Nacka FC

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Nacka FC
Full nameNacka Football Club
Founded14 May 2015
GroundMyrsjö IP
Nacka
Sweden
ChairmanSalih Shala
Head coach Ahmed Riahi
League Division 2 Norra Svealand

Nacka FC is a Swedish football club located in the Stockholm suburb of Nacka. [1] The club is a merger club consisting of Nacka FC, a youth club formed in 2015 and FC Iliria Stockholm, a team formed by the ethnic Albanian community in Stockholm the same year. The clubs merged in 2019, to the common name Nacka FC. [2]

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Background

Since their foundation in 2015, Nacka FC has achieved a record-paced climb up the Swedish football league system. Together with FC Stockholm Internazionale they are the only club in the Swedish capital who has managed to climb from the lowest division (division 7) all the way up to division 2 within 7 seasons. The club is also the youngest club participating in the top tiers of Swedish football (Allsvenskan to division 3).

In 2025 they will compete in the Division 2 Norra Svealand league, the club will be managed by coach Ahmed Riahi. The Sport Director is Salih Shala, the Swedish-Albanian co-founder of the club who has been in charge of the first team since its debut in the lowest division in Sweden. [3]

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 February 2025 [4]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Strahinja Petrovic
2 DF Flag of Iceland.svg  ISL Birkir Már Sævarsson
3 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Kenan Nisic
4 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Youssri Ouni
5 DF Flag of Albania.svg  ALB Albion Kurbasha
6 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Ronny Karlsson
7 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Erik Herre
8 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Morris Carlsén
10 MF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Tim Hauzenberger
11 FW Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Abbe Kamnelius
13 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Sixten Aaro
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 FW Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg  SYR Abdulmannan Khalil
18 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Success Chimankpa Nwosu
19 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Liam Högquist
20 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Yusupha Jammeh
21 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Sam Kardar
22 GK Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Wilmer Öhlander
23 FW Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Stephen Kigongo
66 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Hugo Svensson Palmér
77 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Lucas Cedermark

Season to Season

SeasonDivisionSectionPositionMovements
2015Division 7Stockholm3rd
2016Division 77 J1stPromoted
2017Division 66 F3rd
2018Division 66 F2ndPromoted
2019Division 5Södra1stPromoted
2020Division 4Södra2ndPromoted
2021Division 3Södra Svealand4th
2022Division 3Södra Svealand1stPromoted
2023Division 2Södra Svealand8th
2024Division 2Södra Svealand10th
2025Division 2Norra Svealand

Footnotes

  1. "FC Iliria Stockholm" . Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  2. "FC Nacka Iliria" . Retrieved 2020-02-15.
  3. "Nacka FC - Herr / Nacka FC Iliria - Svenskalag.se".
  4. "Laget" (in Swedish). FC Nacka Iliria. Retrieved 6 Jan 2022.