FBK Balkan is a Swedish football club located in the suburb Rosengård

Rosengård

Rosengård, literally "Rose court", is a city district in Malmö, Sweden. As of 1 January 2007, the population was 21,955, of which 60 percent were born outside of Sweden. In 2008 a total 86% of the population in the city district was of foreign background...

 of Malmö

Malmö

Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...

. The club was founded in 1962. They currently play in Division 4

Swedish football Division 4

Division 4 is the sixth level in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 39 sections with 8 to 12 football teams in each.- The competition :There are 39 groups of 8 to 12 teams each representing a local geographical area...

 Skåne Sydvästra. The club comes from a Malmö neighbourhood known for its very large immigrant community, Balkan is most famous for being the club where Zlatan Ibrahimović

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Zlatan Ibrahimović is a Swedish footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Milan and the Swedish national team for which he is captain....

 started playing football. Other notable former players for the team include Goran Slavkovski

Goran Slavkovski

Goran Slavkovski is a Macedonian–Swedish footballer who is currently unattached.-Club career:He was nicknamed earlier in his career as "Ibrahimović II", because of his similar stature and style of play with Ibrahimović, and playing for FBK Balkan and Malmö FF.-Internazionale:Slavkovski made his...

 and Valentino Lai

Valentino Lai

Valentino Lai is a Italian-born Swedish footballer who plays for Viborg FF.-Club career:Born in Cagliari, he started his career playing for FBK Balkan at the youth level, and then Malmö FF. In 2001, he moved to Italy playing for Venezia, where he made his Serie A debut. In 2002, he moved to...

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History

FBK Balkan was founded in 1962 in Malmö

Malmö

Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...

 by Yugoslav immigrants

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

, it is named after the Balkans

Balkans

The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...

. The club spent many seasons in Swedish division 6 later finding their way up the tiers to Division 3 in present day. The club is one of the oldest immigrants association in Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

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The club is affiliated to the Skånes Fotbollförbund

Skånes Fotbollförbund

The Skånes Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the non-administrative province of Scania.- Background :...

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Season to season

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Season	Level	Division	Section	Position	Movements
1990	Tier 4	Division 3	Södra Götaland	1st	Promoted
1991 Division 2 1991 Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1991.-Norra Norrland: 1. Umeå FC 14 12 0 2 44-10 36 To Höstettan 2. Skellefteå AIK 14 10 1 3 40-12 31 To Kvalettan...	Tier 3	Division 2	Södra Götaland	7th	Vårserier (Spring Series)
	Tier 3	Division 2	Södra Götaland - Hösttvåan	7th	Höstserier (Autumn Series) - Relegated
1992	Tier 4	Division 3	Södra Götaland B	4th	Vårserier (Spring Series)
	Tier 4	Division 3	Södra Götaland	5th	Höstserier (Autumn Series)
1993	Tier 4	Division 3	Södra Götaland	9th
1994	Tier 4	Division 3	Södra Götaland	10th	Relegated
1995	Tier 5	Division 4	Skåne Sydvästra	4th
1996	Tier 5	Division 4	Skåne Sydvästra	4th
1997	Tier 5	Division 4	Skåne Sydvästra	2nd	Promoted
1998	Tier 4	Division 3	Södra Götaland	6th
1999	Tier 4	Division 3	Södra Götaland	11th	Relegated
2000	Tier 5	Division 4	Skåne Södra	3rd	Promotion Playoffs
2001	Tier 5	Division 4	Skåne Södra	1st	Promoted
2002	Tier 4	Division 3	Södra Götaland	6th
2003	Tier 4	Division 3	Södra Götaland	9th	Relegation Playoffs - Relegated
2004	Tier 5	Division 4	Skåne Södra	5th
2005	Tier 5	Division 4	Skåne Södra	3rd	Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
2006*	Tier 5	Division 3	Södra Götaland	7th
2007	Tier 5	Division 3	Södra Götaland	12th	Relegated
2008	Tier 6	Division 4	Skåne Västra	1st	Promoted
2009	Tier 5	Division 3	Södra Götaland	7th
2010	Tier 5	Division 3	Södra Götaland	11th	Relegated
2011	Tier 6	Division 4	Skåne Sydvästra

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.

Attendances

In recent seasons FBK Balkan have had the following average attendances:

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Season	Average Attendance	Division / Section	Level
2005	Not available	Div 4 Skåne Södra	Tier 6
2006	103	Div 3 Södra Götaland	Tier 5
2007	89	Div 3 Södra Götaland	Tier 5
2008	Not available	Div 4 Skåne Södra	Tier 6
2009	106	Div 3 Södra Götaland	Tier 5
2010	91	Div 3 Södra Götaland	Tier 5

* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.

Current squad

As of 2010-01-08

Technical staff

Name Role  Sweden Nebojša Boban Manager  Sweden Srđan Remetić Trainer   Richard Frid Masseur   Radovan Jelić Kit Man