Jönköpings Södra IF
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| Full name | Jönköpings Södra Idrottsförening |
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| Nickname(s) | J-Södra |
| Founded | 9 December 1922 |
| Ground | Stadsparksvallen, Jönköping |
| Capacity | 5,500 |
| Chairman | Sune Lantz |
| Manager | Jimmy Thelin |
| League | Allsvenskan |
| 2016 | Allsvenskan, 12th |
| Website | Club home page |
Jönköpings Södra IF, also known as J-Södra IF, J-Södra or simply Jönköping, is a Swedish football club based in Jönköping. The club, founded in 1922, returned to the Swedish top division Allsvenskan in 2016 after winning promotion from the 2015 Superettan. J-Södra has played a total of ten Allsvenskan seasons previously, with the most successful finish being runner-up in 1950 and their last spell ending in 1969. The club is affiliated to the Smålands Fotbollförbund.
Their home games are currently played at Stadsparksvallen with a capacity of 5,200 but in the autumn of 2015 the municipality decided to build a new stadium where J-Södra will play in the future. The club's training facility is located in Odensberg, Jönköping.
Jönköpings Södra IF was founded on December 9th 1922 with Bandy being the first sport where the club fielded a team. Other sports that were played by the club in its early days includes Boxing, Ice hockey, Tennis and Table tennis. In 1923 they played their first football match, which only featured eight players for each side as they did not have access to a big enough pitch to fit more players. Five years later J-Södra finally entered into league play for the first time as well as the district championship.
The clubs first major success came during the 44–45 season. It was only their second year ever in the second tier of the Swedish football league system, but J-Södra managed to go through the season winning all 18 league games as well as the promotion playoffs, thus qualifying themselves for the top division Allsvenskan for the first time ever. Even though they were relegated the following season they immediately bounced back up to Allsvenskan again and the golden age of the club began as they established themselves in the top division throughout the late 40's and early 50's. With the culmination being the second-place finish in the 1949–50 Allsvenskan behind a dominant Malmö FF.
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