IK Uppsala Fotboll

IK Uppsala Fotboll is a football club from Uppsala, in Uppsala County, Sweden. The club was established in 2016 when IK Sirius Fotboll's women's department decided to reform as an independent club.^[1] It was promoted into the women's Premier Division (Damallsvenskan) for the first time in 2020.^[2]

IK Uppsala Fotboll

Full name	Idrottsklubben Uppsala Fotboll
Founded	2016; 8 years ago (2016)
Ground	Studenternas IP
Capacity	1,500
President	Linda Zillén
Coach	Jonas Valfridsson
League	Elitettan
2024	4th
Website	https://www.uppsalafotboll.se/
Home colours

The club play their home games at Studenternas IP in Uppsala. The team colours are dark red and white. The club is affiliated to the Upplands Fotbollförbund.

On 5 December 2022, the Swedish Football Association announced that Eskilstuna United DFF club was denied for failing to fulfill economic requirements, and weren't allowed to play the 2023 Damallsvenskan and instead were relegated to Elitettan.^[3] Eskilstuna United DFF appealed, but on 2 January 2023, the Swedish Football Association announced that instead, IK Uppsala would be promoted.^[4]

Personnel

Updated as of 3 August 2022.^[5]

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Jonas Valfridsson
Assistant coach	Rikard Östergren
Mental coach	Ingemar Persson
Goalkeeper coach	Jonas Bylund
Physiotherapist	Hampus Ågren
Trainer	Jonatan Berg
Team leader	Håkan Sandberg

Current squad

As of 12 May 2024.^[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FIN Matilda Nurmi 2 DF  SWE Arsema Weldai 3 DF  SWE Ellen Andersson 4 DF  SWE Clara Flenhagen 5 DF  SWE Maja Wangerheim (on loan from Kristianstads) 5 DF  SWE Sofia From 6 MF  SWE Tekla Höckert 7 DF  SWE Josefin Baudou 8 MF  FIN Olivia Mattsson 9 MF  SWE Clara Leffler 10 FW  SWE Elin Flakberg 11 MF  SWE Sonja Ekholm 12 MF  SWE Amanda Sundström 14 MF  SWE Angelina Klingberg 15 MF  SWE Lova Tomic

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  SWE Hedvig Karlsson 18 DF  SWE Julia Ragnarsson 19 MF  SWE Älvali Lindström 20 DF  SWE Fanny Öhngren 21 MF  SWE Stina Leffler 22 DF  SWE Agnes Ahlsson 23 MF  SWE Alva Johansson 24 MF  SWE Thindra Mattsson 25 MF  SWE Alva Karlsson 26 MF  SWE Meja Blomkvist 27 DF  SWE Martina Leon Andersson 28 GK  SWE Tindra Gustavson 28 MF  SWE Filipa Edberg

Former players

For details of current and former players, see Category:IK Uppsala Fotboll players.

References

1. Fredriksson, Emelie (5 November 2016). "Damlaget lämnar Sirius efter striderna" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
2. Asahara, Makoto; Nilsson, Jonathan (27 October 2019). "IK Uppsala klart för damallsvenskan efter jätterysare" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
3. Johansson, Matthias (5 December 2022). "Eskilstuna United beviljas inte elitlicens" (in Swedish). SVT Södermanland. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
4. Amir, Rani (2 January 2023). "Eskilstuna tvångsdegraderas" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
5. "Truppen". IK Uppsala Fotboll. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

External links

• IK Uppsala Fotboll – Official website (in Swedish)