Dalkurd FF

Dalkurd FF

Full name	Dalkurd Fotbollsförening
Founded	2004
Ground	Domnarvsvallen, Borlänge (Capacity: 6,500)
Chairman	Ramazan Kizil
League	Division 1 Norra
Home colours Away colours

Domnarvsvallen

Domnarvsvallen

Dalkurd FF is a Kurdish-Swedish football club, formed in 2004 and located in Borlänge, Sweden. The club started in Division 7, Sweden's next lowest division, in 2005 and is best known for their record-fast trip to Division 1, Sweden's third highest league, winning every division they had participated in from their debut season in 2005 to 2009 and thus being awarded promotion to the next division during all of these five years. The sequence came to an end in 2010, when they finished sixth in the Division 1 Norra and thus missed promotion but remained in the Division 1 Norra for the 2011 season. Dalkurd FF are affiliated to the Dalarnas Fotbollförbund.^[1]

History

The club was formed in 2004 by some local inhabitants from Borlänge. The club started as a social project by the management. The purpose with the club was to contribute to the youngsters in Borlänge by offering activities for them. IK Brage helped financing the project. In the first season the squad consisted of an average age of 17 years. Beside contributing to the youngsters, the chairman, Ramazan Kizil, had a high expectation from the football players and an ultimate goal: he wanted to take Dalkurd to the professional levels of the Swedish league. Dalkurd won every division they participated in from their very first season in 2005 to 2009. By this uncommon success they got a lot of media attention, both in Sweden and in other countries.

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 2005 Tier 7 Division 6 Dalarna Mellersta 1st Promoted 2006 Tier 7* Division 5 Dalarna Södra 1st Promoted 2007 Tier 6 Division 4 Dalarna 1st Promoted 2008 Tier 5 Division 3 Södra Norrland 1st Promoted 2009 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 1st Promoted 2010 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 6th 2011 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 4th * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new tier being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [2]

Attendances

In recent seasons Dalkurd FF have had the following average attendances:

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level 2007 Not available Div 4 Dalarna Tier 6 2008 179 Div 3 Södra Norrland Tier 5 2009 456 Div 2 Norra Svealand Tier 4 2010 298 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 2011 315 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [3]

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Frank Pettersson 2 MF Alan Ayik 3 DF Engin Sahindal 6 DF Peshraw Azizi 8 MF Colo Halit 9 MF Karim Rebai 11 DF Rasmus Lindkvist 12 GK Adil Kizil 13 MF Vedat Arslanhan

No. Position Player 15 DF Alexander Ekblad 18 DF Besnik Curri 19 MF Ahmed Awad 20 MF Ciwan Kizil 24 MF Michel Junior Omoh 87 MF Brwa Nouri 88 MF Ammar Ahmed

Achievements

• Division 2 Norra Svealand:
  • Champions (1): 2009
• Division 3 Södra Norrland:
  • Champions (1): 2008

• Svenska Cupen:
  • Round 2: 2010
  • Round 1: 2009
  • Round 1: 2007

Notable players

• Nedim Halilović
• Teet Allas

Footnotes

1. ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Dalarnas Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". http://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/?ffid=4. Retrieved 2011-01-11. 
2. ^ "GAIS – Lagfacta – Dalkurd FF". http://www.gais.se/fotboll/GAIS.nsf/StatisticsByTeam?ReadForm&Lag=Dalkurd%20FF. Retrieved 03.09.2010. 
3. ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". http://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/distrikten/. Retrieved 2010-12-09. 

External links

• Official site (in Swedish)
• > Dalkurd FF – Laget.se