Dalkurd FF

Full name

Dalkurd Fotbollsförening

Founded

26 September 2004

Ground

Domnarvsvallen,
Borlänge

Capacity

6,500

Chairman

Ramazan Kizil

Manager

Poya Asbaghi Johan Sandahl

League

Superettan

2016

Superettan, 4th

Home colours

Away colours

The Dalkurd starting eleven lining up before a game wearing their green home kit.

Dalkurd FF is a Swedish football club, located in Borlänge, Sweden. The club was formed in 2004 by Kurdish immigrants. The club started in Division 7, Sweden's next lowest division, in 2005 and is best known for their record-fast trip to Division 1, Sweden's third highest league, winning every division they had participated in from their debut season in 2005 to 2009 and thus being awarded promotion to the next division during all of these five years. The sequence came to an end in 2010, when they finished 6th in the Division 1 Norra and thus missed promotion but remained in the Division 1 Norra for the 2011 season, where they finished 4th. Dalkurd FF are affiliated to the Dalarnas Fotbollförbund.^[1]

History

The club was formed in 2004 by some local inhabitants from Borlänge. The club started as a social project by the management. The purpose with the club was to contribute to the youngsters in Borlänge by offering activities for them. IK Brage helped financing the project. In the first season the squad consisted of an average age of 17 years. Beside contributing to the youngsters, the chairman, Ramazan Kizil, had a high expectation from the football players and an ultimate goal: he wanted to take Dalkurd to the professional levels of the Swedish league.^[2] Dalkurd won every division they participated in from their very first season in 2005 to 2009. By this uncommon success they got a lot of media attention, both in Sweden and in other countries.

The club narrowly avoided catastrophe when travelling home from Spain in March 2015. The club had initially intended to fly from Barcelona to Düsseldorf on Germanwings Flight 9525, but changed their booking at the last minute when they decided the layover in Germany would be too long.^[3] Flight 4U 9525 crashed into the French Alps on March 24, killing everyone on board.

Supporters

Roj Fans is the official supporterclub for Dalkurd FF.^[4] They are an independent non-profit making organisation. The founding year was 2010.

Colours and crest

The club plays in green shirts, shorts and socks. The crest consist of a round circle with the flag of Kurdistan as well as two Dalecarlian horses. "Dal" and "Kurd FF" is spelled out in white letters on the top and bottom of the crest, as well as the year 2004.

Season to season

Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
2005	Tier 7	Division 6	Dalarna Mellersta	1st	Promoted
2006	Tier 7	Division 5	Dalarna Södra	1st	Promoted
2007	Tier 6	Division 4	Dalarna	1st	Promoted
2008	Tier 5	Division 3	Södra Norrland	1st	Promoted
2009	Tier 4	Division 2	Norra Svealand	1st	Promoted
2010	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	6th
2011	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	4th
2012	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	8th
2013	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	2nd	Promotion Playoffs
2014	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	3rd
2015	Tier 3	Division 1	Norra	1st	Promoted

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

Players

Current squad

As of 29 August 2016^[6]^[7]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Frank Pettersson
3	DF	Jesper Nyholm
4	DF	George Mousally
5	DF	Benjamin Hjertstrand
6	MF	Dusan Djuric
7	MF	Rawez Lawan
8	MF	Diego Montiel
9	MF	Omar Jagne
10	FW	Ahmed Awad
11	FW	Erik Törnros
12	GK	Mathias Ahlnander
14	MF	Simon Stenberg

No.	Position	Player
15	DF	Alexander Ekblad
16	MF	Henrik Löfkvist
18	MF	Jalid Kerkich Amar
19	DF	Kujtim Bala
20	MF	Predrag Ranđelović
21	DF	Peshraw Azizi (Captain)
22	MF	Mirkan Aydin
23	FW	Adam Persson
24	MF	Heradi Rashidi
25	FW	Oke Akpoveta
26	FW	Leonard Pllana
27	DF	Tom Söderberg

Notable players

The following players either have played a match for their national team or played in a highest level of a league.

Management

Organisation

Name	Role
Ramazan Kizil	Chairman
Adil Kizil	Sport Director
Ismail Dundar	Secretary

Technical staff

Name	Role
Poya Asbaghi	Coach
Johan Sandahl	Coach
Adil Kizil	Goalkeeping
Janne Lövgren	Kit manager

Attendances

In recent seasons Dalkurd FF have had the following average attendances:

Domnarvsvallen

Domnarvsvallen

Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2007	Not available	Div 4 Dalarna	Tier 6
2008	179	Div 3 Södra Norrland	Tier 5
2009	456	Div 2 Norra Svealand	Tier 4
2010	298	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2011	315	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2012	365	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2013	282	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2014	466	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3
2015	475	Div 1 Norra	Tier 3

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website. ^[8]

Honours

League

Division 1 Norra:
- Champions (1): 2015
- Runners-up (1): 2013
Division 2 Norra Svealand:
- Champions (1): 2009
Division 3 Södra Norrland:
- Champions (1): 2008

Cup

Svenska Cupen:
- Round 2: 2010
- Round 1: 2009
- Round 1: 2007

Footnotes

↑ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Dalarnas Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2011-01-11.
↑ "ARKIV: Seriekometen Dalkurd vill upp i allsvenskan". Sveriges Television. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
↑ Dalkurd FF goalkeeper on last-minute, life-saving flight change
↑ Roj Fans – Dalkurd FF
↑ "GAIS – Lagfacta – Dalkurd FF". Retrieved 03.09.2010. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ http://dalkurd.se/vara-lag/seniorlag/. Retrieved 19 June 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Transfers 2016
↑ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-12-09.

External links

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Official

Dalkurd FF

Other websites

Superettan

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