Mariehem SK (Mariehem sportklubb, MSK) is a Swedish football team from

Mariehem Mariehem is a residential area in Umeå, Sweden. It is located about 4 km outside the central city, next to the lake Nydalasjön. The area was built in the 1960s and consist primarily of rental apartments and condominium apartments. Sports The fo ...

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Ume� ...

currently playing in Division 2 Norrland after finishing 8th in 2009.

Background

Mariehem SK was formed in 1974 and currently has 28 teams including junior teams (13 women's and girl's teams and 15 men's and boys teams). The club has its own artificial turf pitch called MSK Arena. The club succeeded in 2007 to win their leagues with three of the Senior teams. Mariehem SK's women's team won the Division 3

Västerbotten Västerbotten (), known in English as West Bothnia or Westrobothnia, is a province (''landskap'') in the north of Sweden, bordering Ångermanland, Lapland, North Bothnia, and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is known for the cheese named after the provi ...

, Mariehem FF (farm team to the women's team) won the Division 4 Västerbotten and Mariehem SK's men, despite being newcomers, won Division 3 Southern

Norrland Norrland (, "Northland", originally ''Norrlanden'' or "the Northlands") is the northernmost, largest and least populated of the three traditional lands of Sweden, consisting of nine provinces. Although Norrland does not serve any administr ...

and moved up to Division 2, where they have played since. The club is affiliated to the

Västerbottens Fotbollförbund The Västerbottens Fotbollförbund ''(Västerbotten Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Västerbotten County. Background Västerbottens Fot ...

. MSK is, and has long been, Umeå football's main nursery. A number of local players have Mariehem SK as the parent club, for example Anton Holmberg (UCD),

Mikael Dahlberg Mikael Andreas Dahlberg (born 6 March 1985) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a striker. Dahlberg began his career in Mariehem SK from Umeå. He moved to GIF Sundsvall in the 2004 season and made his Allsvenskan debut against Örebr ...

(Umeå FC and GIF Sundsvall) and

Hanna Ljungberg Hanna Carolina Ljungberg (born 8 January 1979) is a Swedish former football player, who played the position of forward. She played for the club side Umeå IK and for the Swedish national football team. She debuted for Sweden, at age 17, on 6 Febr ...

(Umeå IK). The club also arranges Umeå Football Festival, which is Sweden's fourth largest football cup competition for children and youth players.

Season to season

Attendances

In recent seasons Mariehem SK have had the following average attendances:

Squad

Staff members 2014

* Hamdija Comic – Coach * Peter Hägglöv – Coach * Christer Öttenius – Equipment Manager

Footnotes

External links

Official website
{{Division 2 Association football clubs established in 1974 Football clubs in Västerbotten County 1974 establishments in Sweden