Linköpings FC
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| Full name | Linköpings Fotboll Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | LFC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Folkungavallen, Linköping (Capacity 2,400) |
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| Chairman |  Christer Mård |
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| Manager | Daniel Pettersson |
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| League | Damallsvenskan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Damallsvenskan, 6:th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Linköpings FC is an association football club from Linköping, Sweden. The club was established in 2003 when Kenty DFF women's football club decided to merge with the premier division ice hockey club Linköpings HC under the new name Linköpings FC. The club's goal was both to establish women's football as a sport in Linköping and eventually become one of the top four teams.
In 2004, Linköpings FC finished their first year in the Women's premier division (Damallsvenskan) in sixth place. The club has reached its goal of finishing top four in the league over last two seasons with a fourth place finish in 2005 and a third place finish in 2006. The club also won Svenska Cupen ("The Swedish Cup") for the first time in 2006 , defeating Umeå IK 3-2 in the cup final.
From 2004 to 2007 Linköpings FC increased their annual turnover from 2,4 million SEK to 5,0 million SEK.[1] At the same time their average attendance dropped from 1,609 in the 2004 season to 997 in 2006.[1] In 2007, Frida Östberg left the team after 2 years. Later, the team signed on Jessica Landström after her debut for the national team. In February, they signed Brazilian internationals Cristiane and Daniela.
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[edit] Current squad
As of 6 February 2008:
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[edit] Achievements
- Svenska Cupen:
- Winners (1): 2006
[edit] References
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b LFCs Vision (Swedish). Linköpings Fotboll Club. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.
[edit] External links
- Linköpings FC - Official website (Swedish)
