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Östersunds Fotbollsklubb, commonly known simply as Östersunds FK, Östersund (Swedish pronunciation: [œstɛˈʂɵnːd]) or (especially locally) ÖFK, is a Swedish professional football club located in Östersund, Sweden and since 2022 play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan. The club was formed in 1996 as a merger of several Östersund clubs. The club is affiliated with the Jämtland-Härjedalens Fotbollförbund[2] and play their home games at Jämtkraft Arena. The club colours, reflected in their crest and kit, are red and black, predominantly in stripes and with red shorts and socks. Since its creation, the club has played mostly in the third tier of Swedish football but in 2013 Östersund achieved promotion to the second tier, Superettan, for the first time ever, after achieving two consecutive promotions,[3] and in 2016 they were promoted to the Swedish first tier, Allsvenskan, before being relegated to Superettan in the 2021 season.[4]

Östersunds FK

Full name	Östersunds Fotbollsklubb
Short name	ÖFK
Founded	31 October 1996; 26 years ago (31 October 1996)
Ground	Jämtkraft Arena, Östersund
Capacity	8,545[1]
Chairman	Mathias Rasteby
Head coach	Magnus Powell
League	Superettan
2022	Superettan, 14th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Name

The name 'Östersunds' is in a possessive clause in the Swedish language, which means it is incorrect to call the club anything other than Östersund in a short form based on the town name.

Background

Östersunds FK was created in 1996 when the three local clubs Ope IF, IFK Östersund and Östersund/Torvalla FF merged, aiming to create a club in that would be able to establish itself in the top two tiers of Swedish football. The next year Frösö IF also joined the project. The newly formed club started out their existence in the third tier in 1997 and Östersund/Torvalla FF ceased to exist as a consequence.[5] IFK Östersund, Ope IF och Östersund/Torvalla FF (ÖTFF). In 2000 a fifth club, Fältjägarnas IF, was also merged into the club.

During the 2000s the club started taking on an English flavour and in 2007 the director of football Daniel Kindberg used his friendship with coaches Roberto Martínez and Graeme Jones to start a cooperation with Swansea City where Östersund would loan young players from the club. Swansea also came over to Östersund to play the inauguration game at the newly built stadium.[6] After a poor 2010 season the club was relegated to the fourth tier for the first time ever.

In 2011 Daniel Kindberg returned to the role as director of football and increased financial backing from local companies which enabled the hiring of more full-time staff. Following Jones' recommendation the club also brought in young English manager Graham Potter[7] who was working at an English university at the time. Through several successful signings, some coming from Potter's connections at Nike Football Academy, the club was able to win both the fourth tier and then the third tier immediately the year after.[8] The club was promoted to Superettan for the 2013 season and finished 10th that season.

In January 2014 the club announced that they had signed a half-billion kronor deal with the government of Libya to develop and educate Libyan football players. Under the terms of the deal, Östersunds FK would train 250 young men from Libya every year, except the first year in which they will receive 60 students. Those players would be taught English and computer skills in addition to sports theory and football training. The deal was expected to raise Östersund FKs yearly profits by over 50%.[9] The deal with the Libyan state never came to life, thus meaning no students came to Östersund and no money was received by the club.[10]

On 27 October 2015, the club was promoted to Allsvenskan for the first time.[11] In 2017, they managed to win their first major trophy, Svenska Cupen, after defeating IFK Norrköping 4–1 in the final, also qualifying for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, marking their first appearance in a European competition tournament. In their Europa League debut in the second qualifying round on 13 July 2017, Östersund earned a shock 2–0 victory against Turkish giants Galatasaray at the Jämtkraft Arena and eliminated them after a 1–1 draw in Istanbul. Two goals by Saman Ghoddos in a win against PAOK on 24 August saw them qualify for the Group Stage at the first time of asking, at the same time making them the only Swedish representative in the season's UEFA competition and making Graham Potter the only British manager in the Europa League Group Stage. After losing only one game in their campaign, they finished second in a group featuring Athletic Bilbao and Hertha Berlin, becoming the first Swedish club to progress beyond the Europa League group stage. In the round of 32 they managed to beat English side Arsenal 2–1 away but were eliminated 4–2 on aggregate after losing the first leg 3–0.[12]

On 17 April 2018, club chairman (also the director of football) Daniel Kindberg was taken into custody by the Swedish Economic Crime Authority, suspected on probable cause of serious fraud and for assisting in serious gross accounting violations.[13] Together with two other people, Kindberg is suspected of submitting false invoices in several companies, according to the prosecutor.[14] Several of these companies have strong ties to Östersunds FK and the club's sponsorship deals.[15][16] Several years before, in 2014, Kindberg was subject to criticism when Östersundshem, the municipal housing company where he was the CEO, became a big sponsor of Östersunds FK.[17][18]

On 11 June 2018, Graham Potter left Östersunds FK to take over as manager of Swansea City after eight seasons in charge.

