Dalkurd FF is a Kurdish

Kurdish people

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-Swedish

Sweden

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 football club

Football (soccer)

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, formed in 2004 and located in Borlänge

Borlänge

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, Sweden. 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 sixth in the Division 1 Norra

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 and thus missed promotion but remained in the Division 1 Norra for the 2011 season. Dalkurd FF are affiliated to the Dalarnas Fotbollförbund

Dalarnas Fotbollförbund

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History

The club was formed in 2004

2004 in sports

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 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

IK Brage

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 helped financing the project. 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. 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.

Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
2005	Tier 7	Division 6	Dalarna Mellersta	1st	Promoted
2006	Tier 7*	Division 5	Dalarna Södra	1st	Promoted
2007	Tier 6	Division 4	Dalarna	1st	Promoted
2008	Tier 5	Division 3	Södra Norrland	1st	Promoted
2009	Tier 4	Division 2	Norra Svealand	1st	Promoted
2010	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	6th
2011	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	4th

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new tier being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.

Attendances

In recent seasons Dalkurd FF have had the following average attendances:

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Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2007	Not available	Div 4 Dalarna	Tier 6
2008	179	Div 3 Södra Norrland	Tier 5
2009	456	Div 2 Norra Svealand	Tier 4
2010	298	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2011	315	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.

Current squad

Achievements

• Division 2 Norra Svealand:
  • Champions (1): 2009
• Division 3 Södra Norrland:
  • Champions (1): 2008

• Svenska Cupen
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  • Round 2: 2010
  • Round 1: 2009
  • Round 1: 2007

External links

• Official site (in Swedish)
• Dalkurd FF – Laget.se