Vasalunds IF

Vasalunds IF
Full name	Vasalunds Idrottsförening
Founded	1934; 90 years ago
Ground	Skytteholms IP,; Solna, Stockholm
Capacity	4,000
Chairman	Niclas Fröberg
Manager	Babar Rehman
League	Ettan Norra
Home colours	Away colours

Vasalunds IF is a Swedish football club based in Solna, Stockholm. The club is affiliated with Stockholms Fotbollförbund.^[1]

History

Vasalund was formed in 1934 and play in the Swedish Third Division: Ettan Norra. In 2002 the club merged with Essinge IK and changed its name to Vasalund/Essinge IF. The merger was discontinued and the original name was restored before the 2008 season.

Season to season

Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1951-52	Tier 4	Division 4	Östsvenska	3rd
1952-53	Tier 4	Division 4	Östsvenska	2nd	Promoted
1953-54	Tier 3	Division 3	Östra Svealand	6th
1954-55	Tier 3	Division 3	Östra Svealand	2nd
1955-56	Tier 3	Division 3	Östra Svealand	7th
1956-57	Tier 3	Division 3	Östra Svealand	1st	Promoted
1957-58	Tier 2	Division 2	Svealand	10th	Relegated
1959	Tier 3	Division 3	Östra Svealand	9th	Relegated
1960	Tier 4	Division 4	Stockholm Norra	6th
1961	Tier 4	Division 4	Stockholm Norra	12th	Relegated
1962	Tier 5	Division 5	Norra	5th
1963	Tier 5	Division 5	Norra	4th
1964	Tier 5	Division 5	Norra	4th
1965	Tier 5	Division 5	Norra	2nd	Promoted
1966	Tier 4	Division 4	Stockholm Norra	8th
1967	Tier 4	Division 4	Stockholm Norra	3rd
1968	Tier 4	Division 4	Stockholm/Uppland	5th
1969	Tier 4	Division 4	Stockholm/Uppland	7th
1970	Tier 4	Division 4	Stockholm/Uppland	3rd
1971	Tier 4	Division 4	Stockholm/Uppland	2nd
1972	Tier 4	Division 4	Stockholm/Uppland	4th
1973	Tier 4	Division 4	Stockholm Norra	7th
1974	Tier 4	Division 4	Stockholm Norra	1st	Promoted
1975	Tier 3	Division 3	Östra Svealand	4th
1976	Tier 3	Division 3	Östra Svealand	1st	Promoted
1977	Tier 2	Division 2	Norra	10th
1978	Tier 2	Division 2	Norra	10th
1979	Tier 2	Division 2	Norra	5th
1980	Tier 2	Division 2	Norra	3rd
1981	Tier 2	Division 2	Norra	3rd
1982	Tier 2	Division 2	Norra	5th
1983	Tier 2	Division 2	Norra	8th
1984	Tier 2	Division 2	Norra	7th
1985	Tier 2	Division 2	Norra	9th
1986	Tier 2	Division 2	Norra	6th
1987	Tier 2	Division 1	Norra	11th
1988	Tier 2	Division 1	Norra	3rd
1989	Tier 2	Division 1	Norra	2nd
1990	Tier 2	Division 1	Norra	2nd
1991	Tier 2	Division 1	Vårettan Östra/Höstettan Norra	2nd/1st	Promotion Playoffs, Round 1 - Not Promoted
1992	Tier 2	Division 1	Vårettan Östra/Höstettan Norra	2nd/2nd
1993	Tier 2	Division 1	Norra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Not Promoted
1994	Tier 2	Division 1	Norra	4th
1995	Tier 2	Division 1	Norra	3rd
1996	Tier 2	Division 1	Norra	10th
1997	Tier 2	Division 1	Norra	14th	Relegated
1998	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Svealand	4th
1999	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Svealand	2nd
2000	Tier 3	Division 2	Västra Svealand	10th	Relegation Playoffs - Relegated
2001	Tier 4	Division 3	Norra Svealand	3rd
2002	Tier 4	Division 3	Norra Svealand	1st	Promoted
2003	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Svealand	7th	(Vasalund/Essinge IF)
2004	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Svealand	2nd	(Vasalund/Essinge IF)
2005	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Svealand	2nd	Promoted (Vasalund/Essinge IF)
2006*	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	4th	(Vasalund/Essinge IF)
2007	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	3rd	(Vasalund/Essinge IF)
2008	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
2009	Tier 2	Superettan		16th	Relegated
2010	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	5th
2011	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	6th
2012	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	4th
2013	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	7th
2014	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	5th
2015	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	11th
2016	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs - Not Promoted
2017	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	12th	Relegated
2018	Tier 4	Division 2	Norra Svealand	1st	Promoted
2019	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	6th
2020	Tier 3	Ettan	Norra	1st	Promoted
2021	Tier 2	Superettan		15th	Relegated
2022	Tier 3	Ettan	Norra	3rd
2023	Tier 3	Ettan	Norra	4th
2024	Tier 3	Ettan	Norra	5th
2025	Tier 3	Ettan	Norra

