Nacka FC is a Swedish football club located in the Stockholm suburb of Nacka.[1] The club is a merger club consisting of Nacka FC, a youth club formed in 2015 and FC Iliria Stockholm, a team formed by the ethnic Albanian community in Stockholm the same year. The clubs merged in 2019, under the name FC Nacka Iliria and later fully merged to the common name Nacka FC.[2]

Nacka FC
Full nameNacka Football Club
Founded14 May 2015
GroundSaltsjöbadens IP
Nacka
Sweden
ChairmanSalih Shala
Head CoachEldin Kozica
LeagueDivision 2 Södra Svealand

Background

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Since their foundation in 2015, Nacka FC has achieved a record-paced climb up the Swedish football league system. Together with FC Stockholm Internazionale they are the only club in the Swedish capital who has managed to climb from the lowest division (division 7) all the way up to division 2 within 7 seasons. The club is also the youngest club participating in the top tiers of Swedish football (Allsvenskan to division 3).

As newcomers to division 2 Södra Svealand in season 2023, the club will continue to be managed by the Swedish-Bosnian coach Eldin Kozica. The Sport Director is Salih Shala, the Swedish-Albanian co-founder of the club who has been in charge of the first team since its debut in the lowest division in Sweden.[3]

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 6 January 2021[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
1 GK   NOR Theo Graasvoll
2 DF   SWE Kenan Nisic
4 DF   SWE Youssri Ouni
5 DF   ALB Albion Kurbasha
6 DF   SWE Marcus Törnstrand
7 MF   POL Jakub Kolarczyk
8 MF   SWE Erik Håkansson
9 FW   GAM Fabakary Sanneh
10 MF   SUI Tim Hauzenberger
11 FW   AFG Shahir Ameri
13 DF   SWE Adam Ohlander
14 MF   ETH Bilal Ali Mohammed
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW   SWE Ilias Alaoui
17 MF   SLE Abu Bakarr Suma
19 FW   YEM Emad Adel Qasem
20 MF   SWE Alex Fischer
22 GK   CRO Kevin Blennestrand
23 FW   MKD Jovan Kostovski
24 DF   EGY Aymann Ahmed
27 FW   GAM Lamin Sanneh
29 FW   ITA Alessandro Visconti
30 GK   SWE Victor Pålsson Lundell
99 FW   DJI Mahammad Abdi Momin

Season to Season

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Season Division Section Position Movements
2015 Division 7 Stockholm 3rd
2016 Division 7 7 J 1st Promoted
2017 Division 6 6 F 3rd
2018 Division 6 6 F 2nd Promoted
2019 Division 5 Södra 1st Promoted
2020 Division 4 Södra 2nd Promoted
2021 Division 3 Södra Svealand 4th
2022 Division 3 Södra Svealand 1st Promoted
2023 Division 2 Södra Svealand
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Footnotes

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  1. ^ "FC Iliria Stockholm". Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  2. ^ "FC Nacka Iliria". Retrieved 2020-02-15.
  3. ^ "Nacka FC - Herr / Nacka FC Iliria - Svenskalag.se".
  4. ^ "Laget" (in Swedish). FC Nacka Iliria. Retrieved 6 Jan 2022.