KIF Örebro DFF is a Swedish women's football club based in

Örebro Örebro ( , ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, sixth-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of the Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers in ...

. Founded in 1980 as the women's football section of multi-sports association

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, the club's first team currently plays in the

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, the top level of the women's football pyramid in Sweden. The club also operates two reserve teams at the under-19 and under-17 levels, as well as a

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. KIF Örebro play their home games at

Behrn Arena Eyravallen, currently known as Behrn Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Örebro, Sweden and home stadium for Örebro SK in Swedish top flight Allsvenskan. The stadium holds 12,645 people and was built in 1923. The stadium h ...

, which they share with the men's football club

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History

KIF Örebro was founded in 1980. In 2014, the first team enjoyed their best ever season, finishing second in the league and qualifying for the

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for the first time in club history.

Players and staff

First-team squad

Former players

Notable former players include Americans

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, and

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; they played for the club in 2004 under

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Coaching staff

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

:''All results (away, home and aggregate) list Örebro's goal tally first.'' ^a First leg.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kif Orebro Dff Women's football clubs in Sweden Sport in Örebro 1980 establishments in Sweden Damallsvenskan teams Association football clubs established in 1980