Nacka FC

Nacka FC
Full nameNacka Football Club
Founded14 May 2015
GroundSaltsjöbadens IP
Nacka
Sweden
ChairmanSalih Shala
Head CoachEldin Kozica
LeagueDivision 2 Södra 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, under the name FC Nacka Iliria and later fully merged to the common name Nacka FC.[2]

Background

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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).

As newcomers to division 2 Södra Svealand in season 2023, the club will continue to be managed by the Swedish-Bosnian coach Eldin Kozica. 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

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First-team squad

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As of 6 January 2021[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Norway NOR Theo Graasvoll
2 DF Sweden SWE Kenan Nisic
4 DF Sweden SWE Youssri Ouni
5 DF Albania ALB Albion Kurbasha
6 DF Sweden SWE Marcus Törnstrand
7 MF Poland POL Jakub Kolarczyk
8 MF Sweden SWE Erik Håkansson
9 FW The Gambia GAM Fabakary Sanneh
10 MF Switzerland SUI Tim Hauzenberger
11 FW Afghanistan AFG Shahir Ameri
13 DF Sweden SWE Adam Ohlander
14 MF Ethiopia ETH Bilal Ali Mohammed
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW Sweden SWE Ilias Alaoui
17 MF Sierra Leone SLE Abu Bakarr Suma
19 FW Yemen YEM Emad Adel Qasem
20 MF Sweden SWE Alex Fischer
22 GK Croatia CRO Kevin Blennestrand
23 FW North Macedonia MKD Jovan Kostovski
24 DF Egypt EGY Aymann Ahmed
27 FW The Gambia GAM Lamin Sanneh
29 FW Italy ITA Alessandro Visconti
30 GK Sweden SWE Victor Pålsson Lundell
99 FW Djibouti DJI Mahammad Abdi Momin

Season to Season

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Season Division Section Position Movements
2015 Division 7 Stockholm 3rd
2016 Division 7 7 J 1st Promoted
2017 Division 6 6 F 3rd
2018 Division 6 6 F 2nd Promoted
2019 Division 5 Södra 1st Promoted
2020 Division 4 Södra 2nd Promoted
2021 Division 3 Södra Svealand 4th
2022 Division 3 Södra Svealand 1st Promoted
2023 Division 2 Södra Svealand
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Footnotes

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  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.