Södertälje SK
| Södertälje SK | |
|---|---|
 | |
| City | Södertälje, Sweden |
| League | Hockeyettan |
| Founded | 1902 |
| Home arena | AXA Sports Center |
| Colors |
Red, Navy, white |
| 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 third-tier Hockeyettan. 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). Södertälje SK's fan club is known as the "SSK Support".
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 have played more seasons (74) in the highest Swedish ice hockey league than any other club, though Djurgården will match 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 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 |  Relegated to Division 1
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[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 | 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 | Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan
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| 2006–07 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | 1st | 32–9–4 | 2,801 | [15] | |
| 2007 Elitserien qualifier | 2nd | 4–5–1 | 5,199 | 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 | Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan
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| 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 | [18][19] | |
| 2014–15 | Tier 2 | HockeyAllsvenskan | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Division 1 östra 1994/95". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/division1/ostra/94_95.html.
- ↑ "Play Off 1995". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/playoff/94_95.html.
- ↑ "Division 1 östra 1995/96". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/division1/ostra/95_96.html.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan 1996". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/allsvenskan/95_96.html.
- ↑ "Publiksiffror Allsvenskan 1996". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/allsvenskan/95_96publ.html.
- ↑ "Elitserien 1996/97". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/elitserien/96_97.html.
- ↑ "Publiksiffror Elitserien 1996/97". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/elitserien/96_97publ.html.
- ↑ "Kvalserien 1997". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/kvalserien/96_97.html.
- ↑ "Elitserien 1997/98". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/elitserien/97_98.html.
- ↑ "Kvalserien 1998". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/kvalserien/97_98.html.
- ↑ "Division 1 östra 1998/99". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/division1/ostra/98_99.html.
- ↑ "Allsvenskan 1999". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/allsvenskan/98_99.html.
- ↑ "Kvalserien 1999". Svenskhockey.com. http://www.svenskhockey.com/kvalserien/98_99.html.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "HockeyAllsvenskan: 2012–13: HockeyAllsvenskan: Overview". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/3005.
- ↑ "SHL: 2012–13: Kval till Elitserien: Overview". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/3811.
- ↑ "2013–14: HockeyAllsvenskan: Overview". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. http://stats.swehockey.se/ScheduleAndResults/Overview/3906.
- ↑ "2013–14: HockeyAllsvenskan: Team statistics: Attendance". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. http://stats.swehockey.se/Teams/Statistics/Attendance/3906.
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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