the club did not qualify for the first season of allsvenskan, and only reached that league twice between 1924 and 1944, being directly relegated back down to division 2 both times. the club did also play three seasons in the then third highest league, division 3, between 1929 and 1932. from 1944 on, the club became a stable allsvenskan club. in 1951, the team became runners-up in svenska cupen after malmö ff; this was the team's first cup final.