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FC Väsby United 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 located in Upplands Väsby

Upplands Väsby

Upplands Väsby is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Upplands Väsby Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 35,977 inhabitants in 2005.-Overview:...

in Stockholm County

Stockholm County

Stockholm County is a county or län on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm County is divided by the historic provinces of Uppland and Södermanland...

Background

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

Superettan

Superettan is the second highest league in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 16 Swedish football teams. It was created in 2000. Before that, the second level league in Sweden had been Division 1....

making it the youngest club competing at this level. Väsby United is a feeder club to AIK

AIK Fotboll

AIK, , an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben, , when needed internationally AIK Stockholm, is a Swedish football club based at Råsunda stadium in Solna, a municipality in Stockholm County bordering to Stockholm City Centre...

.

Since their foundation FC Väsby United has participated mainly in the upper 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...

. The club currently plays in Division 1 Norra which is the third tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Vilundavallen

Vilundavallen

Vilundavallen is a football stadium in Upplands Väsby, and the home arena for FC Väsby United. Vilundavallen has a total capacity of 4,000 spectators....

in Upplands Väsby.

FC Väsby United are 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 :...

Season to season

Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
class="wikitable">
2005	Tier 2	Superettan		9th
2006	Tier 2	Superettan		14th	Relegation Playoffs - Relegated
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	2nd	Promoted
2008	Tier 2	Superettan		9th
2009 2009 Superettan -Standings:-Results:...	Tier 2	Superettan		12th
2010 2010 Superettan -Standings:-Results:...	Tier 2	Superettan		16th	Relegated
2011	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	2nd

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

Attendances

In recent seasons FC Väsby United have had the following average attendances:

Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
class="wikitable">
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

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

The highest attandance for FC Väsby United at Råsunda was 8,672 spectators who attended the match with AIK

AIK Fotboll

on 15 August 2005.

Current squad

For season transfers, see either transfers winter 2009–2010 or transfers summer 2010.

Notable Players

Erik Sundin

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Daniel Arnefjord

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Brwa Nouri

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Robert Åhman-Persson

Robert Åhman-Persson is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for AIK.A native of Uppsala, Robert Åhman-Persson, having joined Malmö in 2008, has been playing at centre back, left back and centre midfielder. In 2010 Åhman-Persson returned to AIK.- External links :...

Kristoffer Björklund

Kristoffer Björklund is a former Swedish football player.-Career:After a weak start by Hammarbys first choice Rami Shaaban, Björklund jumped in and played surprisingly well. Later, when Rami Shaaban injured his knee, Björklund became the first choice for the rest of the 2008 season...

Daniel Hoch

Daniel Hoch is a Swedish football player, who plays as a striker for Väsby United.He moved from IF Brommapojkarna to AIK in 1997, where he got his senior debut. After nine seasons at AIK, he moved abroad to play for Danish Superliga club Aalborg BK in January 2006...

Pierre Bengtsson

Pierre Bengtsson is a footballer who plays for Danish Superliga side Copenhagen.Bengtsson started his career at AIK, where he made his debut in August 2006, against Östers IF at Råsunda Stadium. Pierre is known for having a very good left foot which makes him a good passer of the ball...

Erland Hellström

Erland Hellström in Kaiserslautern, Germany is a Swedish football goalkeeper who currently is a free agent after leaving Hammarby IF in a mutual consent agreement.-Personal life:...

Kevin Walker

Kevin Walker (footballer)

Kevin Walker is an Irish-Swedish footballer player currently playing for Superettan side GIF Sundsvall. He formerly represented AIK...

Fredrik Holster

Fredrik Holster is a Swedish footballer who plays for the Swedish Superettan club GIF Sundsvall.He has previously played for BK Häcken and FC Väsby United.-External links:**...

Mikael Thorstensson

Mikael Thorstensson is a Swedish football player who currently plays for Assyriska Föreningen in the Swedish Superettan league....

Niklas Backman

Niklas Backman is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for AIK in the Swedish Allsvenskan.- Career :Niklas started playing football for local Västerås team Skiljebo SK as a youth. He played with Skiljebo SK until 2008 when he was transferred to Väsby United in the Swedish second division...

Martin Kayongo-Mutumba Walid Atta

Walid Atta

Walid Atta is a Swedish footballer of Eritrean descent, currently playing for Dinamo Zagreb.His dream is to one day play for Arsenal and his favourite player when he was younger was former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira.-AIK:...

