AFC Eskilstuna

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AFC Eskilstuna
AFC Eskilstuna logo.svg
Full nameAthletic Football Club Eskilstuna
Founded1 January 1991;33 years ago (1991-01-01) (as "FC Café Opera")
Ground Tunavallen, Eskilstuna
Capacity7,800
ChairmanAlex Ryssholm
ManagerMelke Alan
League Ettan Norra
2024 Ettan Norra, 11th of 16
Websitewww.afc-eskilstuna.se

Athletic Football Club Eskilstuna, also known as AFC Eskilstuna or simply AFC, is a Swedish professional football club based in Eskilstuna. [1] The club has previously been known under the names FC Café Opera and Väsby United before switching ownership and their identity again in 2012 to AFC United. During the 2016 season it was once again decided that they would switch their name, identity, as well as locality. Choosing to move to Eskilstuna, about 110 kilometers west of Stockholm, they are since known as AFC Eskilstuna. They compete in Ettan, the third highest tier of Swedish football, and play their home matches at Tunavallen. AFC Eskilstuna are affiliated to Södermanlands Fotbollförbund.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Background

FC Café Opera

FC Café Opera was created in 1991 by Italian born restaurateur Alessandro Catenacci who named the club after Café Opera which he owned. They started out in division 8 of the Swedish football league system but only nine years later they had made it to the second tier Superettan. [2]

Väsby United

Football Club Väsby United was formed in 2005 when the two Stockholm clubs FC Café Opera United and Väsby IK FK merged. The new club replaced FC Café Opera United in the Superettan making it the youngest club competing at this level. Väsby United was a feeder club to AIK who participated in the second and third divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club played in Division 1 Norra which is the third tier of Swedish football when they became AFC United. [3]

AFC United

AFC United was founded when FC Väsby United increased their cooperation Division 3 club Athletic FC in late 2012. [4] They played their home matches at Skytteholms IP in Solna until the end of the 2016 season. Athletic FC was founded in 2007 and became part of AFC United in 2012. In 2012, Athletic FC played in Swedish football Division 3 Norra Svealand which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. [5] Athletic FC was affiliated to Stockholms Fotbollförbund. [6]

AFC Eskilstuna

During the 2016 season the club management decided to uproot and leave Solna and move to Eskilstuna and Tunavallen before the 2017 season. They also changed their name to AFC Eskilstuna.[ citation needed ]

The team were winless, having only acquired 4 points from the opening 12 matches and were firmly rooted to the bottom of the league table. [7] Michael Jolley was announced as new manager on 13 June 2017. [8] Under Jolley's coaching they took 15 points from the next 16 games. [9] A 3–1 victory over Malmö FF on 19 August 2017 in particular provided the biggest shock of the season in Allsvenskan. [10] However, they were eventually relegated to Superettan on 23 October 2017 following a spirited fight when Jönköpings Södra IF defeated Kalmar FF 2–0, meaning AFC Eskilstuna could no longer reach the qualifying position. [11] Jolley departed ways with AFC Eskilstuna on 9 January 2018 by mutual consent, after being unable to agree on the future direction of the club. [12]

On 15 January 2018, Nemanja Miljanović became the manager, after their relegation to the Superettan. [13]

Season-to-season

SeasonLevelLeaguePos
FC Väsby United
2005 Tier 2Superettan9th
2006 [a] Tier 2Superettan14th (R)
2007 Tier 3Division 1 Norra2nd (P)
2008 Tier 2Superettan9th
2009 Tier 2Superettan12th
2010 Tier 2Superettan16th (R)
2011 Tier 3Division 1 Norra2nd
2012 Tier 3Division 1 Norra11th
AFC United
2013 Tier 3Division 1 Norra10th
2014 Tier 3Division 1 Norra1st (P)
2015 Tier 2Superettan8th
2016 Tier 2Superettan2nd (P)
AFC Eskilstuna
2017 Tier 1Allsvenskan16th (R)
2018 Tier 2Superettan3rd (P)
2019 Tier 1Allsvenskan16th (R)
2020 Tier 2Superettan9th
2021 Tier 2Superettan9th
2022 Tier 2Superettan8th
2023 Tier 2Superettan16th (R)
  1. League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [14] [15] [16]

Players

Current squad

As of 10 August 2024 [17]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Kevin Dyplin
2 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Hampus Myske
4 DF Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  BIH Amel Mazalovic
5 DF Flag of Tunisia.svg  TUN Yassin Hawat
6 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Gustav Severinsen
8 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Hadi Noori (on loan from HJK Klubi 04)
9 FW Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Love Björnson
10 FW Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Aleksandar Azizovic
11 FW Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Oliver Markulic
14 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Tristan Hedman
15 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Sixten Sköldqvist
16 FW Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Lee Hanson
17 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Adam Padovan(on loan from Västerås)
18 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Naod Ghebrekristos
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Reece Gaylor
20 FW Flag of Kenya.svg  KEN Henry Atola (on loan from AIK)
22 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Fredrik Sandell
24 DF Flag of Kenya.svg  KEN Frank Odhiambo (on loan from Djurgårdens)
27 FW Flag of Iraq.svg  IRQ Alai Ghasem (on loan from IFK Göteborg)
30 GK Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Famara Touray
32 GK Flag of Mali.svg  MLI Makan Keita
35 GK Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Hannes Sveijer
75 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Leo Lif
92 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Love Lindbäck
97 DF Flag of France.svg  FRA Louka Masset
FW Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Oiva Laaksonen (on loan from Haka)
DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Henri Malundama

Attendances

Väsby United had the following average attendances:

AFC Eskilstuna play their home games at Tunavallen Tunavallen 2011.jpg
AFC Eskilstuna play their home games at Tunavallen
AFC United previously played their home games at Skytteholms IP Skytteholms IP.jpg
AFC United previously played their home games at Skytteholms IP
SeasonAverage AttendanceDivision / SectionLevel
20051,124SuperettanTier 2
2006487SuperettanTier 2
2007446Div 1 NorraTier 3
2008450SuperettanTier 2
2009405SuperettanTier 2
2010723SuperettanTier 2
2011290Div 1 NorraTier 3
2012206Div 1 NorraTier 3

In recent seasons AFC United have had the following average attendances:

SeasonAverage AttendanceDivision / SectionLevel
2013179Div 1 NorraTier 3
2014176Div 1 NorraTier 3
2015346SuperettanTier 2
2016698SuperettanTier 2

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [18]

The highest attendance for FC Väsby United at Råsunda was 8,672 spectators who attended the match with AIK on 15 August 2005. [19]

Achievements

League

Cup

Notes and references

Notes

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