points. In the final round of the 2011 Kvalserien, both teams met each other in Fjällräven Center for a game that directly decided which team would be relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan. Södertälje lost the game 0–2 and thus were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan. After Södertälje's failure to stay in Elitserien, Södertälje's then head coach Peter Popovic was forced to leave the club. Johan Strömwall became Södertälje's new head coach.[1]

Season-by-season

Season Level Division Record Avg.
home
atnd.
Notes Ref.
Position W-T-L
W-OT-L
1994–95 Tier 2 Division 1 East 3rd 9–6–3 [2]
Division 1 East continuation 1st 12–0–2
Playoff to Elitserien qualifier 1–2 2,108 Lost in 1st round, 1–2 in games vs IK Pantern [3]
1995–96 Tier 2 Division 1 East 1st 16–2–0 [4]
Allsvenskan 2nd 9–4–5 3,006 [5][6]
Allsvenskan finals 3–1 6,834 Won 3–1 in games vs Brynäs
Increase Promoted to Elitserien
1996–97 Tier 1 Elitserien 11th 15–7–28 2,835 [7][8]
1997 Elitserien qualifier 1st 7–1–2 4,309 [9]
1997–98 Tier 1 Elitserien 12th 10–12–24 [10]
1998 Elitserien qualifier 3rd 5–1–4 Decrease Relegated to Division 1 [11]
1998–99 Tier 2 Division 1 East 1st 20–3–5 [12]
Allsvenskan 1st 9–3–2 [13]
1999 Elitserien qualifier 4th 3–3–4 [14]
1999–00 Tier 2 Allsvenskan North 3rd 19–3–3–7 1,562 [15]
SuperAllsvenskan 2nd 7–3–2–2 2,832
2000 Elitserien qualifier 5th 3–0–1–6 3,398
2000–01 Tier 2 Allsvenskan North 4th 14–3–2–7 1,439 [15]
SuperAllsvenskan 1st 8–1–0–5 3,087
2001 Elitserien qualifier 1st 6–1–2–1 5,023 Increase Promoted to Elitserien
2001–02 Tier 1 Elitserien 9th 13–5–12–20 4,297 [15]
2002–03 Tier 1 Elitserien 9th 17–6–3–24 4,038 [15]
2003–04 Tier 1 Elitserien 9th 18–2–6–24 4,393 [15]
2004–05 Tier 1 Elitserien 8th 16–9–25 4,263 [15]
Championship playoffs 4–6 6,310 Won in quarterfinals, 4–2 vs Linköping
Lost in semifinals, 0–4 vs Färjestad
2005–06 Tier 1 Elitserien 11th 11–10–29 3,622 [15]
2006 Elitserien qualifier 3rd 5–2–3 4,110 Decrease Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan
2006–07 Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 1st 32–9–4 2,801 [15]
2007 Elitserien qualifier 2nd 4–5–1 5,199 Increase Promoted to Elitserien
2007–08 Tier 1 Elitserien 9th 18–13–24 4,270 [15]
2008–09 Tier 1 Elitserien 12th 12–15–28 3,817 [15]
2009 Elitserien qualifier 1st 6–1–2–1 4,497
2009–10 Tier 1 Elitserien 11th 14–14–27 3,644 [15]
2010 Elitserien qualifier 1st 5–1–4–0 4,678
2010–11 Tier 1 Elitserien 11th 20–2–7–26 4,230 [15]
2011 Elitserien qualifier 3rd 4–2–1–3 3,795 Decrease Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan
2011–12 Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 9th 22–2–6–22 3,232 [15]
2012–13 Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 2nd 29–7–2–14 3,644 [16]
2013 Elitserien qualifier 6th 2–0–1–7 4,026 [17]
2013–14 Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 12th 16–6–6–24 3,036
2014–15 Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 14th 10–10–5–27 3,033 [18]
HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers 6th 3–0–1–6 2,941 Decrease Relegated to Hockeyettan [19]
2015–16 Tier 3 HockeyAllsvenskan East 1st of 12 19–0–0–3 2,422 [1]
Allettan South 2nd of 8 9–1–1–3 3,168 [2]
Playoffs 5–1–0–2 3,278 Round 1: won 2–0 in games vs Halmstad HF
Round 2: won 2–1 in games vs Piteå HC
Round 3: won 2–1 in games vs Kristianstads IK
[3]
HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers 1st of 6 6–2–0–2 3,857 Increase Promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan [4]
2016–17 Tier 2 HockeyAllsvenskan 14th of 14 13–4–3–32 2,650 [5]
HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers TBD TBD TBD [6]

References

  1. Daniel Grefve (2011-04-15). "Han ska ta SSK tillbaka till elitserien" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/sverige/allsvenskan/article12889549.ab. 
  2. "Division 1 östra 1994/95". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/division1/ostra/94_95.html. 
  3. "Play Off 1995". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/playoff/94_95.html. 
  4. "Division 1 östra 1995/96". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/division1/ostra/95_96.html. 
  5. "Allsvenskan 1996". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/allsvenskan/95_96.html. 
  6. "Publiksiffror Allsvenskan 1996". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/allsvenskan/95_96publ.html. 
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  8. "Publiksiffror Elitserien 1996/97". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/elitserien/96_97publ.html. 
  9. "Kvalserien 1997". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/kvalserien/96_97.html. 
  10. "Elitserien 1997/98". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/elitserien/97_98.html. 
  11. "Kvalserien 1998". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/kvalserien/97_98.html. 
  12. "Division 1 östra 1998/99". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/division1/ostra/98_99.html. 
  13. "Allsvenskan 1999". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/allsvenskan/98_99.html. 
  14. "Kvalserien 1999". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/kvalserien/98_99.html. 
  15. 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 15.11 15.12 "Historical statistics". Swedish Ice Hockey Association (Svenska Hockeyförbundet). http://historical.stats.swehockey.se. 
  16. "HockeyAllsvenskan: 2012–13: HockeyAllsvenskan: Overview". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/3005. 
  17. "SHL: 2012–13: Kval till Elitserien: Overview". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/3811. 
  18. "2014–15 HockeyAllsvenskan". http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/5057. 
  19. "2014–15 Kval till HockeyAllsvenskan". http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/5963. 

External links

Preceded by
IK Göta
Swedish ice hockey champions
1925
Succeeded by
Djurgårdens IF
Preceded by
IK Göta
Swedish ice hockey champions
1931
Succeeded by
Hammarby IF
Preceded by
IK Göta
Swedish ice hockey champions
1941
Succeeded by
Hammarby IF
Preceded by
Hammarby IF
Swedish ice hockey champions
1944
Succeeded by
Hammarby IF
Preceded by
Hammarby IF
Swedish ice hockey champions
1953
Succeeded by
Djurgårdens IF
Preceded by
Djurgårdens IF
Swedish ice hockey champions
1956
Succeeded by
Gävle Godtemplares IK
Preceded by
AIK
Swedish ice hockey champions
1985
Succeeded by
Färjestads BK
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