Pontus Engblom

Pontus Engblom is a Swedish footballer, who joined the squad of the Allsvenskan team AIK in 2009. His previous club was IFK Sundsvall, where he made 26 goals in 21 games during the 2008 season.- AIK :* Allsvenskan: 2009...

Andreas Eriksson

Andreas "Ante" Eriksson is a professional Swedish football player who plays for IF Brommapojkarna. Eriksson plays offensive midfielder or forward. He has played 13 Allsvenskan matches....

Niklas Rönn

Niklas Rönn is a professional football goalkeeper who currently plays for FC Väsby United.Rönn started his career as a youth at AIK. In January 2007 he moved to AIK feeder club FC Väsby United. Rönn went on loan to Akropolis IF during the seasons of 2008 and 2009...

Gabriel Petrović

Gabriel Petrović is a Swedish footballer currently under contract for Swedish side IF Brommapojkarna.He is a defensive midfielder with both Swedish and Serbian citizenship...

Viktor Lundberg

Viktor Lundberg is a Swedish footballer. He is a midfielder but can play forward as well. He is currently playing for AIK in Allsvenskan....

Daniel Gustavsson

Daniel Gustavsson is a Swedish footballer, who currently plays for AIK. -Career:Gustavsson is a Midfielder who playing during his AIK career on loan in the 2009 season time with FC Väsby United and Västerås SK.- AIK :...

Admir Ćatović

Admir Catovic

Admir Ćatović is a Bosnian-Swedish footballer who plays for AIK in Sweden.-Career:He scored his first goal as senior against Västra Frölunda IF when he gave AIK the lead after nine minutes in a 3-0 victory....

Ikechukwu Ezeh

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Abbe Ibrahim

Abdoulaye Ibrahim is a football striker. He currently plays for FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ in Romania.-Career:...

Kali Ongala

Kali Ongala is a Tanzanian football midfielder. He currently plays for GIF Sundsvall. He joined that club from FC Väsby United in autumn 2007.Kali is also the son of musician Remmy Ongala.- External links :*...

Saihou Jagne Alagie Sosseh

Alagie Sosseh

Alagie Sosseh is a Gambian-Swedish football player.-International career:As of March 31, 2011, he has played seven internationals for the Gambian national football team.- Notes :...

Mahmod Hejazi

-Career:Hejazi started his career in Fet IL, but went to regional greats Lillestrøm SK while still a youth player. In 2003 he was regarded as a great talent. He got three Norwegian Premier League game in 2003, without scoring....

The following players represented Café Opera:
Markus Karlsson Niklas Sandberg

Niklas Sandberg

Niklas Sandberg is a Swedish centre-back who plays for second-tier Swedish club Brage.He started his career in the Swedish top flight in AIK in 1996 but only played two games during two years. After a spell at Helsingborg he returned to Stockholm in 2001 to play at FC Café Opera. He played there...

Daniel Örlund

Daniel Örlund is a Swedish footballer, who currently plays for Rosenborg.-Career:He began his career at senior level at local club Spårvägen before signing for AIK in 2002....

Niklas Sandberg

Mattias Moström

Mattias Moström is a Swedish footballer currently playing for Molde FK. He has formerly played for AIK.- Career statistics :- External links :...

Kewullay Conteh

Kewullay Conteh is a Sierra Leonean footballer currently playing for Serie B side Piacenza. He is also a first choice defender for the Leone Stars, Sierra Leone national football team...

The following players represented Väsby IK:
Dennis Östlundh

Dennis Östlundh

Dennis Östlundh is a Swedish footballer who has been playing as a member of the Assyriska Föreningen football club in the Superettan....

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:...

Notable Managers

Sanny Åslund

John Sanny Åslund is a Swedish football coach and former player. He started his career in Sörby IK in 1963 and moved on to the professionals and played for Degerfors IF in 1971, after one season he moved to AIK Fotboll, yet again he only played one season before moving on to Spanish RCD Espanyol...

- Väsby IK Erik Hamrén - Väsby IK 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:...

- Väsby IK 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...

- Café Opera Rikard Norling

Rikard Norling

Rikard Norling is a Swedish football manager and the current manager of Malmö FF in Allsvenskan.Forced to retire early from his professional playing career due to an injury Norling started a coaching career at the age of 22...

Mikael Stahre

Mikael Stahre is a Swedish football manager and the current manager of IFK Göteborg.-Management career:He was appointed as AIK's manager on 10 November 2008 immediately following the end of the 2008 AIK campaign under Rikard Norling...

External links

FC Väsby United - Official Website
FC Väsby - Laget

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