Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna, more commonly known as Brommapojkarna (meaning ''the Bromma boys'') or simply BP, is a Swedish

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located in the borough of

Bromma Bromma () is a borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in the western part of Stockholm, Sweden, forming part of the Stockholm Municipality. Bromma is primarily made up of Bromma Parish and Västerled Parish. The fourth largest airport in Sweden and the t ...

, in the western parts of

Stockholm Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropo ...

municipality. Brommapojkarna is the largest football club in

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in terms of the number of active teams of all ages – in 2007 there were 247 teams and 3,000 players. The women's team plays in Damallsvenskan, the first tier and the men's team plays in the

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, the second tier. The club is famous for its youth academy, which has produced numerous top-quality Swedish players throughout the years. The club is affiliated to the

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History

The club was formed in 1942. It has earlier had many more sports on its programme, such as

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and

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. They became affiliated with

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after

Bojan Djordjic Bojan Djordjic ( or Bojan Đorđić; born 6 February 1982) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Starting off his career with IF Brommapojkarna in the late 1990s, he is best remembered for his time with Manche ...

was transferred to the Red Devils in 1999. However, this deal has since expired as BP believed it would weaken talks with other Premiership clubs. The club now has a similar affiliation with local United rivals

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, where former BP youth, and Sweden International

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marked his trade, until his transfer to La Liga club Celta Vigo in 2015. The club was promoted to the

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

for the first time on 12 November 2006 after beating BK Häcken in the promotion-relegation play-offs. On 16 November 2008, the team reached Allsvenskan for the second time after a 1–1 draw against

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. It guaranteed remain in Allsvenskan for 2010 season despite losing 3–0 to home match against

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on October 23, 2009. In 2010, BP came in last and were relegated to

, where they played in 2011 and 2012. In 2012 they finished 2nd in Superettan and were promoted to Allsvenskan for the third time.

Players

First-team squad

Notable players

List criteria: * player has been inducted into the official "Hall of Fame" of IF Brommapojkarna.

European record

;Notes * 1Q: First qualifying round * 2Q: Second qualifying round * 3Q: Third qualifying round

Season to season

Attendances

In recent seasons IF Brommapojkarna have had the following average attendances:

Honours

: ** Winners (2):

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, 2022 ** Runners-up (1):

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Division 1 Norra Ettan Fotboll, or simply Ettan ( en, the one), which also is its common name in everyday speech, is the third level in the Swedish football league system and consists of 32 Swedish football teams. It was formerly simply known as ''Division 1''. ...

: ** Winners (1):

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* Division 2 Östra Svealand: ** Winners (3): 1998, 2000, 2001

Managers

Gösta Sandberg Gösta "Knivsta" Sandberg (6 August 1932 – 27 April 2006) was a Swedish football, ice hockey, and bandy player who is best remembered for representing Djurgårdens IF. He was capped 52 times for the national team in football, eight times in ...

(1959–61) * Henry Carlsson (1969–71) *

(1972–78) * Tommy Söderberg (1982–85) * Thomas Lyth (1986–89) *

Erik Hamrén Erik Anders Hamrén (born 27 June 1957) is a Swedish manager and former football player, who is the manager of Danish Superliga club AaB. He also previously coached the Sweden national football team between 2009 and 2016 and the Iceland nationa ...

(1990–91) * Dan Sundblad (1991–93) * Bo Petersson (1994) * Kjell Jonevret (1995) * Thomas Lyth (1995–97) * Jari Pyykölä (1998–99) * Dan Sundblad (1999) * Benny Persson (2000–03) * Anders Grönhagen (Jan 1, 2004 – Dec 31, 2004) * Claes Eriksson (Jan 1, 2005 – Dec 31, 2007) * Kim Bergstrand (2008–10) * Roberth Björknesjö (Oct 1, 2010 – Nov 30, 2013) *

Stefan Billborn Stefan Bo Anders Billborn (born 15 November 1972) is a Swedish football manager who is the head coach of Sarpsborg 08 in the Norwegian Eliteserien. Coaching career Early career Billborn started his managerial career in 1989, at age 17, by coac ...

(2013–14) * Magni Fannberg Magnússon (2014–15) *

Olof Mellberg Erik Olof Mellberg (; born 3 September 1977) is a Swedish football manager and former professional player. During his career, Mellberg played as a defender, and is best known for his time at Aston Villa, as well as spells with Juventus and Greek ...

(Nov 27, 2015 – Nov 21, 2017) * Luís Pimenta (Dec 13, 2017–September 5, 2018) * Roberth Björknesjö (Sep 10, 2010 – Aug 31, 2019) * Kjell Jonevret (Sep 1, 2019 – Nov 30, 2019) * Shaun Constable (Dec 1, 2019 – Dec 31, 2020) * Christer Mattiasson (Jan 1, 2021 – Dec 31, 2022) *

(Jan 1, 2023 – Present)

Footnotes

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brommapojkarna If Allsvenskan clubs Football clubs in Stockholm Association football clubs established in 1942 Bandy clubs established in 1942 1942 establishments in Sweden