| IK Sirius | |
| Upright: | 0.7 |
| Full Name: | Idrottsklubben Sirius |
| Sports: | bandy floorball football |
| City: | 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 .[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. 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. In 1991, the two remaining departments of football and bandy split and choose to act as an using the same name.[4]
In 1999, the floorball club IBK JT 97 joined IK Sirius.
| Sport | Started | Ended | Home venue | Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | [5] | |||||
| 1908 | [6] | |||||
| 1917 | 1929 | |||||
| 1908 | ||||||
| 1999 | 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 | [7] [8] | ||||
| 1908 | [9] | |||||
| 2017 | [10] [11] | |||||
| 1936 | ||||||
| 1937 | 1980 | [12] | ||||