Vasalunds IF

Vasalunds IF
Full nameVasalunds Idrottsförening
Founded1934 (1934)
GroundSkytteholms IP,
Solna, Stockholm
Capacity4,000
ChairmanNiclas Fröberg
ManagerBabar Rehman
LeagueEttan Norra
2024Ettan Norra, 5th of 16

Vasalunds IF is a Swedish football club based in Solna, Stockholm. The club is affiliated with Stockholms Fotbollförbund.[1]

History

Vasalund was formed in 1934 and play in the Swedish Third Division: Ettan Norra. In 2002 the club merged with Essinge IK and changed its name to Vasalund/Essinge IF. The merger was discontinued and the original name was restored before the 2008 season.

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements
1951-52 Tier 4 Division 4 Östsvenska 3rd
1952-53 Tier 4 Division 4 Östsvenska 2nd Promoted
1953-54 Tier 3 Division 3 Östra Svealand 6th
1954-55 Tier 3 Division 3 Östra Svealand 2nd
1955-56 Tier 3 Division 3 Östra Svealand 7th
1956-57 Tier 3 Division 3 Östra Svealand 1st Promoted
1957-58 Tier 2 Division 2 Svealand 10th Relegated
1959 Tier 3 Division 3 Östra Svealand 9th Relegated
1960 Tier 4 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 6th
1961 Tier 4 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 12th Relegated
1962 Tier 5 Division 5 Norra 5th
1963 Tier 5 Division 5 Norra 4th
1964 Tier 5 Division 5 Norra 4th
1965 Tier 5 Division 5 Norra 2nd Promoted
1966 Tier 4 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 8th
1967 Tier 4 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 3rd
1968 Tier 4 Division 4 Stockholm/Uppland 5th
1969 Tier 4 Division 4 Stockholm/Uppland 7th
1970 Tier 4 Division 4 Stockholm/Uppland 3rd
1971 Tier 4 Division 4 Stockholm/Uppland 2nd
1972 Tier 4 Division 4 Stockholm/Uppland 4th
1973 Tier 4 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 7th
1974 Tier 4 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 1st Promoted
1975 Tier 3 Division 3 Östra Svealand 4th
1976 Tier 3 Division 3 Östra Svealand 1st Promoted
1977 Tier 2 Division 2 Norra 10th
1978 Tier 2 Division 2 Norra 10th
1979 Tier 2 Division 2 Norra 5th
1980 Tier 2 Division 2 Norra 3rd
1981 Tier 2 Division 2 Norra 3rd
1982 Tier 2 Division 2 Norra 5th
1983 Tier 2 Division 2 Norra 8th
1984 Tier 2 Division 2 Norra 7th
1985 Tier 2 Division 2 Norra 9th
1986 Tier 2 Division 2 Norra 6th
1987 Tier 2 Division 1 Norra 11th
1988 Tier 2 Division 1 Norra 3rd
1989 Tier 2 Division 1 Norra 2nd
1990 Tier 2 Division 1 Norra 2nd
1991 Tier 2 Division 1 Vårettan Östra/Höstettan Norra 2nd/1st Promotion Playoffs, Round 1 - Not Promoted
1992 Tier 2 Division 1 Vårettan Östra/Höstettan Norra 2nd/2nd
1993 Tier 2 Division 1 Norra 2nd Promotion Playoffs - Not Promoted
1994 Tier 2 Division 1 Norra 4th
1995 Tier 2 Division 1 Norra 3rd
1996 Tier 2 Division 1 Norra 10th
1997 Tier 2 Division 1 Norra 14th Relegated
1998 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 4th
1999 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 2nd
2000 Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Svealand 10th Relegation Playoffs - Relegated
2001 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand 3rd
2002 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand 1st Promoted
2003 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 7th (Vasalund/Essinge IF)
2004 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 2nd (Vasalund/Essinge IF)
2005 Tier 3 Division 2 Östra Svealand 2nd Promoted (Vasalund/Essinge IF)
2006* Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 4th (Vasalund/Essinge IF)
2007 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 3rd (Vasalund/Essinge IF)
2008 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 2nd Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
2009 Tier 2 Superettan 16th Relegated
2010 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 5th
2011 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 6th
2012 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 4th
2013 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 7th
2014 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 5th
2015 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 11th
2016 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 2nd Promotion Playoffs - Not Promoted
2017 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 12th Relegated
2018 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 1st Promoted
2019 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 6th
2020 Tier 3 Ettan Norra 1st Promoted
2021 Tier 2 Superettan 15th Relegated
2022 Tier 3 Ettan Norra 3rd
2023 Tier 3 Ettan Norra 4th
2024 Tier 3 Ettan Norra 5th
2025 Tier 3 Ettan Norra

