FC Linköping City was a Swedish football club based in Linköping, active from 2013 until its dissolution in 2022. The club was founded around New Year’s Day 2013, replacing FK Linköping in the Swedish football league system for the 2013 season.[1] The club was created through a merger between FK Linköping and FC Syrianska, with the goal of raising the level of football in Linköping.[2]
Design and History
The club’s visual identity was tied to its predecessor organizations. According to the Swedish football club registry, FC Linköping City was previously known as FK Linköping Syrianska.[3] A separate registry entry for FC Syrianska Linköping notes that this club, formerly FC Babylon, changed its name to FC Linköping City after a merger with FK Linköping.[4]
The club’s lineage traces back to Linköpings FF, whose original logo incorporated years referencing BK Derby (1912), IF Saab (1941) and the 1981 merger of those clubs into Linköpings FF. The old LFF organization number lived on and became FK Linköping, which later became Linköpings City.[5]
FC Linköping City was dissolved in 2022.[1] A new club, Linköping FC, later adopted a separate visual identity. In early 2024, that club introduced its own graphic profile to strengthen its identity as an independent club.[6]
Meaning and Symbolism
Documented symbolism for the FC Linköping City crest itself is limited. The broader Linköping sporting tradition, however, is well documented. Linköpings FF, the predecessor organization, played in red shirts and used a lion in its logo, as was the case with both the city and other sports teams in Linköping.[7] This lion motif carried through the city’s sporting identities, including the later Linköping FC women’s club, which shared a club badge with Linköping HC before introducing its own mark in 2024.[8]
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