Södertälje SK

Södertälje Sportklubb, also known as Södertälje SK and often referred to as SSK, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club playing in the second-tier HockeyAllsvenskan. Södertälje were charter members of Elitserien when the league was founded in 1975 and have since played 24 seasons in the league (1975–1978, 1980–1981, 1983–1992, 1996–1998, 2001–2006, 2007–2011).
==History==
Södertälje SK was founded in 1902 and have played hockey since 1925. The club has also competed in association football, bandy, and ice skating, amongst others. They had played more seasons (74) in the highest Swedish ice hockey league than any other club, though Djurgården matched that feat in the 2014–15 SHL season. They have won the Swedish championship seven times (1925, 1931, 1941, 1944, 1953, 1956, and 1985). The team has played in the Swedish Hockey League for a combined total of 24 seasons while it was referred to by its previous name, Elitserien.
Södertälje finished the 2004–05 Elitserien season in 8th place and, in the following playoffs that season, advanced to the semifinals. This was the team's best performance in Elitserien since 1989. In the 2005–06 season, however, they were relegated to Allsvenskan (now known as HockeyAllsvenskan). In 2007 the team qualified for Elitserien again. In the 2007–08 season the team finished ninth in Elitserien and thus missed the playoffs but were automatically qualified for the following Elitserien season.
From 2009 to 2011, during Södertälje's three latest seasons in the Elitserien, the team appeared in the Kvalserien three years in a row. In the respective Elitserien seasons they finished 12th and 11th. In both 2009 and 2010 the team survived Kvalserien and thus managed to stay in Elitserien. However, in 2011, things went worse. Prior to the last round, both Södertälje and Modo had 17 points. In the final round of the 2011 Kvalserien, both teams met each other in Fjällräven Center for a game that directly decided which team would be relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan. Södertälje lost the game 0–2 and thus were relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan. After Södertälje's failure to stay in Elitserien, Södertälje's then head coach Peter Popovic was forced to leave the club. Johan Strömwall became Södertälje's new head coach.
===Season-by-season===
Season 	Level 	Division 	Record 	Record 	 	Notes 	
Season 	Level 	Division 	Position 	W-T-LW-OT-L	 	Notes 	
1994–95	Tier 2 	Division 1 East 	3rd 	9–6–3 	 	 	
1994–95	Tier 2 	Division 1 East continuation 	1st 	12–0–2 	 	 	
1994–95	Tier 2 	Playoff to Elitserien qualifier	— 	1–2 	2,108	Lost in 1st round, 1–2 in games vs IK Pantern 	
1995–96	Tier 2 	Division 1 East 	1st 	16–2–0 	 	 	
1995–96	Tier 2 	Allsvenskan 	2nd 	9–4–5 	3,006	 	
1995–96	Tier 2 	Allsvenskan finals 	— 	3–1 	6,834	Won 3–1 in games vs Brynäs Promoted to Elitserien 	
1996–97	Tier 1 	Elitserien 	11th 	15–7–28 	2,835	 	
1996–97	1997 Elitserien qualifier 	1997 Elitserien qualifier 	1st 	7–1–2 	4,309	 	
1997–98	Tier 1 	Elitserien 	12th 	10–12–24 	 	 	
1997–98	1998 Elitserien qualifier 	1998 Elitserien qualifier 	3rd 	5–1–4 	 	Relegated to Division 1 	
1998–99	Tier 2 	Division 1 East 	1st 	20–3–5 	 	 	
1998–99	Tier 2 	Allsvenskan 	1st 	9–3–2 	 	 	
1998–99	1999 Elitserien qualifier 	1999 Elitserien qualifier 	4th 	3–3–4 	 	 	
1999–00	Tier 2 	Allsvenskan North 	3rd 	19–3–3–7 	1,562	 	
1999–00	Tier 2 	SuperAllsvenskan 	2nd 	7–3–2–2 	2,832	 	
1999–00	2000 Elitserien qualifier 	2000 Elitserien qualifier 	5th 	3–0–1–6 	3,398	 	
2000–01	Tier 2 	Allsvenskan North 	4th 	14–3–2–7 	1,439	 	
2000–01	Tier 2 	SuperAllsvenskan 	1st 	8–1–0–5 	3,087	 	
2000–01	2001 Elitserien qualifier 	2001 Elitserien qualifier 	1st 	6–1–2–1 	5,023	Promoted to Elitserien 	
2001–02	Tier 1 	Elitserien 	9th 	13–5–12–20 	4,297	 	
2002–03	Tier 1 	Elitserien 	9th 	17–6–3–24 	4,038	 	
2003–04	Tier 1 	Elitserien 	9th 	18–2–6–24 	4,393	 	
2004–05	Tier 1 	Elitserien 	8th 	16–9–25 	4,263	 	
2004–05	Tier 1 	Championship playoffs''' 	— 	4–6 	6,310	Won in quarterfinals, 4–2 vs LinköpingLost in semifinals, 0–4 vs Färjestad 	
2005–06	Tier 1 	Elitserien 	11th 	11–10–29 	3,622	 	
2005–06	2006 Elitserien qualifier 	2006 Elitserien qualifier 	3rd 	5–2–3 	4,110	Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan 	
2006–07	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	1st 	32–9–4 	2,801	 	
2006–07	2007 Elitserien qualifier 	2007 Elitserien qualifier 	2nd 	4–5–1 	5,199	Promoted to Elitserien 	
2007–08	Tier 1 	Elitserien 	9th 	18–13–24 	4,270	 	
2008–09	Tier 1 	Elitserien 	12th 	12–15–28 	3,817	 	
2008–09	2009 Elitserien qualifier 	2009 Elitserien qualifier 	1st 	6–1–2–1 	4,497	 	
2009–10	Tier 1 	Elitserien 	11th 	14–14–27 	3,644	 	
2009–10	2010 Elitserien qualifier 	2010 Elitserien qualifier 	1st 	5–1–4–0 	4,678	 	
2010–11	Tier 1 	Elitserien 	11th 	20–2–7–26 	4,230	 	
2010–11	2011 Elitserien qualifier 	2011 Elitserien qualifier 	3rd 	4–2–1–3 	3,795	Relegated to HockeyAllsvenskan 	
2011–12	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	9th 	22–2–6–22 	3,232	 	
2012–13	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	2nd 	29–7–2–14 	3,644	 	
2012–13	2013 Elitserien qualifier 	2013 Elitserien qualifier 	6th 	2–0–1–7 	4,026	 	
2013–14	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	12th 	16–6–6–24 	3,036	 	
2014–15	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	14th 	10–10–5–27 	3,033	 	
2014–15	HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers	HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers 	6th 	3–0–1–6 	2,941	Relegated to Hockeyettan 	
2015–16	Tier 3 	HockeyAllsvenskan East 	1st of 12 	19–0–0–3 	2,422	 	
2015–16	Tier 3 	Allettan South 	2nd of 8 	9–1–1–3 	3,168	 	
2015–16	Tier 3 	Playoffs 	— 	5–1–0–2 	3,278	Round 1: won 2–0 in games vs Halmstad HFRound 2: won 2–1 in games vs Piteå HCRound 3: won 2–1 in games vs Kristianstads IK	
2015–16	HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers	HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers 	1st of 6 	6–2–0–2 	3,857	Promoted to HockeyAllsvenskan 	
2016–17	Tier 2 	HockeyAllsvenskan 	14th of 14	13–4–3–32 	2,650	 	
2016–17	HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers	HockeyAllsvenskan qualifiers 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD 	 	
== References ==
==External links==
*Södertälje SK official website
Category:Ice hockey teams in Sweden