FC Linköping City is a Swedish professional
football club
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based in
Linköping, affiliated with the
Östergötlands Fotbollförbund.
They currently play in
Swedish Football Division 1 after winning
Swedish Football Division 3 with 22 points ahead of second placed team their first season in
2013
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and finishing in ninth place in
2014 Swedish Football Division 2
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The club was founded around
New Years Day of 2013, replacing
FK Linköping in the
Swedish football league system
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for the 2013 season.
Background
The club was founded in a merger between FK Linköping and FC Syrianska, with the goal to get football in
Linköping to a higher level. When FC Linköping City was created, it took the place of FK Linköping in the Swedish football league system. The club started playing in Division 3 Nordöstra Götaland, which is the fifth tier of Swedish football.
They started playing their home matches at
Folkungavallen
Folkungavallen is a football stadium in Linköping, Sweden and the home stadium for the football teams Linköpings FC and FK Linköping
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in Linköping, before moving to the new
Linköping Arena in autumn 2013. FC Linköping City are affiliated with the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund.
Rivalries
Several clubs play in Linköping, however, the biggest rivalry to FC Linköping City is
AFK Linköping
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, a club that was founded in the winter between the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The difference in team make-up is that FC Linköping City built their team with players from higher leagues while AFK Linköping used more local talent. The first game played between these rivals was played away on 19 June 2013; a game where FC Linköping City won 2–0. The return game in the league was played at home on 4 August 2013 in the new arena
Linköping Arena and FC Linköping City won 2–0.
Seasons
2013
In 2013, FC Linköping City immediately put up the goal to win
Division 3
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and get promoted to
Division 2. The start of the season started out promising, and the club had seven consecutive wins before drawing 3–3 away against
Linghems SK.
This seven game winning streak is even more remarkable because only two out of seven games were at home. When
Division 3
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reached its summer break, the club had a five-point lead with a 9 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss record, and nine games left at home and only two games left away.
The second part of the season was even more impressing when they won all remaining eleven matches and saw the lead grow to the final 22 points ahead of second placed team,
IF Haga
IF Haga, also known as IF Hagapojkarna, is a Swedish football club located in Jönköping.
Background
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This meant promotion to
Division 2 (tier 4 of Swedish football) and a good start for the newly built club.
2014
Before the season started, FC Linköping City announced a change of head coach. The new coach,
Andreas Thomsson, comes from
Öster IF in
Allsvenskan
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(tier 1 in Swedish football), and has merits from football on the highest level in Sweden.
Season summary
Current squad
References
External links
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FC Linköping Citynbsp;– FC Linköping City at the official site for
Swedish Football Association
FC Linköping Citynbsp;– FC Linköping City on Facebook
FC Linköping Citynbsp;– FC Linköping City on svenska fans
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Football clubs in Östergötland County
Association football clubs established in 2013
2013 establishments in Sweden