Enskede IK is a

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club located in

Gamla Enskede Gamla Enskede (Swedish: "Old Enskede") is a district of Enskede-Årsta-Vantör borough, South Stockholm, Sweden. In addition to housing areas, the district includes the Skogskyrkogården woodland cemetery and the smaller Sandsborgskyrkogården ...

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Background

Since their foundation in 1914 Enskede IK has participated mainly in the lower divisions of the

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but since 2004 they have resided in Division 2. The club currently plays in Division 2 Södra Svealand which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Enskede IP in Enskede. Today EIK is one of Sweden's biggest football clubs with over 140 teams. A few years ago, Enskede IK had

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and

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teams, too, but today it is just a football club. From 1989–2005, the club president was the Swedish politician

Bo Ringholm Bo "Bosse" Ingvar Karchimirer Ringholm (born 18 August 1942) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He held the titles of Minister of Finance, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Policy Coordination, and Minister for Sport in the Persson adm ...

Season to season

Attendances

In recent seasons Enskede IK have had the following average attendances:

First-team squad

Notable alumni

* Noah Sonko Sundberg * Anton Salétros *

Oscar Krusnell Oscar Krusnell (born 17 February 1999) is a Swedish footballer who plays for IF Brommapojkarna as a left-back. Early life Krusnell was born in Stockholm and grew up in the borough of Årsta. He started his footballing career as a youngster at l ...

* Oliver Dovin * Benny Lekström *

Björn Runström Björn Sandro Runström (born 1 March 1984) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a striker. Career Early life Runström grew up in the southern suburbs of Stockholm and went to Enskede school as a child. He started playing footb ...

Daniel Örlund Daniel Kjell Valter Erik Örlund (born 23 June 1980) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is best remembered for his time with AIK and Rosenborg. He won one cap for the Sweden national team. Club career � ...

* Andi Toompuu *

Magdalena Eriksson Magdalena Lilly Eriksson (also Ericsson, born 8 September 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Chelsea Women in the English Women's Super League as well as for the Swedish national team.

External links

Enskede IK
nbsp;– Official Website

Footnotes

{{Division 2 Football clubs in Stockholm Association football clubs established in 1914 1914 establishments in Sweden