Eskilstuna United DFF
Full nameEskilstuna United DFF
Founded29 September 2002; 21 years ago (2002-09-29)
GroundTunavallen, Eskilstuna
Capacity7,800
ChairmanKarl-Anders Siljebråt
CoachVaila Barsley
LeagueElitettan
20228th
WebsiteClub website
Lining out in April 2013

Eskilstuna United DFF is a football club from Eskilstuna, in Södermanland County, Sweden. The club was established in 2002 and was promoted into the Women's Premier Division (Damallsvenskan) for the first time in 2014.

The club play their home games at Tunavallen in Eskilstuna. The team colours are blue and white. The club is affiliated to the Södermanlands Fotbollförbund.

History

Played in the first season (2013) of the newly created second level Elitettan and won the title. In its first top level season (2014 Damallsvenskan) the club finished seventh. In its second top season, they finished as runners-up and qualified to the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League.

Eskilstuna United DFF lost the Swedish Women's Cup final, 0–3, to BK Häcken FF in May 2021.[1]

On 5 December 2022, the Swedish Football Association announced that the club was denied for failing to fulfill economic requirements, and weren't allowed to play the 2023 Damallsvenskan and instead were relegated to Elitettan.[2] The club appealed, but on 2 January 2023, the Swedish Football Association announced that instead, IK Uppsala would be promoted.[3]

Current squad

As of 3 April 2022.[4][5][6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Sweden SWE Stina Niklasson
4 DF Sweden SWE Emma Östlund
6 MF Sweden SWE Felicia Saving
7 MF Sweden SWE Elin Rombing
8 MF Sweden SWE Linn Vickius
9 FW Sweden SWE Mia Jalkerud
11 FW Sweden SWE Emma Engström
14 MF Norway NOR Noor Eckhoff
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Sweden SWE Chloe Eriksson
19 MF Sweden SWE Johanna Renmark
21 DF Norway NOR Joanna Bækkelund
23 MF Sweden SWE Fiona Eriksson
24 DF Sweden SWE Elisabeth Tillenius
29 DF Sweden SWE Matilda Plan
30 GK Iceland ISL Guðbjörg Gunnarsdóttir

Former players

For details of current and former players, see Category:Eskilstuna United DFF players.

Honours

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

All results (away, home and aggregate) list Eskilstuna United's goal tally first.

Competition Round Club Away Home Aggregate
2016–2017 Round of 32 Scotland Glasgow City 2–1 1–0 a 3–1
Round of 16 Germany Wolfsburg 0–3 1–5 a 1–8

a First leg.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Ellen Hellmark (13 May 2021). "Häcken cupmästare" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  2. ^ Matthias Johansson (5 December 2022). "Eskilstuna United beviljas inte elitlicens" (in Swedish). SVT Södermanland. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  3. ^ Rani Amir (2 January 2023). "Eskilstuna tvångsdegraderas" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Laget" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 February 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Spelartrupp 2017" (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Squad". Retrieved April 2, 2019.

External links

Damallsvenskan
Elitettan
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