Örgryte IS

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Örgryte IS

Full name

Örgryte Idrottsällskap

Nickname(s)

Sällskapet (The Society)

Founded

1887

Ground

Valhalla IP,
Gothenburg

Capacity

3,500

Chairman

Mats Rydhede

Manager

Sören Börjesson

League

Superettan

2006

Allsvenskan, 14th (relegated)





Home colours





Away colours

This article is about Örgryte IS's football section. For other sections of the club, see Örgryte IS (disambiguation).

Örgryte IS, also commonly referred to as ÖIS, is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg. The club were formed on 4 December 1887 and were one of the teams in the first football match in Sweden, 22 May 1892. Örgryte IS has won 12 national championship titles and one national cup title. They are currently playing in the second Swedish league, Superettan. The home arena of the team is Gamla Ullevi. Notable former players of the club include Agne Simonsson, Gunnar Gren, Sören Börjesson and Marcus Allbäck.

1 Current squad
2 Achievements
3 Supporters
- 3.1 Rivalries
4 Noted players
5 External links

[edit] Current squad

As of 24 March 2006:

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Dick Last
2	DF	Jukka Sauso
3	DF	Marcus Dahlin
6	DF	Henrik Lawenius
7	MF	Dominic Yobe
10	FW	Samuel Barlay (on loan from Malmö FF)
12	GK	Rickard Johansson
14	DF	Martin Strömberg (on loan from IF Elfsborg)
15	MF	Simon Chekroun
16	MF	Henri Scheweleff
17	DF	Robin Jonsson
20	MF	Christian Lindström
21	DF	Iheb Hamzeh
22	FW	Boyd Mwila
23	MF	Robin Ganemyr
24	FW	Ken Fagerberg
26	FW	Alexander Mellqvist
28	DF	Ivica Skiljo
38	MF	Magnus Källander
84	FW	Erik Johannesen
??	FW	Zé Rony (on loan from Helsingborgs IF)

[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] 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 called Inferno Örgryte which is a Ultras-influenced group of supporters.

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, the last years attendance of more than 40000 fans haven't been uncommon. Therefore these games are nowadays played at Nya Ullevi. The other big rivalry is with GAIS.