AFC United

AFC United
Full name Athletic Football Club United
Founded 2004 (2004) as
FC Väsby United
Ground Skytteholms IP, Solna, Stockholm
Ground Capacity 3,500
Chairman Alex Ryssholm
Manager Özcan Melkemichel
League Superettan
2015 Superettan, 8th

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 Superettan, the second 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
  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 February 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
1 Belarus GK Pilip Vaitsiakhovich
2 Brazil DF Denis Viana da Silva
4 Sweden MF Jesper Carlsson
6 Sweden DF Rabi Elia
7 Sweden MF Rinor Nushi
8 Sweden MF Haris Círak
9 Italy FW Luca Gerbino Polo
10 Sweden MF Omar Eddahri
11 Sweden DF Linus Smedjegården
12 Ethiopia MF Yussuf Saleh
14 Spain DF Juanjo Hervías
17 Sweden DF Bun-Dawda Sowe
18 Sweden MF André Österholm
19 Sierra Leone FW Mohamed Buya
20 Sweden MF Filip Rogić
No. Position Player
21 Montenegro MF Uroš Delić
23 The Gambia DF Omar Jawo (vice captain)
24 Sweden GK Cem Alpek
27 Sweden MF Robert Massi
31 United States GK Josh Wicks (captain)
58 Netherlands FW Othman El Kabir
70 Nigeria FW Chidi Omeje
92 Sweden MF Joakim Alriksson
Sweden MF André Österholm
Netherlands FW Christoff Dias de Oliveira
Sweden MF Carlos Gaete Moggia
England DF Jernade Meade
Sweden DF Erik Figueroa
Sweden DF Isa Demir
Sweden MF Ferid Ali

Current youth players with first-team experience

As of 22 February 2015[upper-alpha 1]

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

No. Position Player
13 Sweden DF Ramzy Aiga
— Sweden MF Nikolaos Karakassis
No. Position Player
— Sweden FW Hikmet Bircan

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

  1. ↑ Current youth players who at least have sat on the bench in a competitive match.

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". Retrieved 2010-12-02.
  10. ↑ "Spelartruppen 2015" (in Swedish). AFC United. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  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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