On 31 October 2021, they were relegated from Allsvenskan after they lost against Varberg BoIS. In the 2022 season, Östersunds FK will play in Superettan, the second tier of Swedish men's professional football. Östersund played six seasons in Allsvenskan before they were relegated.[19]

Season to season

Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1997	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	7th
1998	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
1999	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	1st	Promotion Playoffs
2000	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	5th
2001	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	3rd
2002	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	5th
2003	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	2nd
2004	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	4th
2005	Tier 3	Division 2	Norrland	2nd	Promoted
2006[lower-alpha 1]	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	11th
2007	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	11th
2008	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	10th
2009	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	11th
2010	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	13th	Relegated
2011	Tier 4	Division 2	Norrland	1st	Promoted
2012	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	1st	Promoted
2013	Tier 2	Superettan		10th
2014	Tier 2	Superettan		5th
2015	Tier 2	Superettan		2nd	Promoted
2016	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		8th
2017	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		5th
2018	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		6th
2019	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		12th
2020	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		13th
2021	Tier 1	Allsvenskan		16th	Relegated
2022	Tier 2	Superettan		TBA

European record

Overall record

Accurate as of 23 February 2018

Competition	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
UEFA Europa League	14	8	3	3	19	13	+6	057.14
Total	14	8	3	3	19	13	+6	057.14

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Galatasaray	2–0	1–1	3–1
		3Q	Fola Esch	1–0	2–1	3–1
		PO	PAOK	2–0	1–3	3–3 (a)
		Group J	Athletic Bilbao	2–2	0–1	2nd
			Hertha BSC	1–0	1–1
			Zorya Luhansk	2–0	2–0
		R32	Arsenal	0–3	2–1	2–4

Notes

• 2Q: Second qualifying round
• 3Q: Third qualifying round
• PO: Play-off round
• GS: Group Stage
• R32: Round of 32

UEFA Team rank

The following list ranks the current position of Östersunds FK in UEFA ranking:

Rank	Team	Points
89	Malmö FF	16.000
116	Torino FC	12.330
117	HNK Rijeka	10.500
118	AEK Larnaca FC	10.000
119	Östersunds FK	10.000
120	FC Sheriff Tiraspol	10.000
121	Osmanlispor	8.000
145	AIK	6.000
187	IFK Norrköping	3.975
188	BK Häcken	3.975

As of 21 September 2020.

Players

First-team squad

As of 18 April 2022[21]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GUI Aly Keita (captain) 2 DF  SWE Cesar Weilid 3 DF  CIV Kalpi Ouattara 4 DF  SWE Peter Amoran 5 DF  NOR Kevin Jablinski 7 MF  SWE André Österholm 8 MF  BRA Erick Brendon 10 FW  SWE Sadmir Zekovic 11 MF  SWE Henrik Bellman 12 DF  NOR Kristian Novak 13 MF  SWE Ludvig Fritzson 15 MF  SWE Jakob Johnsson 16 DF  NOR Erlend Sivertsen

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  SWE Malcolm Stolt 18 DF  UKR Myroslav Mazur 19 FW  NGA Uche Sabastine (on loan from Kano Pillars) 21 MF  SWE Simon Kroon 22 MF  SWE Linton Ulloa 23 DF  GHA Samuel Mensiro 24 GK  SWE Anton Berg 25 MF  NOR Mansour Sinyan 26 MF  NED Chovanie Amatkarijo 27 DF  SWE Ziad Ghanoum 28 MF  CIV Yannick Adjoumani (on loan from Häcken) 29 FW  SWE Sebastian Karlsson Grach 30 GK  ENG Andrew Mills 39 FW  SWE Haris Avdiu (on loan from IFK Värnamo)

Notable players

This list of notable players includes those who have either been named player of the year at the club,[22] or has become league top goalscorer, or went on to play in Allsvenskan (or for larger clubs abroad).

Player records

Top 10 players with most games in ÖFK

Nr	Name	Games	Goals
1	Lars Oscarsson	212	10
2	Aly Keita	209	0
3	Martin Johansson	193	15
4	Samuel Mensiro	190	4
5	Jamie Hopcutt	190	47
6	Daniel Westerlund	184	58
7	Dennis Widgren	179	3
8	Petter Jacobsson	172	7
9	Bobo Sollander	163	24
10	Brwa Nouri	154	23

Player of the season in ÖFK

Year	Name
1997	Paul Sheerin
1998	Mattias Eriksson
1999	Mikael Berg
2000	Lars Oscarsson
2001	Lasse Mattila
2002	Kjell Jönsson
2003	Fredrik Aliris
2004	Martin Johansson
2005	Joakim Lundstedt
2006	Erik Lantto
2007	Erik Lantto
2008	Lee Makel
2009	Bobo Sollander
2010	Christoffer Fryklund
2011	Brian Wake
2012	Petter Augustsson
2013	Samuel Mensiro
2014	Modou Barrow
2015	Fouad Bachirou
2016	Douglas Bergqvist
2017	Saman Ghoddos
2018	Saman Ghoddos
2019	Dino Islamovic
2020	Aly Keita
2021	Aly Keita

