IK Sirius Fotboll
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IK Sirius is a Swedish football club located in Uppsala. The club was formed in 1907, with its first (and perhaps only) success coming in 1924 when they reached the Svenska Mästerskapet final (not to be confused with Svenska Serien, which never acquired an official status of deciding the Swedish Champions). In the final, they were trounced 5-0 by Fässbergs IF.
The club spent the next forty years in lower division anonymity, before favourable economic circumstances enabled them to gain promotion to Allsvenskan in 1968, although they were relegated after just one season. The club's high point was arguably in the years 1973-1974, when the club again gained promotion to the highest league and its squad contained a number of high-profile players, such as Roland Grip, then a member of the Swedish national team.
After the club's relegation from Allsvenskan in 1974, the club played in the second division until they plummeted to fourth division level following a couple of hard years in the beginning of the 1980s. The 1990s were mostly spent at a second tier level, i.e. the old Division 1, corresponding to the modern Superettan. The club then played the first five years of the 21st century in Division 2, before returning to Division 1 in 2006 (although still playing at a third tier level).
With prodigal son and goal-getter Olle Kullinger (starting his career with Sirius and later also having played with Enköpings SK, Halmstads BK and IF Brommapojkarna in Superettan and Allsvenskan) bearing the captaincy, the club was able to finish first of their division, thus gaining promotion to Superettan for the 2007 season. Other players of interest included American Tighe Dombrowski and former Hammarby IF goalkeeper Jon Rytterbro.
[edit] Current first team squad
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[edit] External links
- IK Sirius - official site
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