FOC Farsta is a Swedish

Sweden

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 football club located in Farsta

Farsta

Farsta is a district in a borough with the same name in southern Stockholm, see Farsta . It is also a metro station on the Green line . The distance between central Stockholm and Farsta is 8 kilometers.-Sports:...

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

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Background

The club was founded on 1st November 1977 through the merger of Farsta AIK and IF Cobran. The club provides for bandy, bowling, football and ice-hockey. The club's women's team in ice-hockey became Swedish champions in 1995 and 1997.

Since their foundation FOC Farsta has participated mainly in the lower divisions of the Swedish football league system

Swedish football league system

The Swedish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Sweden which is controlled by the Swedish Football Association and consists of 276 teams in 22 leagues divided into five levels...

 before gaining promotion to Division 2 at the end of the 2009 season.. The club currently plays in Division 2 Södra Svealand which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Farsta IP in Farsta.

The club is affiliated to the Stockholms Fotbollförbund

Stockholms Fotbollförbund

The Stockholms Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Stockholm County.- Background :...

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Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1993	Tier 4	Division 3	Östra Svealand	11th	Relegated
1994	Tier 5	Division 4	Stockholm Södra	4th
1995	Tier 5	Division 4	Stockholm Södra	4th
1996	Tier 5	Division 4	Stockholm Södra	1st	Promoted
1997	Tier 4	Division 3	Östra Svealand	3rd
1998	Tier 4	Division 3	Östra Svealand	4th
1999	Tier 4	Division 3	Östra Svealand	6th
2000	Tier 4	Division 3	Östra Svealand	7th
2001	Tier 4	Division 3	Östra Svealand	11th	Relegated
2002	Tier 5	Division 4	Stockholm Södra	4th
2003	Tier 5	Division 4	Stockholm Södra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
2004	Tier 5	Division 4	Stockholm Södra	5th
2005	Tier 5	Division 4	Stockholm Södra	2nd	Playoffs
2006*	Tier 5	Division 3	Östra Svealand	8th
2007	Tier 5	Division 3	Östra Svealand	6th
2008	Tier 5	Division 3	Södra Svealand	4th
2009	Tier 5	Division 3	Södra Svealand	1st	Promoted
2010	Tier 4	Division 2	Södra Svealand	4th
2011	Tier 4	Division 2	Södra Svealand	2nd

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

External links

• FOC Farsta - Official Website
• FOC Farsta Men's Team - Official Website