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Full name | Idrottsklubben Sirius |
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Sports |
bandy floorball football |
Founded | 9 August 1907 |
Based in | Uppsala, Sweden |
Colours | Black Blue |
Idrottsklubben Sirius, commonly known as IK Sirius or Sirius, is a Swedish sports club located in Uppsala. Today IK Sirius is active in bandy, floorball, and football as an alliance club . [1]
The sports club that became IK Sirius was founded on 9 August 1907 in the area of Svartbäcken in Uppsala, and got its current name on 5 April 1908 after having been discussing Svartbäckens IK and IK Spurt. [2] At the time, several sports club existed in the city of Uppsala: IFK Uppsala, IF Thor, IF Heimdal, and Upsala IF. [2] The sports club was founded for athletics, and took up cross-country skiing, bandy and football in 1908. [3] During the first half of the 20th century, the sports club has also practised canoeing, swimming, handball, ice hockey, tennis, wrestling, boxing, and orienteering. [3]
In 1980, the ice hockey department was dissolved. [4] In 1991, the two remaining departments of football and bandy split and choose to act as an alliance club using the same name. [5]
In 1999, the floorball club IBK JT 97 joined IK Sirius. [6]
Sport | Started | Ended | Home venue | Notes | Ref. |
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athletics | 1907 | discontinued | [3] [7] | ||
bandy IK Sirius Bandy |
1908 | Studenternas IP | [3] [8] | ||
bowling | discontinued | [7] | |||
boxing | discontinued | [3] | |||
canoeing | 1917 | 1929 | became KS Ägir | [3] | |
cross-country skiing | 1908 | discontinued | [3] | ||
floorball IK Sirius Innebandy |
1999 | IFU Arena | IBK JT 97 (a 1997 merge of Teknikums IBK and Johannesbäck IBS) joined IK Sirius in 1999; FBC Uppsala merged into IK Sirius in 2017 | [6] [9] | |
men's
football IK Sirius Fotboll |
1908 | Studenternas IP | [3] [10] | ||
women's
football IK Sirius Fotboll (women) |
2017 | became IK Uppsala | [11] [12] | ||
handball IK Sirius Handboll |
1936 | discontinued | [3] [7] | ||
ice hockey IK Sirius Ishockey |
1937 | 1980 | [3] [7] [4] | ||
swimming | discontinued | [3] [7] | |||
orienteering | discontinued | [3] | |||
tennis | discontinued | [3] | |||
water polo | discontinued | [7] | |||
wrestling | discontinued | [3] |
![]() | |
Full name | Idrottsklubben Sirius |
---|---|
Sports |
bandy floorball football |
Founded | 9 August 1907 |
Based in | Uppsala, Sweden |
Colours | Black Blue |
Idrottsklubben Sirius, commonly known as IK Sirius or Sirius, is a Swedish sports club located in Uppsala. Today IK Sirius is active in bandy, floorball, and football as an alliance club . [1]
The sports club that became IK Sirius was founded on 9 August 1907 in the area of Svartbäcken in Uppsala, and got its current name on 5 April 1908 after having been discussing Svartbäckens IK and IK Spurt. [2] At the time, several sports club existed in the city of Uppsala: IFK Uppsala, IF Thor, IF Heimdal, and Upsala IF. [2] The sports club was founded for athletics, and took up cross-country skiing, bandy and football in 1908. [3] During the first half of the 20th century, the sports club has also practised canoeing, swimming, handball, ice hockey, tennis, wrestling, boxing, and orienteering. [3]
In 1980, the ice hockey department was dissolved. [4] In 1991, the two remaining departments of football and bandy split and choose to act as an alliance club using the same name. [5]
In 1999, the floorball club IBK JT 97 joined IK Sirius. [6]
Sport | Started | Ended | Home venue | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
athletics | 1907 | discontinued | [3] [7] | ||
bandy IK Sirius Bandy |
1908 | Studenternas IP | [3] [8] | ||
bowling | discontinued | [7] | |||
boxing | discontinued | [3] | |||
canoeing | 1917 | 1929 | became KS Ägir | [3] | |
cross-country skiing | 1908 | discontinued | [3] | ||
floorball IK Sirius Innebandy |
1999 | IFU Arena | IBK JT 97 (a 1997 merge of Teknikums IBK and Johannesbäck IBS) joined IK Sirius in 1999; FBC Uppsala merged into IK Sirius in 2017 | [6] [9] | |
men's
football IK Sirius Fotboll |
1908 | Studenternas IP | [3] [10] | ||
women's
football IK Sirius Fotboll (women) |
2017 | became IK Uppsala | [11] [12] | ||
handball IK Sirius Handboll |
1936 | discontinued | [3] [7] | ||
ice hockey IK Sirius Ishockey |
1937 | 1980 | [3] [7] [4] | ||
swimming | discontinued | [3] [7] | |||
orienteering | discontinued | [3] | |||
tennis | discontinued | [3] | |||
water polo | discontinued | [7] | |||
wrestling | discontinued | [3] |