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.[2]

Cup (Svenska Cupen)

Season Round
2012/13 Round 1
2013/14 Round 2
2014/15 Round 2
2015/16 Round 1
2016/17 Round 1
2017/18 Group stage
2018/19 Round 1
2019/20 Round 1
2020/21 Round 2
2021/22 Round 2
2022/23 Round 2
2023/24 Round 1
2024/25 Round 1
2025/26 Round 1

Attendances

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

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level
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
2012 299 Div 1 Norra Tier 3
2013 229 Div 1 Norra Tier 3
2014 217 Div 1 Norra Tier 3
2015 338 Div 1 Norra Tier 3
2016 261 Div 1 Norra Tier 3
2017 237 Div 1 Norra Tier 3
2018 174 Div 2 Norra Svealand Tier 4
2019 229 Div 1 Norra Tier 3
2020 0 Ettan Norra Tier 3
2021 230 Superettan Tier 2
2022 269 Ettan Norra Tier 3
2023 299 Ettan Norra Tier 3

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.[3]

Squad

As of 7 April 2025[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Sweden SWE Esaias Torppa
3 DF Sweden SWE Kalle Björklund
4 MF Sweden SWE Oliver Stojanovic Fredin
5 DF Sweden SWE Carl Norberg
6 MF Sweden SWE Nicklas Maripuu
7 FW Sweden SWE Alexander Duranic
8 MF Sweden SWE Sebastian Lager
9 FW Sierra Leone SLE Christian Moses
10 MF Sweden SWE Marko Nikolić
11 FW Sweden SWE Douglas Karlberg
12 DF Sweden SWE Gabriel Elias Ersoy
13 DF Sweden SWE Filip Bovin
14 MF Sweden SWE Noel Birgoth
15 MF Sweden SWE Filip Lukic
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Sweden SWE Anton Pärleholt
17 MF Sweden SWE Armando Prenga
19 MF Sweden SWE Samuel Wikman
21 MF Sweden SWE Dušan Jajić
22 FW Sweden SWE Salim Nkubiri
23 DF Sweden SWE Robin Sundgren
24 FW Sweden SWE Kevin Tadayon
25 GK Sweden SWE Theo Graasvoll
30 GK Norway NOR Idar Lysgård
42 DF Guinea GUI Amadou Kalabane
— DF Sweden SWE Erik Figueroa
— FW Sweden SWE Emil Bellander
— FW Mali MLI Amadou Camara

Coaches

  • Sweden Bo Petersson (1983–84)
  • Sweden Bo Petersson (1988–90)
  • Sweden Erik Hamrén (1992–93)
  • Sweden Kjell Jonevret (1993–94)
  • Sweden Roger Palmgren (2003–2004)
  • Sweden Bo Petersson (2004–05)
  • Sweden Peter Lenell (2008–2009)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Azrudin Valentic (2009–2011)
  • Sweden Babar Rehman (2013–2015)
  • Sweden Roberth Björknesjö (2015)
  • Sweden Pascal Simpson (2016)
  • Sweden Kalle Karlsson (2017)
  • Sweden Carlos Banda (2017)
  • Sweden Babar Rehman (2017)
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sweden Nebojša Novaković (2018–2019)
  • Sweden Dalibor Savic (2019–2021)
  • Sweden Roberth Björknesjö (2021)
  • Greece Diamantis "Akis" Vavalis (2022)
  • Sweden Babar Rehman (2022)
  • Greece Dimitrios Giantsis (2023)
  • Sweden Rebaz Hassan (2024)
  • Sweden Babar Rehman (2024-)

Achievements

League

  • Division 1 Norra:
    • Winners (1): 2020
    • Runners-up (4): 1989, 1990, 1993, 2008, 2016
  • Division 1 Östra:
    • Runners-up (2): 1991, 1992
  • Division 2 Östra Svealand:
    • Runners-up (3): 1999, 2004, 2005
  • Division 2 Norra Svealand:
    • Winners (1): 2018
  • Division 3 Norra Svealand:
    • Winners (1): 2002

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Stockholms Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
  2. ^ "GAIS – Lagfacta – Vasalunds IF". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 2009-06-09. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
  4. ^ "Vasalund lag". Svenskfotboll.se. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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