AFC United

AFC United

Full name	Athletic Football Club United
Founded	2004 as FC Väsby United
Ground	Skytteholms IP, Solna, Stockholm
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Alex Ryssholm
Manager	Özcan Melkemichel
League	Superettan
2015	Superettan, 8th
Home colours Away colours

Athletic Football Club United, also known simply as AFC United, is a Swedish football club located in Solna in Stockholm County.^[1] The club has previously been known under the names FC Café Opera and Väsby United before switching to their current identity in 2012. They currently compete in Superettan, the second tier of Swedish football, and play their home matches at Skytteholms IP.

Background

FC Café Opera

FC Café Opera was created in 1991 by Italian born restauranteer Alessandro Catenacci who named the club after Café Opera which he owned. They started out in division 8 of the Swedish football league system but only nine years later they had made it to the second tier Superettan.^[2]

Väsby United

Football Club Väsby United was formed in 2005 when the two Stockholm clubs FC Café Opera United and Väsby IK merged. The new club replaced FC Café Opera United in the Superettan making it the youngest club competing at this level. Väsby United was a feeder club to AIK who participated in the second and third divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club played in Division 1 Norra which is the third tier of Swedish football when they became AFC United.^[3]

AFC United

AFC United was founded when FC Väsby United increased their cooperation Division 3 club Athletic FC in late 2012.^[4] They play their home matches at Skytteholms IP in Solna.^[5] AFC United are affiliated to Stockholms Fotbollförbund.^[6]

Season-to-season

Season	Level	League	Pos
FC Väsby United
2005	Tier 2	Superettan	9th
2006[lower-alpha 1]	Tier 2	Superettan	14th (R)
2007	Tier 3	Division 1 Norra	2nd (P)
2008	Tier 2	Superettan	9th
2009	Tier 2	Superettan	12th
2010	Tier 2	Superettan	16th (R)
2011	Tier 3	Division 1 Norra	2nd
2012	Tier 3	Division 1 Norra	11th
AFC United
2013	Tier 3	Division 1 Norra	10th
2014	Tier 3	Division 1 Norra	1st (P)
2015	Tier 2	Superettan	8th

1. League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.^[7][8][9]

Players

First-team squad

As of 14 April 2016^[10][11]

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

No. Position Player 2 DF Denis 3 DF Jernade Meade 4 DF Daniel Jarl 5 DF John Mensah 6 DF Michel Termanini 7 MF Ferid Ali 8 MF Haris Círak 9 FW Sasa Matic 10 FW Omar Eddahri 14 FW Tristan Bowen 17 DF Bun-Dawda Sowe 18 DF André Österholm 19 FW Mohamed Buya

No. Position Player 20 MF Filip Rogić 21 MF Carlos Gaete Moggia 24 GK Cem Alpek 25 MF Abdul Razak 26 DF Robert Åstedt 27 MF Christoff Oliveira 31 GK Josh Wicks (captain) 42 MF Amadou Kalabane 58 FW Othman El Kabir 70 FW Chidi Omeje 85 DF Isa Demir 91 DF Erik Figueroa

Current youth players with first-team experience

As of 22 February 2015^{[upper-alpha 1]}

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

No. Position Player 13 DF Ramzy Aiga — MF Nikolaos Karakassis

No. Position Player — FW Hikmet Bircan

Out on loan

As of 24 February 2015

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

No. Position Player

For season transfers, see transfers winter 2014–15.

Attendances

Väsby United had the following average attendances:

AFC United currently play their home games at Skytteholms IP

Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2005	1,124	Superettan	Tier 2
2006	487	Superettan	Tier 2
2007	446	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2008	450	Superettan	Tier 2
2009	405	Superettan	Tier 2
2010	723	Superettan	Tier 2
2011	290	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2012	206	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3

In recent seasons AFC United have had the following average attendances:

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level 2013 179 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 2014 176 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [12]

The highest attendance for FC Väsby United at Råsunda was 8,672 spectators who attended the match with AIK on 15 August 2005.^[13]

Achievements

League

• Division 1 Norra:
  • Winners (1): 2014
  • Runners-up (2): 2007, 2011

Footnotes

1. Current youth players who at least have sat on the bench in a competitive match.

References

1. "FC Väsby United – Fotboll Klubb". Retrieved 2010-12-02.
2. "Projekten vi aldrig glömmer – färgade svensk fotboll". FotbollDirekt. Retrieved 2015-01-23.
3. "Tabell och resultat – Div 1 Norra, herrar – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-12-02.
4. "Väsby United byter namn till AFC United: "Ett naturligt steg"". fotbolltransfers.com (in Swedish). 7 December 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
5. "Fotbollsverige.se – Division 3 Västra Svealand". Retrieved 2010-12-02.
6. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – FC Väsby United – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-12-02.
7. "GAIS – Lagfacta – FC Väsby United". Retrieved 2010-12-02.
8. "Norra — Division 1 – Fotbollsserier 2011 – Fotboll – everysport.com". Retrieved 2010-12-02.
9. "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning". Retrieved 2010-12-02.
10. "Spelartruppen 2016" (in Swedish). AFC United. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
11. AFC United transfers 2016
12. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-12-02.
13. "Väsby United  – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-12-02.

External links

• AFC United – Official Website