Vasalunds IF is a
Swedish football club
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based in
Solna
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,
Stockholm
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. The club is affiliated with
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 ...
.
History
Vasalund was formed in 1934 and play in the Swedish Third Division:
Division 1 Norra
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. In 2002 the club merged with
Essinge IK
Essinge IK is a Swedish football club located in Stockholm.
Background
Essinge Idrottsklubb is a sports club from Stockholm that was founded on 8 June 1919. Over the years the club has mainly been active in team sports such as football, bandy, h ...
and changed its name to ''Vasalund/Essinge IF''. The merger was discontinued and the original name was restored before the 2008 season. Vasalund are in close collaboration with Allsvenskan side
AIK.
Season to season
Cup (Svenska Cupen)
Attendances
In recent seasons Vasalunds IF have had the following average attendances:
Squad
Coaches
*
Bo Petersson (1983–84)
*
Bo Petersson (1988–90)
*
Erik Hamrén
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(1992–93)
*
Kjell Jonevret (1993–94)
*
Roger Palmgren (2003–2004)
*
Bo Petersson (2004–05)
* Peter Lenell (2008–2009)
* Azrudin Valentic (2009–2011)
* Babar Rehman (2013–2015)
*
Roberth Björknesjö (2015)
* Pascal Simpson (2016)
* Kalle Karlsson (2017)
* Carlos Banda (2017)
* Babar Rehman (2017)
*
Nebojša Novaković
Nebojša Novaković ( sr-Cyrl, Небојша Новаковић, born 29 October 1964) is a former professional association football, football player who played as a Forward (association football), striker, most notably for AIK Fotboll, AIK. He ...
(2018–2019)
* Dalibor Savic (2019–2021)
*
Roberth Björknesjö (2021)
* Diamantis "Akis" Vavalis (2022)
* Babar Rehman (2022)
* Dimitrios Giantsis (2023–)
Achievements
League
*
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''. ...
:
** Runners-up (4): 1989, 1990, 1993, 2008, 2016
*
Division 1 Östra:
** Runners-up (2): 1991, 1992
*
Division 2 Östra Svealand:
** Runners-up (3): 1999, 2004, 2005
*
Division 2 Norra Svealand:
** Winners (1): 2018
*
Division 3 Norra Svealand:
** Winners (1): 2002
External links
Vasalunds IF
Footnotes
{{Division 1
Association football clubs established in 1934
Football clubs in Stockholm
1934 establishments in Sweden