Athletic Football Club Eskilstuna, also known as AFC Eskilstuna or simply AFC, is a

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football club located in

Eskilstuna Eskilstuna () is a city and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden. The city of Eskilstuna had 67,359 inhabitants in 2015, with a total population of 100,092 inhabitants in Eskilstuna municipality (2014). Eskilstuna h ...

. The club has previously been known under the names FC Café Opera and Väsby United before switching ownership and their identity again in 2012 to AFC United. During the 2016 season it was once again decided that they would switch their name, identity, as well as locality. Choosing to move to

, about 110 kilometers west of Stockholm, they are since known as AFC Eskilstuna. They compete in Superettan, the second highest tier of Swedish football, and play their home matches at

Tunavallen Tunavallen is a multi-use stadium in Eskilstuna, Sweden. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 7,800 seated spectators. The original stadium was one of the venues for the 1958 FIFA World Cup. It was also the ven ...

. AFC Eskilstuna are affiliated to Södermanlands Fotbollförbund.

Background

FC Café Opera

FC Café Opera was created in 1991 by Italian born restauranteer Alessandro Catenacci who named the club after

Café Opera Café Opera is a café and nightclub in Stockholm, Sweden in the Royal Swedish Opera building and part of the Opera Cellar (''Operakällaren''). It serves as a bistro, brasserie and tearoom A teahouse (mainly Asia) or tearoom (also tea room) ...

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.

Väsby United

Football Club Väsby United was formed in 2005 when the two Stockholm clubs FC Café Opera United and

Väsby IK FK Väsby IK FK was a Swedish football club located in based in the Stockholm suburb of Upplands Väsby. It was the football section of sports club Väsby IK. Background Väsby IK Fotboll was founded in 1924. From 1996 To 2004 Väsby IK FK play ...

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

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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.

AFC United

AFC United was founded when FC Väsby United increased their cooperation Division 3 club

Athletic FC Athletic Football Club Eskilstuna, also known as AFC Eskilstuna or simply AFC, is a Swedish football club located in Eskilstuna. The club has previously been known under the names FC Café Opera and Väsby United before switching ownership and t ...

in late 2012. They played their home matches at

Skytteholms IP Skytteholms IP is a football stadium in Solna, Stockholm, Sweden and the home stadium for the football team Vasalunds IF Vasalunds IF is a Swedish football club based in Solna, Stockholm. The club is affiliated with Stockholms Fotbollförbund. ...

in Solna until the end of the 2016 season. Athletic FC was founded in 2007 and defunct in 2012, they then became part of AFC United, the club that later became known as AFC Eskilstuna. In 2012, Athletic FC played in Swedish football Division 3 Norra Svealand which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. They played their home matches at the Skytteholms IP in Solna. The club was affiliated to

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AFC Eskilstuna

During the 2016 season the club management decided to uproot and leave Solna and move to

and

before the

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season. They also changed their name to AFC Eskilstuna. The team were winless, having only acquired 4 points from the opening 12 matches and were firmly rooted to the bottom of the league table. Michael Jolley was announced as new manager on 13 June 2017. Under Jolley's coaching they took 15 points from the next 16 games. A 3–1 victory over

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on 19 August 2017 in particular provided the biggest shock of the season in Allsvenskan. However, they were eventually relegated to Superettan on 23 October 2017 following a spirited fight when

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defeated

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2–0, meaning AFC Eskilstuna could no longer reach the qualifying position. Jolley departed ways with AFC Eskilstuna on 9 January 2018 by mutual consent, after being unable to agree on the future direction of the club. On 15 January 2018,

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became the manager, after their relegation to the Superettan.

Season-to-season

Players

Current squad

Attendances

Väsby United had the following average attendances: Tunavallen 2011

In recent seasons AFC United have had the following average attendances: The highest attendance for FC Väsby United at Råsunda was 8,672 spectators who attended the match with

on 15 August 2005.

Achievements

League

* Superettan: ** Runners-up (1): 2016 *

Division 1 Norra Ettan Fotboll, or simply Ettan ( en, the one), which also is its common name in everyday speech, is the third level in the Swedish football league system and consists of 32 Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden ...

: ** Winners (1): 2014 ** Runners-up (2): 2007, 2011

Cup

Svenska Cupen Svenska Cupen (, ''The Swedish Cup'') is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. Svenska Cupen usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held. Each year 96 teams compe ...

** Runners-up (1):

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Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eskilstuna Allsvenskan clubs 2007 establishments in Sweden Association football clubs established in 2007 Football clubs in Södermanland County