AFC United

AFC United
Full name Athletic Football Club United
Founded 2007 (2007)
Ground Skytteholms IP, Solna, Stockholm
Ground Capacity 3,500
Chairman Alex Ryssholm
Manager Özcan Melkemichel
League Allsvenskan
2016 Superettan, 2nd (promoted)

Athletic Football Club United, also known simply as AFC United, is a Swedish football club located in Solna in Stockholm County.[1] The club has previously been known under the names FC Café Opera and Väsby United before switching to their current identity in 2012. They currently compete in Allsvenskan, the first tier of Swedish football, and play their home matches at Skytteholms IP.

Background

FC Café Opera

FC Café Opera was created in 1991 by Italian born restauranteer 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 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 play their home matches at Skytteholms IP in Solna.[5] AFC United are affiliated to Stockholms Fotbollförbund.[6]

Season-to-season

Season Level League Pos
FC Väsby United
2005 Tier 2 Superettan 9th
2006[lower-alpha 1] Tier 2 Superettan 14th (R)
2007 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 2nd (P)
2008 Tier 2 Superettan 9th
2009 Tier 2 Superettan 12th
2010 Tier 2 Superettan 16th (R)
2011 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 2nd
2012 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 11th
AFC United
2013 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 10th
2014 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 1st (P)
2015 Tier 2 Superettan 8th
2016 Tier 2 Superettan 2nd (P)
  1. ↑ League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.[7][8][9]

Players

First-team squad

As of 14 April 2016[10][11]

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

No. Position Player
2 Brazil DF Denis
3 England DF Jernade Meade
4 Sweden DF Daniel Jarl
5 Ghana DF John Mensah
6 Sweden DF Michel Termanini
7 Sweden MF Ferid Ali
8 Sweden MF Haris Círak
9 Sweden FW Sasa Matic
10 Sweden FW Omar Eddahri
14 United States FW Tristan Bowen
17 Sweden DF Bun-Dawda Sowe
18 Sweden DF André Österholm
19 Sierra Leone FW Mohamed Buya
No. Position Player
20 Sweden MF Filip Rogić
21 Sweden MF Carlos Gaete Moggia
24 Sweden GK Cem Alpek
25 Ivory Coast MF Abdul Razak
26 Sweden DF Robert Åstedt
27 Netherlands MF Christoff Oliveira
31 United States GK Josh Wicks (captain)
42 Guinea MF Amadou Kalabane
70 Nigeria FW Chidi Omeje
85 Sweden DF Isa Demir
91 Sweden DF Erik Figueroa

Out on loan

As of 24 February 2015

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

No. Position Player

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2014–15.

Attendances

Väsby United had the following average attendances:

AFC United currently play their home games at Skytteholms IP
Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level
2005 1,124 Superettan Tier 2
2006 487 Superettan Tier 2
2007 446 Div 1 Norra Tier 3
2008 450 Superettan Tier 2
2009 405 Superettan Tier 2
2010 723 Superettan Tier 2
2011 290 Div 1 Norra Tier 3
2012 206 Div 1 Norra Tier 3

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

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level
2013 179 Div 1 Norra Tier 3
2014 176 Div 1 Norra Tier 3

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [12]

The highest attendance for FC Väsby United at Råsunda was 8,672 spectators who attended the match with AIK on 15 August 2005.[13]

Achievements

League

Footnotes

    References

    1. ↑ "FC Väsby United – Fotboll Klubb". Retrieved 2010-12-02.
    2. ↑ "Projekten vi aldrig glömmer – färgade svensk fotboll". FotbollDirekt. Retrieved 2015-01-23.
    3. ↑ "Tabell och resultat – Div 1 Norra, herrar – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-12-02.
    4. ↑ "Väsby United byter namn till AFC United: "Ett naturligt steg"". fotbolltransfers.com (in Swedish). 7 December 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
    5. ↑ "Fotbollsverige.se – Division 3 Västra Svealand". Retrieved 2010-12-02.
    6. ↑ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – FC Väsby United – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-12-02.
    7. ↑ "GAIS – Lagfacta – FC Väsby United". Retrieved 2010-12-02.
    8. ↑ "Norra — Division 1 – Fotbollsserier 2011 – Fotboll – everysport.com". Retrieved 2010-12-02.
    9. ↑ "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning". Archived from the original on 2010-07-31. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
    10. ↑ "Spelartruppen 2016" (in Swedish). AFC United. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
    11. ↑ AFC United transfers 2016
    12. ↑ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-12-02.
    13. ↑ "Väsby United  – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-12-02.

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