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.^[2]

Cup (Svenska Cupen)

Season	Round
2012/13	Round 1
2013/14	Round 2
2014/15	Round 2
2015/16	Round 1
2016/17	Round 1
2017/18	Group stage
2018/19	Round 1
2019/20	Round 1
2020/21	Round 2
2021/22	Round 2
2022/23	Round 2
2023/24	Round 1
2024/25	Round 1

Attendances

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

Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2005	297	Div 2 Östra Svealand	Tier 3
2006	431	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2007	549	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2008	492	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2009	720	Superettan	Tier 2
2010	313	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2011	336	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2012	299	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2013	229	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2014	217	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2015	338	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2016	261	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2017	237	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2018	174	Div 2 Norra Svealand	Tier 4
2019	229	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2020	0	Ettan Norra	Tier 3
2021	230	Superettan	Tier 2
2022	269	Ettan Norra	Tier 3
2023	299	Ettan Norra	Tier 3

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.^[3]

Squad

As of 1 August 2024^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BEL	Senne Vits
2	DF	SWE	Alexandros Pantelidis
3	DF	SWE	Kalle Björklund
5	DF	SWE	Erik Figueroa
6	MF	SWE	Nicklas Maripuu
7	FW	SWE	Alexander Duranic
8	MF	SWE	Sebastian Lager
9	FW	SWE	Emil Bellander
10	MF	SWE	Marko Nikolić
11	FW	SWE	Douglas Karlberg
12	DF	SWE	Gabriel Elias Ersoy


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	SWE	Filip Bovin
14	MF	SWE	Noel Birgoth
16	MF	SWE	Edmond Gukasian
18	MF	KEN	Mohamed Katana
19	MF	SWE	Samuel Wikman
20	DF	SWE	Rasmus Bonde (on loan from AIK)
21	MF	SWE	Marco Olsson Valdés
22	DF	SWE	Charlie Jonsson
23	DF	SWE	Robin Sundgren
25	GK	SWE	Lukas Dyrke
30	GK	SWE	Elliot Bagge

Coaches

Bo Petersson (1983–84)
Bo Petersson (1988–90)
Erik Hamrén (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 (2018–2019)
Dalibor Savic (2019–2021)
Roberth Björknesjö (2021)
Diamantis "Akis" Vavalis (2022)
Babar Rehman (2022)
Dimitrios Giantsis (2023)
Rebaz Hassan (2024)
Babar Rehman (2024-)

Achievements

League

Division 1 Norra:
- Winners (1): 2020
- 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

Official website

Footnotes

^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Stockholms Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
^ "GAIS – Lagfacta – Vasalunds IF". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
^ "Vasalund lag". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

[1] "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Stockholms Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2011-01-13.

[2] "GAIS – Lagfacta – Vasalunds IF". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 3 September 2010.

[3] "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2010-12-09.

[4] "Vasalund lag". Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

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