Hammarby Fotboll

Not to be confused with Hammarby Fotboll (women).
This article is about Hammarby IF's men's football department. For other departments of the club, see Hammarby IF.

Hammarby IF
Full nameHammarby IF Fotbollförening[1]
Nickname(s)Bajen[note 1]
Short nameHIF
Founded10 April 1889; 135 years ago (1889-04-10) (as Hammarby Roddförening)
13 August 1915; 109 years ago (1915-08-13) (football department)
GroundTele2 Arena, Stockholm
Capacity30 000
OwnerHammarby IF Fotbollförening – 51%
AEG – 23.5%
Zlatan Ibrahimović - 23.5%
Other – 2%[2]
ChairmanMattias Fri
Head coachKim Hellberg
LeagueAllsvenskan
2023Allsvenskan, 7th of 16
Websitehttp://www.hammarbyfotboll.se
Current season
Departments of Hammarby IF
Athletics Arm wrestling Bandy Basketball
Boules Bowling Boxing Floorball
Football
(Men's)		 Football Feeder
(Men's)		 Football
(Women's)		 Goalball
Golf Handball
(Men's)		 Ice Hockey
(current)		 Ice Hockey
(historic)
Motorcycle
speedway		 Orienteering Rowing Rugby union
(Men's)
Skiing Table Tennis

Hammarby IF Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Hammarby Fotboll or simply Hammarby[1] (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhâmːa(r)ˌbyː] or, especially locally, [-ˌbʏ]), is a Swedish professional football club from Stockholm founded in 1915. The club is based at Tele2 Arena in Johanneshov but founded in the neighbouring Södermalm district of Stockholm City Centre, the area that is the club's heartland.

Competing in Sweden's first tier, Allsvenskan,[3] Hammarby are placed eighth in the all-time Allsvenskan table,[4] and has won the league once, in 2001. The club has competed in the Svenska Cupen final five times, winning their first title in 2021.

The club's colours are green and white, which are reflected in its crest and kit. Between 1918 and 1978, however, the club played in black-and-yellow striped home shirts, which since often form the club's away colors.

It is known for its vociferous fans and for having the highest average attendance in the Nordic countries.[5] Drawing inspiration from England, Hammarby fans introduced football chants to the Swedish terraces in 1970.[6][7] Hammarby is one of largest football clubs in Europe in terms of the number of active players of all ages – with some 3,500 players in its organisation.[8][9][10]

Hammarby is affiliated with the Stockholms Fotbollförbund (Stockholm Football Association).[11]

  1. ^ a b "Hammarby Fotboll: Kontakt" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Zlatan Ibrahimović investerar i AEG Sweden – blir delägare i Hammarby Fotboll AB" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Tabell och resultat – Allsvenskan, herrar" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Maratontabell – Svenskfotboll.se". Svenskfotboll (in Swedish).
  5. ^ "Den nordiska publikligan 2016". Ecst.se (in Swedish).
  6. ^ "Mellanöl och rebelltakter – så startade läktarsången i Sverige för 50 år sedan". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 27 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Stefan var med och startade den första svenska läktarsången" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 9 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Edvard blev nummer 3000 i Bajens ungdomsled". Hammarby Fotboll (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Hammarby IF Ungdom" (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Över 900 medverkade vid tisdagsmötet". Hammarby Fotboll (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Hammarby IF FF". Svensk Fotboll (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 November 2019.


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