IF Brommapojkarna

IF Brommapojkarna

Full name	Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna
Nickname(s)	BP
Founded	13 April 1942 (1942-04-13)
Ground	Grimsta IP, Stockholm
Ground Capacity	5,500
Chairman	Patrik Emanuelsson
Head coach	Olof Mellberg
League	Superettan
2016	Division 1, 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna, also known as Brommapojkarna or simply BP, is a Swedish football club located in the borough of Bromma, in the western parts of Stockholm municipality. Brommapojkarna is the largest football club in Europe in terms of the number of active teams of all ages – in 2007 there were 247 teams and 3,000 players. The women's team plays in Division 1 Södra Svealand, the third tier. There is also a floorball division.

The club is famous for its youth academy, which has produced numerous top-quality Swedish players throughout the years. The club is affiliated to the Stockholms Fotbollförbund.^[1]

History

The club was formed in 1942. It has earlier had many more sports on its programme, such as athletics, bandy and ice hockey.

They became affiliated with Manchester United after Bojan Djordjic was transferred to the Red Devils in 1999. However, this deal has since expired as Bromma believed it would weaken talks with other Premiership clubs. The club now has a similar affiliation with local United rivals Manchester City, where former Bromma youth, and Sweden International John Guidetti marked his trade, until his transfer to La Liga club Celta Vigo in 2015.^[2]

The club was promoted to the Allsvenskan for the first time on 12 November 2006 after beating BK Häcken in the promotion-relegation play-offs. On 16 November 2008, the team reached Allsvenskan for the second time after a 1–1 draw against Ljungskile SK.^[3] It guaranteed remain in Allsvenskan for 2010 season despite losing 3–0 to home match against IFK Göteborg on October 23, 2009. In 2010, Bromma came in last and were relegated to Superettan, where they played in 2011 and 2012. In 2012 they finished 2nd in Superettan and were promoted to Allsvenskan for the third time.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 April 2017^[4]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Rasmus Emanuelsson 2 MF Christopher Brandeborn 3 DF Kyle Konwea 4 DF Carl Starfelt 5 MF Jacob Ortmark 6 MF Gustav Sandberg Magnusson (captain) 7 MF Markus Gustafsson 8 MF Besard Sabovic (on loan from Djurgårdens IF) 9 FW Luca Gerbino Polo 11 FW Tim Söderström

No. Position Player 12 MF Anders Bååth 14 DF Joel Qviberg 15 DF Johan Falkmar 16 DF Jacob Stensson 17 FW Viktor Gyökeres 18 DF Hjalmar Ekdahl 19 FW Kevin Kabran 20 GK Viktor Göranzon 20 GK Budimir Janošević 23 DF Erik Figueroa

Out on loan

As of 1 April 2017

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

No. Position Player 12 FW Love Reuterswärd (at Assyriska FF until 8 January 2018)

No. Position Player 13 FW Daniel Stensson (at Assyriska FF until 8 January 2018)

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	VPS	2–0	1–2	3–2
		2Q	Crusaders	4–0	1–1	5–1
		3Q	Torino	0–3	0–4	0–7

Notes

• 1Q: First qualifying round
• 2Q: Second qualifying round
• 3Q: Third qualifying round

Season to season

Attendances

In recent seasons IF Brommapojkarna have had the following average attendances:

Achievements

League

• Superettan:
  • Runners-up (1): 2012
• Division 1 Norra:
  • Winners (1): 2016
• Division 2 Östra Svealand:
  • Winners (3): 1998, 2000, 2001

Managers

• Gösta Sandberg (1959–61)
• Henry Carlsson (1969–71)
• Gösta Sandberg (1972–78)
• Tommy Söderberg (1982–85)
• Thomas Lyth (1986-89)
• Erik Hamrén (1990–91)
• Dan Sundblad (1991-93)
• Bo Petersson (1994)
• Kjell Jonevret (1995)
• Thomas Lyth (1995-97)
• Jari Pyykölä (1998–99)
• Dan Sundblad (1999)
• Benny Persson (2000-03)
• Anders Grönhagen (Jan 1, 2004 – Dec 31, 2004)
• Claes Eriksson (Jan 1, 2005 – Dec 31, 2007)
• Kim Bergstrand (2008–10)
• Roberth Björknesjö (Oct 1, 2010 – Nov 30, 2013)
• Stefan Billborn (Jan 1, 2014–15)
• Olof Mellberg (Nov 27, 2015)

Footnotes

References

External links

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• Official website (in Swedish)
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