IFK Klagshamn is a
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football club located in
Klagshamn
Klagshamn () is a neighbourhood of Malmö, situated in the Borough of Limhamn-Bunkeflo, Malmö Municipality
Malmö Municipality ( sv, Malmö kommun), or City of Malmö (''Malmö stad''), is a Swedish municipality in Skåne County, the souther ...
outside of
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ...
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History
The club was founded on 9 October 1921 by 12 young men. IFK Klagshamn currently has about 750 members, of which, more than 450 are young people under the age of 25.
Since their foundation, IFK Klagshamn has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the
Swedish football league system. The club plays in Division 2 Södra Götaland which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Klagshamns IP.
IFK Klagshamn are affiliated to the
Skånes Fotbollförbund
The Skånes Fotbollförbund ''(Scania Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the non-administrative province of Scania.
Background
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Their main rivals are LB07, Vellinge IF and FC Höllviken. In 2011, IFK Klagshamn won Division 2 södra Götaland but they were not promoted because of poor economy. IFK Klagshamn have participated in the Swedish Cup two times, 2009 and 2010. 2006 IFK Klagshamn started a climb in the Swedish league system from Division 4 they were promoted to division 3. In 2007 IFK Klagshamn came in 2nd place in division 3 and were promoted to division 2. They beat their rivals Limhamns IF (now LB07) away 0–1 and a home victory 3–1 on Klagshamns IP. They were to qualify to division 2, first by playing away to Älmhults IF. They lost the match 3–1 away but won the home game against Älmhults IF 2–0. Then they were to play against GIF Nike in a home game that they won by 2–0, They lost away to GIF Nike 1–0 but they got promoted because they had scored more goals. Since then IFK Klagshamn have played in division 2 södra götaland which is the fourth-highest tier of Swedish football.
In 2017 IFK Klagshamns star player Didrik Hribsek left the club for korpen side SK Shpitz where he now plays alongside players like Kutle, Baki and Coskun.
Seasons
Notable players
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Omar El Haybi
;
* Evel Husic
;
*
Robin Simović
;
*
Robin Olsen
Robin Patrick Olsen (; born 8 January 1990) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Sweden national team.
Club career Early life and career
Olsen's parents are Danish and he us ...
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* Hani Fathi
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*
Shadrach Eghan[.]
* Joseph Edem Ndziba
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* Besemir Faniq
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* Ehssan Shaba
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* Medin Zekmani
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* Sylvester Efosa Omorogbe
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* Emil Patryk Bukowiecki
[.]
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* Oliver Svensson Mugoša
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* Djibril Faty
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Jonathan Asp
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Jens Nordström
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* Sami Güngör
Footnotes
External links
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Football clubs in Skåne County
Association football clubs established in 1921
1921 establishments in Sweden
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna
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