Norrby IF

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128 Matches

40 wins

37 draws

51 losses

172–186 Goals

−14 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Form D D W L D W

Norrby IF spent a single season in the top flight of Swedish football, and it happened in 1956, the year after the club won Division 2 and earned promotion. Eleventh place in Allsvenskan was the return, and NIF has not been back since — a whole club's history in the elite compressed into one campaign.

The club traces back to 27 April 1927, when a group of young men in the Norrbygärde district of Borås formed a team called Kronängskamraterna. A naming clash with another club forced a change to Norrbygärde in 1934, and the name Norrby IF was restored in 1948.

That one Allsvenskan season produced players who went further than the club itself. Reino Börjesson won 10 caps for Sweden and played at the 1958 World Cup; Henry Källgren was part of the same World Cup squad. Two decades later Gunnar Gren took charge of Norrby as manager in 1979.

Borås Arena, the club's home ground, holds 14,500. Norrby never featured in European competition. Away from football, the club's table tennis section won the Swedish championship three times running, in 1960, 1961 and 1962, though that stands as a separate chapter from the men's team's history.

Latest results

All matches

26 Aug	Svenska Cupen	Dalstorps A	2:0	W
23 Aug	Superettan	Sandviken IF H	1:1	D
15 Aug	Superettan	Falkenbergs FF A	0:2	L
10 Aug	Superettan	Örebro SK H	3:1	W
31 Jul	Superettan	Oddevold A	0:0	D
26 Jul	Superettan	Östersunds FK H	2:2	D

Standing

Superettan

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
10	Helsingborgs IF	20	7	4	9	33:40	25
11	ljungSKile SK	21	6	6	9	27:28	24
12	Norrby IF	20	4	11	5	25:27	23
13	IFK Varnamo	21	6	4	11	25:38	22
14	IK Brage	21	5	6	10	35:42	21

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 128

128 Matches

40 wins

37 draws

51 losses

172–186 Goals

−14 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 128

40 37 51

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	128	68	60
Scored	172	100	72
Conceded	186	92	94
Scored per game	1.3	1.5	1.2
Conceded per game	1.5	1.4	1.6
Difference	−14	+8	−22

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Julius Johansson Forward 7 Matches

Charlie Axsedé Midfielder 7 Matches

Sebastian Banozic Goalkeeper 7 Matches

Tim Niclas Svensson Lillvik Goalkeeper 7 Matches

Johannes Engvall Defender 6 Matches

K. Liimatainen Midfielder 6 Matches

Filip Gustavsson Midfielder 5 Matches

J. Hjalmar Midfielder 5 Matches

Squad of Norrby IF

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
7	Julius Johansson	Forward	26	7
18	Charlie Axsedé	Midfielder	20	7
1	Sebastian Banozic	Goalkeeper	23	7
12	Tim Niclas Svensson Lillvik	Goalkeeper	25	7
3	Johannes Engvall	Defender	21	6
11	K. Liimatainen	Midfielder	25	6
16	Filip Gustavsson	Midfielder	24	5
6	J. Hjalmar	Midfielder	21	5
10	J. Bichis	Midfielder	22	5
9	Y. Abdulaziz	Forward	24	5
5	Vidar Svendsen	Defender	22	4
17	Ture Spindler	Defender	22	4
8	Malte Wester	Midfielder	20	4
14	Olle Backlund	Defender	21	4
4	Aldin Nedzibovic	Defender		4
13	Ibrahim Adeyale	Midfielder	19	3
27	Adam Sjöberg	Midfielder	20	3
28	Hugo Tilly	Forward	24	3
25	Malte Lunckoll	Midfielder		3
13	Liam Bjorninger	Forward		3
28	Magnus Holte	Forward		3
8	Malte Wester	Midfielder		3
17	Ture Spendler	Defender		3
5	Vidar Svendsen	Defender		3
2	David Bendrik	Defender		3
19	Moussa Bak Engstrom	Midfielder		3
21	Wilhelm Ekahl	Defender	21	2
26	Johan Brandemark			2
6	Joel Hjalmar	Midfielder		2
20	Lendi Haziraj	Midfielder		2
10	Jamie Bechis	Midfielder		2
2	Alfred Liden	Midfielder	19	1
15	Eloy Ferreira	Forward		1
14	Olle Backlund	Defender		1
15	Leon Isa	Midfielder		1