Dalkurd FF
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Full name | Dalkurd Fotbollsförening | ||
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Founded | 26 September 2004 | ||
Ground | Domnarvsvallen, Borlänge | ||
Capacity | 6,500 | ||
Owner | Dalkurd FF – 51% Sarkat Junad & Kawa Junad – 49% | ||
Chairman | Ramazan Kizil | ||
Manager | Poya Asbaghi & Andreas Brännström | ||
League | Superettan | ||
2016 | Superettan, 4th | ||
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Dalkurd FF is a Swedish football club, located in Borlänge, Sweden. The club was formed in 2004 by Kurdish immigrants. The club started in Division 7, Sweden's next lowest division, in 2005 and is best known for their record-fast trip to Division 1, Sweden's third highest league, winning every division they had participated in from their debut season in 2005 to 2009 and thus being awarded promotion to the next division during all of these five years. The sequence came to an end in 2010, when they finished 6th in the Division 1 Norra and thus missed promotion but remained in the Division 1 Norra for the 2011 season, where they finished 4th. Dalkurd FF are affiliated to the Dalarnas Fotbollförbund.[1]
History
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The club was formed in 2004 by some local inhabitants from Borlänge. The club started as a social project by the management. The purpose with the club was to contribute to the youngsters in Borlänge by offering activities for them. IK Brage helped financing the project.[citation needed] In the first season the squad consisted of an average age of 17 years. Beside contributing to the youngsters, the chairman, Ramazan Kizil, had a high expectation from the football players and an ultimate goal: he wanted to take Dalkurd to the professional levels of the Swedish league.[2] Dalkurd won every division they participated in from their very first season in 2005 to 2009. By this uncommon success they got a lot of media attention, both in Sweden and in other countries.
The club narrowly avoided catastrophe when travelling home from Spain in March 2015. The club had initially intended to fly from Barcelona to Düsseldorf on Germanwings Flight 9525, but changed their booking at the last minute when they decided the layover in Germany would be too long.[3] Flight 4U 9525 crashed into the French Alps on March 24, killing everyone on board.
Managers
- Elvan Cicen (2006)
- Tomas Blomberg (2007–08)
- Bernhard Brcic (2009)
- Lasse Ericsson (2010)
- Anders Sjöö (2010–11)
- Johan Sandahl (2011)
- Jonas Björkgren (2012)
- Robert Mambo Mumba (2013)
- Andreas Brännström (2014–15)
- Poya Asbaghi (2016–)
- Andreas Brännström (2017–)
Supporters
Roj Fans is the official supporterclub for Dalkurd FF.[4] They are an independent non-profit making organisation. The founding year was 2010.
Colours and crest
The club plays in green shirts, shorts and socks. The crest consist of a round circle with the flag of Kurdistan as well as two Dalecarlian horses. "Dal" and "Kurd FF" is spelled out in white letters on the top and bottom of the crest, as well as the year 2004.
Season to season
* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new tier being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [5] |
Players
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players
The following players either have played a match for their national team or played in a highest level of a league.
Management
Organisation
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Technical staff
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Attendances
In recent seasons Dalkurd FF have had the following average attendances:
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* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [8]
Honours
League
- Division 1 Norra:
- Division 2 Norra Svealand:
- Champions (1): 2009
- Division 3 Södra Norrland:
- Champions (1): 2008
Cup
Footnotes
- ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Dalarnas Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 11 January 2011.
- ^ "ARKIV: Seriekometen Dalkurd vill upp i allsvenskan". Sveriges Television. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ Dalkurd FF goalkeeper on last-minute, life-saving flight change
- ^ Roj Fans – Dalkurd FF
- ^ "GAIS – Lagfacta – Dalkurd FF". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 03.09.2010.
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