Top 10 players with most goals in ÖFK

Nr	Name	Goals	Games
1	Daniel Westerlund	58	184
2	Jamie Hopcutt	47	190
3	Saman Ghoddos	41	93
4	Joakim Lundstedt	33	97
5	Brian Wake	26	33
6	Bobo Sollander	24	163
7	Brwa Nouri	23	154
8	Daniel Johansson	21	36
8	Blair Turgott	21	68
10	Alex Dyer	19	93

Management and boardroom

Technical staff

As of 24 January 2021[24]

Name Role Richard Persson Chairman Kjell Andersson CEO Magnus Powell Head Coach Stefan Lundin Sporting Director and Assistant Coach Jan Netzler Goalkeeper Coach Oscar Ljungblom Fitness Coach Bengt-Uno Nilsson Equipment Manager Moubarak Abdallah Equipment Manager Vacant Doctor Jenny Larsson Head of Physiotherapists Michael Lagercrantz Physiotherapist Lisa Brandén Physiotherapist David Lidström Hultén Press Officer Joakim Jansson Security/Event Manager Vacant Supporter Liaison Officer Stefan Lundin Head of Academy

Boardroom

Östersunds FK (Föreningen)

Name Role Mathias Rasteby Chairman Catharina Törngren CEO Petter Jakobsson Boardmember Tom Pripp Boardmember Lars Andersson Boardmember Teddy Myhr Boardmember Lena Johansson Boardmember Mårten Ulander Boardmember

Östersunds FK Elitfotboll AB

Name Role Mathias Rasteby Chairman Catharina Törngren CEO Tom Pripp Vice Chairman Stig-Åke Eklund Boardmember Lars Andersson Boardmember Teddy Myhr Boardmember Lena Johansson Boardmember Nils-Åke Hallström Boardmember

Coaches

• Leif Widegren (1997)
• Christer Andersson (1998)
• Sören Åkeby (1999)
• Jan Westerlund (1999–2001)
• Hans Eskilsson (2002–2003)
• Ulf Kvarnlöf (2004–2005)
• Stefan Regebro (2006–2007)
• Neil McDonald (2007)
• Kalle Björklund (2008–2009)
• Lee Makel (2010)
• Graham Potter (2011–2018)
• Ian Burchnall (2018–2020)
• Amir Azrafshan (2020–2021)
• Per Joar Hansen (2021–2022)
• Magnus Powell (2022-)

[26]

Attendances

In recent seasons Östersunds FK have had the following average attendances:

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level Stadium 2005 573 Div 2 Norrland Tier 3 Hofvallen 2006 535 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 Hofvallen 2007 1,060 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 Jämtkraft Arena 2008 1,104 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 Jämtkraft Arena 2009 1,134 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 Jämtkraft Arena 2010 992 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 Jämtkraft Arena 2011 783 Div 2 Norrland Tier 4 Jämtkraft Arena 2012 1,695 Div 1 Norra Tier 3 Jämtkraft Arena 2013 3,320 Superettan Tier 2 Jämtkraft Arena 2014 3,022 Superettan Tier 2 Jämtkraft Arena 2015 3,857 Superettan Tier 2 Jämtkraft Arena 2016 5,914 Allsvenskan Tier 1 Jämtkraft Arena 2017 5,265 Allsvenskan Tier 1 Jämtkraft Arena 2018 6,020 Allsvenskan Tier 1 Jämtkraft Arena 2019 4,808 Allsvenskan Tier 1 Jämtkraft Arena 2020 (COVID) -- Allsvenskan Tier 1 Jämtkraft Arena 2021 1,500 (COVID) Allsvenskan Tier 1 Jämtkraft Arena * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. [28]

Honours

League

• Superettan (Tier 2)
  • Runners-up (1): 2015
• Division 1 Norra (Tier 3)
  • Winners (1): 2012
• Division 2 Norrland (Tier 3)*
  • Winners (1): 1999
  • Runners-up (3): 1998, 2003, 2005
• Division 2 Norrland (Tier 4)*
  • Winners (1): 2011

Cups

• Svenska Cupen
  • Winners (1): 2016–17

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level. [29]

References

External links

Media related to Östersunds FK at Wikimedia Commons

• Östersunds FK – official site

На других языках

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[de] Östersunds FK

Der Östersunds Fotbollsklubb (kurz: Östersunds FK) ist ein schwedischer Fußballclub in Östersund. Von 2016 bis 2021 spielte die Mannschaft in der höchsten Liga Allsvenskan.

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[es] Östersunds FK

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