FC Rosengård 1917

This article is about the men's football team. For the club's women's team, see FC Rosengård.

FC Rosengård is a Swedish professional football club located in the area Rosengård of Malmö. The club was founded on 4 September 1917 as Malmö Boll & Idrottsförening but has since been merged once and renamed twice. The club has been the starting ground for some Swedish football players including Zlatan Ibrahimović, Yksel Osmanovski and Labinot Harbuzi.^[1]

FC Rosengård

Full name	Fotboll Club Rosengård 1917
Founded	4 September 1917; 107 years ago (4 September 1917), as Malmö Boll & Idrottsförening
Ground	Rosengårds Södra IP, Malmö
Manager	Amir Poursamad & Ivica Kurtović (caretakers)
League	Ettan Södra
2019	Division 2 Västra Götaland, 6th
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded on 4 September 1917 as Malmö Boll & Idrottsförening, or MBI in short. In the early years, the club also played bandy, winning the Scania district championship in this sport in 1930.^[2]

One of the biggest moments in the history of the club was when they participated in the playoff to Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football in 1938 against Degerfors IF but lost.

In 1973, the club moved to its present location in the suburb of Rosengård.

In 2001, the club merged with Turk Anadolu FF to create Malmö Anadolu BI, MABI in short.

In 2008, the club was renamed to FC Rosengård.^[3]

The club is affiliated to the Skånes Fotbollförbund.^[4]

Season to season

Season Level Division Section Position Movements 1996 Tier 5 Division 4 Skåne Sydvästra 3rd Promotion Playoff 1997 Tier 5 Division 4 Skåne Sydvästra 1st Promoted 1998 Tier 4 Division 3 Södra Götaland 7th 1999 Tier 4 Division 3 Södra Götaland 8th 2000 Tier 4 Division 3 Södra Götaland 12th Relegated 2001 Tier 5 Division 4 Skåne Södra 3rd 2002 Tier 5 Division 4 Skåne Södra 1st Promoted 2003 Tier 4 Division 3 Södra Götaland 1st Promoted 2004 Tier 3 Division 2 Södra Götaland 11th Relegated 2005 Tier 4 Division 3 Södra Götaland 1st Promoted 2006 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Götaland 2nd 2007 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Götaland 1st Promoted 2008 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 4th 2009 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 8th 2010 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 5th 2011 Tier 3 Division 1 Södra 12th Relegated 2012 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Götaland 5th 2013 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Götaland 2nd 2014 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Götaland 2nd 2015 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Götaland 4th 2016 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Götaland 2nd Promoted * League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.[5][6]

Attendances

In the following seasons FC Rosengård have had the following average attendances:

Season Average Attendance Division / Section Level 2003 248 Div 3 Södra Götaland Tier 4 2004 412 Div 2 Södra Götaland Tier 3 2005 213 Div 3 Södra Götaland Tier 4 2006 239 Div 2 Södra Götaland Tier 4 2007 225 Div 2 Södra Götaland Tier 4 2008 242 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2009 453 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2010 454 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2011 452 Div 1 Södra Tier 3 2012 364 Div 2 Södra Götaland Tier 4 2013 459 Div 2 Södra Götaland Tier 4 2014 421 Div 2 Södra Götaland Tier 4 * Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.[7]

Current squad

Updated 7 August 2024^[8]
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  SWE Ian Pettersson 2 DF  SWE Samuel Fröjdh 3 MF  SWE Adam Olofsson 5 DF  SWE Hannes Cederholm 6 MF  SWE Emil Grimbe 8 MF  SWE Granit Stagova 9 FW  SWE Lucas Alm 11 FW  SWE Emil Johansson 12 GK  SWE Jesper Andersson 13 FW  NGA Emmanuel Igbonekwu 14 DF  SWE Elias-Ramin Karimi 15 FW  SWE Melvin Frithzell

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  SWE Sinan Aljukic 17 FW  SWE Ajdin Avdic 18 DF  SWE Fabian Petersson 19 MF  SWE Gustaf Backaliden 20 DF  SWE Mustafa Owaid 21 DF  SWE Arvin Davoudi-Kia (on loan from Kalmar) 22 FW  KEN Xavier Odhiambo 23 MF  GEO Tamaz Tsetskhladze 25 DF  LBR Prince Balde 28 FW  SWE Dylan Kosik Sulaiman 39 FW  SWE Isak Magnusson 99 FW  UGA Alexis Bbakka

Technical staff

as of 3 April 2017^[9]

Name Role Anders Grimberg Head coach Almir Buhic Assistant coach Daniel Pode Goalkeeper coach Sebastian Krzeminski Fitness coach Bari Zuyferovski Kit man

Club records

• Most appearances: 520 — Mats Olsson^[10]

Footnotes

1. "Noted Players". fcrosengard.se. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
2. Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), p. 386 (in Swedish)
3. "History". fcrosengard.se. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
4. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Skånes Fotbollförbund – Svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 20 January 2011.
5. "GAIS – Lagfacta – Rosengård". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
6. "GAIS – Lagfacta – Malmö Anadolu BI". Retrieved 6 September 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
7. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 9 December 2010.
8. "Current squad". fcrosengard.se. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
9. "Ledare / Tränare för FC Rosengårds A- Lag". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
10. "Club records". fcrosengard.se. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2010.

External links

• Official website