Örgryte IS

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Örgryte IS

Full name	Örgryte Idrottsällskap
Nickname(s)	Sällskapet (The Society)
Founded	1887
Ground	Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg (Capacity: 18,700)
Chairman	Lars Ranäng
Manager	Åge Hareide
League	Allsvenskan
2008	Superettan, 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

Örgryte IS, also commonly referred to as ÖIS, is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg. 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. They are currently playing in the top Swedish league, Allsvenskan. Their home arena is Gamla Ullevi.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Current squad

As of March 30, 2009:

No. Position Player 1 GK Peter Abrahamsson 2 DF Christofer Bengtsson 3 DF Marcus Dahlin 5 MF Markus Gustafsson 6 MF Alexander Mellqvist 7 MF Björn Anklev 8 MF Martin Dohlsten 9 MF Pavel Zavadil 10 FW Patrick Elmander 11 FW Marcus Allbäck 12 GK David Stenman (on loan from IFK Göteborg) 14 DF Tommy von Brömsen 15 MF Simon Chekroun

No. Position Player 16 DF Alessandro Silva Perreira 17 DF Robin Jonsson 18 FW Alvaro Santos 19 FW Erik Svensson 20 MF Christian Lindström 21 MF Seif Kadhim 23 DF Adam Eriksson 24 GK Nathan Coe (on loan from FC Copenhagen) 25 DF Henrik Lawenius 26 DF Dennis Jonsson 29 DF Danny Ervik 40 MF Magnus Källander

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Achievements

• Swedish Champions:
  • Winners (12): 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1913, 1985
• Allsvenskan:
  • Winners (2): 1925–26, 1927–28
  • Runners-up (2): 1928–29, 1931–32
• Allsvenskan play-off:
  • Winners (1): 1985
• Svenska Serien:
  • Winners (4): 1910, 1911–12, 1920–21, 1923–24
  • Runners-up (3): 1912–13, 1913–14, 1916–17
• Fyrkantserien:
  • Runners-up (2): 1918, 1919
• 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
• Svenska Cupen:
  • Winners (1): 1999–2000
  • Runners-up (1): 1997–98
• Corinthian Bowl:
  • Winners (7): 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913
  • Runners-up (1): 1910
• Svenska Fotbollspokalen:
  • Winners (2): 1903 I, 1903 II

[edit] External links

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