FC Z
Encyclopedia
FC Z is a Swedish
TV-show about 15 nerds who never have played football (soccer). Now, under management by one of Sweden's best football players through time, Glenn Hysen
, FC Z have 4 months to prove to be worthy opponents against Swedish champions Djurgårdens IF.
FC Z is a spin-off of the popular Danish
reality show and team FC Zulu
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Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
TV-show about 15 nerds who never have played football (soccer). Now, under management by one of Sweden's best football players through time, Glenn Hysen
Glenn Hysén
Glenn Ingvar Hysén is a football manager and former player who played for leading Dutch, Italian and English clubs and won 68 caps for Sweden...
, FC Z have 4 months to prove to be worthy opponents against Swedish champions Djurgårdens IF.
FC Z is a spin-off of the popular Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
reality show and team FC Zulu
FC Zulu
FC Zulu is a Danish television program on TV 2 Zulu. It tells the story about 16 nerds, who had never touched a football before, trained in 2004 for three months, with the goal of playing against FCK in PARKEN. Against all odds, they were able to score a goal. This year, the incapable nerds return,...
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Players season 1
- Joachim Almquist (#4)
- Andreas Andersson (#18)
- Kristoffer Andersson (#32)
- Thomas BodströmThomas BodströmThomas Lennart Bodström is a Swedish politician and member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. He was the Swedish Minister for Justice in the two last succeeding governments of the Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson, from 2000 to 2006. Since October 2006 until October 2010 he was the chairman...
(#2) (Temporary member against Djurgårdens IF) - Joakim Dahlin (#15)
- Felix Gottvall (#6)
- Matti Haapamäki (#23)
- Anders Hjelmberg (#3)
- Per-Olof Johansson (#16)
- Tore Kullgren (#21)
- Johan Mickels (#19)
- Farhad Rouhani (#8)
- Daniel Stjernlöf (#1)
- Per Svensson (#20)
- Robin Wiksander (#11)
- Niklas Öjman (#13)
Players season 2
- Joachim Almquist (#4)
- Andreas Andersson (#18)
- Joakim Dahlin (#15)
- Felix Gottvall (#6)
- Anders Hjelmberg (#3)
- Tore Kullgren (#21)
- Henning Larsson (#14)
- Fredrik Lundebring (#2)
- Keizo Matsubara (#5)
- Johan Mickels (#19)
- Farhad Rouhani (#8)
- Daniel Stjernlöf (#1)
- Joakim "Britney" Söderberg (#10)
- Robin Wiksander (#11)
- Niklas Öjman (#13)
Trivia
- In 2006 FC Z won the Swedish TV award "Kristallen" for best reality TV show.
- The first season was released on DVD on September 20, 2006.
- Joakim Söderberg is nicknamed "Britney" after his idol, American singer Britney SpearsBritney SpearsBritney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
. - In his spare time Tore Kullgren enjoys writing for WikipediaWikipediaWikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
. - Both Keizo Matsubara and Joakim Söderberg played with HC Z, the hockey version of FC Z, before joining the football counterpart for season 2.