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Vasalunds IF is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

football club based in Solna

Solna Municipality

Solna Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, located just north of the capital Stockholm. Its seat is located in the 'city' of Solna....

which is within the Stockholm urban area

Stockholm urban area

The Stockholm urban area is the largest and most populous of the statistical localities or urban areas in Sweden. It has no administrative function of its own, but constitutes a continuous multimunicipal built-up area, which extends into 11 municipalities in Stockholm County. It contains the...

. 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 :...

History

Vasalunds was formed in 1934 and is currently playing in the Swedish Third Division: Division 1 Norra

Division 1 Norra

Division 1 Norra is one of two leagues of the third level, Division 1, in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 14 Swedish football teams...

. In 2002 the club merged with Essinge IK

Essinge IK

Essinge IK is a Swedish football club located in Stockholm. -Background:Essinge Idrottsklubb is a sports club from Stockholm that was founded on the 18th June 1919. Over the years the club has mainly been active in team sports such as football, bandy, handball and ice hockey at various levels in...

and changed its name to Vasalund/Essinge IF. The original name was restored before the 2008 season.

Season to season

Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
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1993 Division 1 1993 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1993.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and Hammarby IF and Landskrona BoIS won the championship.-Norra:-Södra:-References:*...	Tier 2	Division 1	Norra	2nd
1994 Division 1 1994 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1994.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and Djurgårdens IF and Örgryte IS won the championship.-Norra:-Södra:-References:*...	Tier 2	Division 1	Norra	4th
1995 Division 1 1995 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1995.-Norra:-Södra:-References:*...	Tier 2	Division 1	Norra	3rd
1996 Division 1 1996 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1996.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and Västerås SK and IF Elfsborg won the championship.-Norra:-Södra:-References:*...	Tier 2	Division 1	Norra	10th
1997 Division 1 1997 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 1997.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and Hammarby IF and Västra Frölunda IF won the championship.-Norra:-Södra:-References:*...	Tier 2	Division 1	Norra	14th	Relegated
1998 Division 2 1998 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1998.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Svealand	4th
1999 Division 2 1999 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1999.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Svealand	2nd
2000 Division 2 2000 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2000.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Västra Svealand	10th	Relegated
2001	Tier 4	Division 3	Norra Svealand	3rd
2002	Tier 4	Division 3	Norra Svealand	1st	Promoted
2003 Division 2 2003 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2003.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Svealand	7th	Vasalund/Essinge IF
2004 Division 2 2004 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2004.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Svealand	2nd	Vasalund/Essinge IF
2005 Division 2 2005 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2005.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Norra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Mellersta Götaland:...	Tier 3	Division 2	Östra Svealand	2nd	Vasalund/Essinge IF - Promoted
2006 Division 1 2006 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 2006.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and Enköpings SK and IF Sylvia won the championship.-Norra:-Södra:-References:...	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	4th	Vasalund/Essinge IF
2007 Division 1 2007 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 2007.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and Assyriska FF and Qviding FIF won the championship.-Norra:-Södra:-References:*...	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	3rd	Vasalund/Essinge IF
2008 Division 1 2008 Statistics of Swedish football Division 1 in season 2008.-Overview:It was contested by 28 teams, and Syrianska FC and FC Trollhättan won the championship.-Division 1 Norra:-Division 1 Södra:-References:*...	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	2nd	Promoted
2009 2009 Superettan -Standings:-Results:...	Tier 2	Superettan		16th	Relegated
2010	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	5th
2011	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	6th

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

Attendances

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

Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
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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

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

Notable players

Bosnia and Herzegovina Besin Kunić Darko Raca

Darko Raca

Darko Raca is a Bosnian football defender played for Sloboda Tuzla in the Bosnian Premier League.Beside Bosnian clubs FK Kozara Gradiška, HNK Orašje and FK Sarajevo he had previously played with Serbian clubs FK Mladost Apatin and ČSK Pivara, and Swedish clubs Vasalunds IF and Syrianska...

Haris Skenderović

Haris Skenderovic

Haris Skenderović is a Bosnian footballer who plays for Stabæk Fotball in Norway. He plays as a central defender.- Career statistics :-External links:* * , Haris Skenderovic sign with US Monastir* * -References:...

Finland Ari Valvee

Ari Valvee

Ari Valvee is a retired football striker.During his club career, Valvee played for Haka, Vasalunds, HJK Helsinki and Pallo-Iirot.-External links:*...

Gambia Malick Jobe

Gotland Thorbjörn Ahlqvist

Kennedy Igboananike

Kennedy Igboananike is a striker, currently plays for Djurgården.-Career:Igboananike began his career with Dynamos Football Academy. He joined Djurgårdens IF in 2007 but was only capped twice during his time at the club, he played his first game on 19 June 2007 against Hammarby IF. He moved on...

Serbia Nenad Lukić

Nenad Lukić

Nenad Lukić is a retired Serbian football goalkeeper. Having been some times in the national team roster, he never got a cap for the national team. He was a holder of the record of time without conceding a goal in the Serbian Superliga, that was only recently broken by Partizan's Mladen Božović...

