IF Karlstad Fotboll
Full nameIdrottsföreningen Karlstad Fotboll
Nickname(s)KF
Founded4 November 2019
GroundTingvalla IP
Capacity10,000[1]
ChairmanAnders Dahlen
CoachAlbert Bunjaki
LeagueEttan Norra
2024Ettan Norra, - of -
WebsiteClub website

IF Karlstad Football is a Swedish football team in Karlstad, Värmland

The club was founded in 2019 from a meger of football clubs Carlstad United and Karlstad BK.[2]

The club currently competes in Ettan Norra. They ended last season at 4th in the league. In August 2020, former Akropolis manager Konstantinos Panagopoulos joined the club as head coach. [3]

In February 2022, former England coach Sven-Göran Eriksson joined the club as an advisor for the club.[4]

Konstantinos got sacked in July 2022.[5]

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements
2020 Tier 3 Ettan Norra 8th
2021 Tier 3 Ettan Norra 4th
2022 Tier 3 Ettan Norra 5th
2023 Tier 3 Ettan Norra 8th

First team squad

As of September 5 2023[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
1 GK Sweden SWE Mathias Karlsson
2 DF Sweden SWE Eric Forsberg
3 DF Japan JPN Takuto Yasuoka
5 DF Kosovo KOS Ilir Berisha
6 MF Sweden SWE Henrik Cederin
7 MF Syria SYR Moustafa Benshi
8 MF Sweden SWE Ibrahim Habib
9 FW Sweden SWE Johan Bertilsson
10 MF Sweden SWE Agon Beqiri
11 MF Sweden SWE Oscar Kihlgren
12 FW Sweden SWE Andreas Bellander
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Sweden SWE Christian Marigliano
15 DF Sweden SWE Axel Wallenborg (on loan from Djurgården)
16 MF Sweden SWE Samuel Nielsen
17 MF Sweden SWE Noel Björk
18 DF Sweden SWE Jacob Ericsson
19 FW Sweden SWE David Johannesson
22 DF Sweden SWE Melker Falknäs
23 FW Sweden SWE Erik Björndahl
25 MF Sweden SWE Filip Johansson Bahar
27 GK Sweden SWE Simon Graasvoll
35 DF Netherlands NED Henk van Schaik

References

  1. ^ Soccerway
  2. ^ Brenning, Patrik (4 November 2019). "Dramatiska beslutet: Klubbarna slås ihop". Aftonbladet.
  3. ^ "Försvann efter stora succén – ska rädda hårdsatsande klubben". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  4. ^ "Sven-Göran "Svennis" Eriksson förstärker klubbens organisation". Karlstad Fotboll (in Swedish). 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  5. ^ Ahlin, Johan (2022-07-13). "Lagkaptenen efter beskedet: "Jag trivdes jättebra med Kostas"". NWT (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  6. ^ "Division 1 Norra". Karlstad Fotboll (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-01-17.
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