Akropolis IF
Full nameAkropolis Idrottsförening
Founded1968
Dissolved2024[1]
GroundGrimsta IP
Spånga, Stockholm
WebsiteClub website

Akropolis IF was a Swedish football club formed by Greek immigrants in 1968 in Spånga.[2]

The club was named after the Acropolis of Athens, and the Parthenon is depicted on its badge.

The club went bankrupt and was dissolved in 2024.

Background

Akropolis IF is a sports club which was founded in Stockholm in the spring of 1968. Basketball started in the autumn 1968 followed by football in the spring of 1969. Youth activities commenced in 1975.

The club formerly had close affiliations, since terminated, with other Stockholm football clubs such as AIK and BP .

In 1987, Akropolis advanced for the first time to Division 3. In 2006, the club made it to the second division, where they have stayed since. In 2012, Akropolis was relegated to Division 2, where they stayed until 2013 when they were once again promoted. In 2014, Akropolis was promoted from Division 2 to Division 1 again. As newcomers in Division 1, Akropolis secured qualifiers to Superettan in their second last game against IFK Luleå.[3]

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements
1993 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 9th
1994 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 9th
1995 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 3rd
1996 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 5th
1997 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 5th
1998 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 3rd
1999 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 1st Promoted
2000 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand 9th Relegation Playoff – Relegated
2001 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 3rd
2002 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 5th
2003 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 5th
2004 Tier 5 Division 4 Stockholm Norra 1st Promoted
2005 Tier 4 Division 3 Norra Svealand 9th
2006* Tier 5 Division 3 Norra Svealand 2nd Promotion Playoff – Promoted
2007 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 5th
2008 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 5th
2009 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 3rd
2010 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 1st Promoted
2011 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 11th
2012 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 13th Relegated
2013 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 3rd
2014 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand 1st Promoted
2015 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 2nd Qualifiers
2016 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 3rd
2017 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 2nd Qualifiers
2018 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 4th
2019 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 1st Promoted
2020 Tier 2 Superettan 5th
2021 Tier 2 Superettan 13th Relegation Playoff – Relegated
2022 Tier 4 Division 2 Norra Svealand

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.[4] [5] [6]

Attendances

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

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level
2005 108 Div 3 Norra Svealand Tier 4
2006 117 Div 3 Norra Svealand Tier 5
2007 213 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4
2008 277 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4
2009 355 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4
2010 277 Div 2 Södra Svealand Tier 4
2011 373 Div 1 Norra Tier 3

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.[7]

Current squad

As of 11 April 2021

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 Sweden SWE Ridvan Tezcan
2 DF Sweden SWE Cesar Weilid
3 DF Sweden SWE Sebastian Ungman-Backlund
4 DF Sweden SWE Panajotis Dimitriadis
5 DF Sweden SWE Oscar Pehrsson
6 MF Sweden SWE Mauricio Albornoz
7 MF Sweden SWE Fredrik Hammar
8 MF Sweden SWE Pontus Åsbrink
9 FW Sweden SWE Oscar Pettersson
10 MF Sweden SWE Linus Mattsson
11 MF Sweden SWE Mattias Bouvin
12 MF Sweden SWE Nicklas Lindqvist
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF Sweden SWE Christian Rubio Sivodedov
14 DF Sweden SWE Oskar Cederling
16 MF Sweden SWE Marcus Burman
17 FW Sweden SWE Daniel Larsson
18 DF Sweden SWE Alexander Abrahamsson
19 FW Estonia EST Kristoffer Grauberg Lepik (on loan from Brommapojkarna)
20 DF Sweden SWE Sotirios Nikopoulos
23 MF Sweden SWE Lamine Nekrouf
24 FW United States USA Andrew Stadler
25 MF Albania ALB Astrit Ajdarevic
26 MF Sweden SWE Kewin Ohlsson Lounis
27 DF Sweden SWE Erik Figueroa

Staff

Name Role
Greece Giannis Christopoulos Head coach
Sweden Georgios Gogas Director of football
Canada Kyriakos Stamatopoulos Goalkeeping coach
England Jamie Steel Fitness coach and Sport Scientist
Sweden Petter Isaksson Physiotherapist
Sweden Doston Tojiboev Equipment manager

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Akropolis IF begärd i konkurs: "Klubben begraven"". mitti.se/ (in Swedish). Mitt i. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Akropolis IF – Fotboll Klubb". Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Akropolis IF – Föreningens historia". Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  4. ^ "GAIS – Lagfacta -Akropolis IF". Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Södra Svealand - Division 2 – Fotbollsserier 2010 – Fotboll – everysport.com". Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning". Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  7. ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2010.

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