Miloš Petković Vladimir Sandulović

Vladimir Sandulović

Vladimir Sandulović is a Serbian footballer who plays for FK Sevojno in the Serbian First League....

Scotland John Brownlie

John Brownlie

John Brownlie is a Scottish former football player who played for Pumpherston Juniors, Hibernian, Newcastle United, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool United, Berwick Rangers, Blyth Spartans and Scotland. He was a right back....

Sierra Leone Mustapha Sama

Sweden Anders Almgren Erik Almgren

Erik Almgren

Karl Erik Algot Almgren was a Swedish footballer and football manager.He played for AIK.He played 13 times for the Swedish national team, participating at the 1938 FIFA World Cup.He also had a career as a manager....

Åke Andersson

Åke Andersson (footballer)

Åke Andersson was a Swedish football forward who played for Sweden in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. He also played for GAIS.-External links:*...

Bo Andersson Ola Andersson Thomas Andersson

Thomas Andersson (footballer)

Thomas Andersson is a retired Swedish football forward.-External links:...

Yosif Ayuba

Yosif Ayuba , is a Swedish, of Beninese decent, football player, who playes defender for Djurgårdens IF.Ayuba came from Vasalunds IF to Djurgårdens IF in June 2009 and debuted against Helsingborgs IF on July 5. He started to play organized football in 2007, when he came to Sweden from Benin...

Thomas Bergman

Marco Ciardi Peter Engdahl Jan Eriksson

Jan Eriksson

Jan Jonas Jakob Eriksson is a former footballer from Sweden. He played 35 matches and scored four goals for the national team. Two of those goals came at the Euro 1992. He was selected for the 1990 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not play...

Hans Eskilsson

Hans Eskilsson is a former Swedish football player, most notable for his time with Hammarby and for his three appearances for the Swedish national team. He is now a professional poker player....

Kjell-Owe Friman Peter Grim

Henok Goitom

Henok Goitom is a Swedish footballer of Eritrean origin who plays for UD Almería in Spain, as a centre forward.-Club career:...

Jones Kusi-Asare

Jones Kusi-Asare is a Swedish-Ghanaian footballer who plays as a forward for Swedish Superettan club Assyriska FF.- Career :...

Johan Johansson

Johan Johansson may refer to:* Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic musician* Johan Johansson , Swedish musician* Johan Johansson i Kälkebo, Swedish politician* Johan Petter Johansson, also known as JP Johansson, Swedish inventor and industrialist...

Kristian Kaufmann Leif Klingborg Lars Larsson

Lars Larsson (footballer)

Lars Larsson is a Swedish former footballer.-Career:Lars "Lasse" Larsson started his career in native Trelleborg at IFK Trelleborg. He later moved to Malmö FF where he enjoyed the most success of his career...

Börje Leander

Börje Leander was a Swedish footballer.Leander played as a midfielder for AIK.He also played 23 times for the Swedish national team and was a member of the squad at the 1948 Summer Olympics, winning the gold madal....

Börje Leback Yngve Leback Bernt Ljung Björne Lundström Peter Magnusson

Peter Magnusson (footballer)

Peter Magnusson is a Swedish footballer, currently plays for Sandefjord Fotball in Norway. He joined Djurgårdens IF from Vasalunds IF in 2008. Earlier in his career, Magnusson had a brief spell at HTFF, the youth team of Hammarby which is one of Djurgården's major rivals...

Goran Marklund

Göran Marklund

Göran Mattias Marklund is a Swedish footballer who currently plays as a striker for Assyriska FF in Superettan.-External links:*...

Pär Millqvist

Nebojša Novaković

Nebojša Novakovic

Nebojša Novaković is a Bosnian-born Swedish former football player of Serbian ethnicity. He is currently assistant manager in AIK.-Biography:...

Per-Erik Nyberg Bo Petersson

Bo Petersson

Bo Petersson is a Swedish football manager and former football player.-Career:He played for Älvsjö AIK, Råsunda IS, Spårvägens FF, Vasalunds IF, AIK, IFK Östersund, Visby AIK and Danderyds SK....

Gerry Rehn

Yussef Saleh Peter Saverstam Thomas Wahlgren

Notable Coaches

Bo Petersson

(1983–84) Bo Petersson

Bo Petersson

(1988–90) Erik Hamrén (1992–93) Kjell Jonevret

Kjell Jonevret

Kjell Jonevret is a Swedish football coach and a former player. He was hired as the manager for Molde FK in December 2006, but was forced to retire the 30th of August 2010 due to the football team not producing results and hitting a new record for matches not won in a row. Jonevret was the manager...

(1993–94) Bo Petersson

Bo Petersson

(2004–05)

Kenneth Wrede (2008–09)

League

Division 1 Norra
Division 1 Norra
Division 1 Norra is one of two leagues of the third level, Division 1, in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 14 Swedish football teams...

:
- Runners-up (4): 1989, 1990, 1993, 2008
Division 1 Östra
Division 1 Östra
Division 1 Östra was a short-lived league of the third level, Division 1, in the league system of Swedish football...

:
- Runners-up (2): 1991, 1992

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