FOC Farsta is a
Swedish
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sports club located in the
Farsta
Farsta is a district in the borough with the same name in southern Stockholm. Farsta is located about eight kilometers south of Stockholm city. The district neighbours to Hökarängen, Sköndal, Larsboda, Farsta Strand and Fagersjö. It is al ...
district of
Stockholm, Sweden.
Background
The club was founded on 1 November 1977 through the merger of Farsta AIK and IF Cobran, hence the abbreviation FoC for “Farsta och Cobran.“ The club provides for
bandy,
bowling
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,
football and
ice hockey
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. The club's representative women's ice hockey were the
Swedish Champions in 1995 and 1997.
Since their foundation, FOC Farsta's men's representative football team has participated mainly in the lower divisions of the
Swedish football league system before gaining promotion to
Division 2 at the end of the 2009 season. The club currently plays in
Division 2 Södra Svealand which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Farsta IP in Farsta.
The club is affiliated to the
Stockholms Fotbollförbund
The Stockholms Fotbollförbund ''(Stockholm Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Stockholm County.
Background
Stockholms Fotbollförbund, c ...
.
In 2019, the departments of FoC Farsta were split into three separate associations: the football department took the name FOC Farsta Fotbollsförening (FOC Farsta FF), the hockey department became FOC Farsta Ishockeyförening (FOC Farsta IF), and the bowling department became the Farsta Bowlingklubb.
Season to season
External links
FOC Farstanbsp;– Official Website
FOC Farsta Fotbollnbsp;– Official Website (in Swedish)
FoC Farsta Ishockey(in Swedish)
References
Football clubs in Stockholm
Bandy clubs in Sweden
Association football clubs established in 1977
Bandy clubs established in 1977
1977 establishments in Sweden
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