Hammarby Fotboll

In 1889, Hammarby Roddförening ("Hammarby Rowing Association") was established in Södermalm, with engineer Axel Robert Schönthal, the first chairman, being credited as the founder. By 1897, it had diversified into different sports, and was renamed Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), or Hammarby IF for short.

1915–1940s: Establishment of football club

In 1915, the sporting ground Hammarby IP was built in Södermalm. Due to a lack of football pitches in Stockholm, several other clubs proposed to merge with Hammarby IF to get access to the stadium. An offer from Klara SK was accepted and Hammarby officially established a football department on 13 August 1915. The club played its first competitive game two days later, and won 5–0 against Västerås SK in the "Östsvenska serien", a local league, with Ragnar Gunnarsson scoring the inaugural goal. In 1916, Hammarby competed in Svenska Mästerskapet, a cup by then held to decide the Swedish Champions, for the first time. In 1918, Hammarby also merged with Johanneshofs IF, a club from the neighbouring district Johanneshov. In 1920, Hammarby first competed in the Svenska Serien, by then the highest league in Swedish football, with key players like goalkeeper Victor Olsson, defender Gösta Wihlborg and forward Gustav Björk. During the upcoming years, Hammarby had a strong showing where they went to the finals of Svenska Mästerskapet in 1922, losing 1–3 to GAIS. Hammarby qualified to compete in Allsvenskan's…

Domestic

Swedish Champions Winners (1): 2001

League

Allsvenskan Winners (1): 2001 Runners-up (4): 1982, 2003, 2024, 2025 Superettan Winners (1): 2014 Division 1 Norra Winners (3): 1989, 1993, 1997 Runners-up (1): 1996 Division 1 Östra Winners (1): 1991

Cups

Svenska Cupen Winners (1): 2020–21 Runners-up (4): 1976–77, 1982–83, 2010, 2021–22, 2025-26 Svenska Mästerskapet Runners-up (1): 1922

European

UEFA Intertoto Cup Winners (1): 2007 (Joint Winner) Intertoto Cup Winners (1): 1983 (Outright Winner)