Dalkurd Fotbollsförening, commonly known as Dalkurd FF or simply Dalkurd () is a
Swedish football club based in
Uppsala
Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019.
Located north of the c ...
.
The club plays in the
Ettan Norra, which is the third tier of football in the country. On 26 September 2004, the club was originally founded by members of the
Kurdish
Kurdish may refer to:
*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern Kurdistan
**Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
**Western Kurdistan
See also
* Kurd (dis ...
diaspora in
Borlänge,
Dalarna
Dalarna () is a '' landskap'' (historical province) in central Sweden. English exonyms for it are Dalecarlia () and the Dales.
Dalarna adjoins Härjedalen, Hälsingland, Gästrikland, Västmanland and Värmland. It is also bordered by Norwa ...
.
On 24 November 2017, Dalkurd chose to move their senior team operations to
Uppsala
Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019.
Located north of the c ...
, some 140 kilometers southeast of Borlänge, where they will play at the new ground
Nya Studenternas IP following its opening in 2020.
In the 2018 season, however, Dalkurd played their home games at
Gavlevallen
Gavlevallen is an association football stadium in Gävle, Sweden. The project was initiated by Allsvenskan side Gefle IF and Gävle Municipality to build a new 6,500 capacity stadium in the Sätraåsen area of Gävle, Sweden.
History
A new stadi ...
in
Gävle, some 110 kilometers north of Uppsala (and roughly 110 kilometers east of Borlänge).
Dalkurd FF holds the record for the lowest average attendances in the history of both
Allsvenskan and
Superettan, the two highest Swedish leagues. Dalkurd FF is affiliated with
Upplands Fotbollförbund
The Upplands Fotbollförbund (Uppland Football Association) is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical province of Uppland.
Background
Upplands Fotbollför ...
.
History
The club was formed in Borlänge in 2004 by a group of Kurds. It started as a social project to contribute to the youth of Borlänge by offering activities for them.
IK Brage
Idrottsklubben Brage, also known as IK Brage or simply Brage, is a Swedish football club located in Borlänge. The club is affiliated with Dalarnas Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Domnarvsvallen. The club colours, reflected in th ...
helped financing the project. In the first season the squad consisted of an average age of 17 years. Besides contributing to the youngsters, the chairman, Ramazan Kizil, had high expectations of the football players and an ultimate goal: he wanted to take Dalkurd to the professional levels of the Swedish league. Dalkurd won every division they participated in from their very first season in 2005 to 2009. Owing to this uncommon success they got a lot of media attention, both in Sweden and abroad.
The club narrowly avoided catastrophe when travelling home from
Spain
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, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
in March 2015. The club had initially intended to fly from
Barcelona
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to
Düsseldorf
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on
Germanwings Flight 9525
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, but changed its booking at the last minute when they decided the layover in Germany would be too long. Flight 4U 9525 crashed into the
French Alps
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on 24 March, killing everyone on board.
Season to season
Supporters
In 2010, the official supporter club from
Västerås
Västerås ( , , ) is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 154,049.
Västerås is the se ...
for Dalkurd FF with the name "Roj Fans" was founded. They are an independent non-profit organisation.
In 2018, they set the record for the lowest average attendance ever – 1,058 – in the history of the highest Swedish league,
Allsvenskan. The record was previously held by
Västerås IK
Västerås IK (''Västerås Ishockey klubb'') is an ice hockey club from Västerås, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second-tier league in Sweden, Hockeyallsvenskan. Västerås IK played 12 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien ...
, who had an average attendance of 1,125 in the inaugural season
1924–25. The game against
BK Häcken
Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Formed on 2 August 1940, Häcken has p ...
with an attendance of 202 people also became the second lowest attendance in the history of the league.
In 2019, they set the record for the lowest average attendance in the history of
Superettan – 168 people.
Affiliated clubs
Affiliated clubs
*
Division 4
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The series was one of the first dramas to follow up on the enormous success o ...
**
Uppsala-Kurd FK
In 2019, Dalkurd FF announced a cooperation with
Uppsala-kurd FK as part of strengthening the presence of Dalkurd FF in the Uppsala region. One of the aims of the cooperation is to make a natural way for talents in Uppsala to become a part of Dalkurd. Uppsala Kurd plays in div. 4 Uppland and is a farm team for Dalkurd FF.
Players from the Dalkurd Academy regularly train with Uppsala Kurd. If they are good enough, a transition is made so that they can represent Uppsala Kurd in the series game. The goal is to bring Uppsala Kurd higher up in the series system. We want to be able to offer young players good senior match environments on the way to Dalkurd FF want Uppsala Kurd A in div 3, 2020 and then the goal is to come up in the second in a few years.
The football played and the training methodology in Uppsala Kurd is the same as in Dalkurd A and the Dalkurd Academy.
Crest
The crest consist of a round circle with the
flag of Kurdistan
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as well as two
Dalecarlian horses. "Dal" and "Kurd FF" is spelled out in white letters on the top and bottom of the crest, as well as the year 2004.
Kit
The traditional home colors of Dalkurd are all green. The Away kit is traditionally white but have previously been black, yellow and pink in the 2019 season.
The club's kit manufacturer is
Adidas
Honours
Players
Current squad
Notable former players
*
David Abidor
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(born 1992)
Personnel
List of the managers
* Elvan Cicen (2006)
* Tomas Blomberg (2007–08)
* Bernhard Brcic (2009)
* Lasse Ericsson (2010)
* Anders Sjöö (2010–11)
* Johan Sandahl (2011)
* Jonas Björkgren (2012)
*
Robert Mambo Mumba (2013)
* Andreas Brännström (2014–15)
*
Poya Asbaghi (2016–2017)
* Andreas Brännström (2017)
*
Azrudin Valentić (2018)
* Johan Sandahl (2018)
*
Amir Azrafshan
Amir Azrafshan (born 17 August 1987) is a Swedish football manager who is currently managing Dalkurd FF.
Early life
Azrafshan emigrated to Falun at the age of 10.
Managerial career Östersund
Azrafshan was appointed as manager of Swedish Allsven ...
(2022–)
Attendances
In recent seasons Dalkurd FF have had the following average attendances:
''* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.''
References
External links
*
Roj FansOfficial website
Dalkurd FF – Laget.se
{{Dalkurd FF squad
2004 establishments in Sweden
Association football clubs established in 2004
Football clubs in Uppsala County
Sport in Uppsala
Diaspora football clubs in Sweden
Kurdish diaspora in Europe