Falu FK is a Swedish

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....

 football club located in Falun

Falun

Falun is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 36,447 inhabitants in 2005. It is also the capital of Dalarna County...

 in Dalarna County

Dalarna County

Dalarna County is a county or län in middle Sweden. It borders the counties of Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It is also bordered by the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Sør-Trøndelag in the west...

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Background

Falu FK was founded on the 27th February 2006 following a joint initiative of the football sections of Falu BS

Falu BS

Falu BS, is a bandy club from Falun in Sweden.Falu BS was founded on 10 December 1935, by merging Falu BK, Holmens IF, Falu SK and IFK Falun. All these clubs were playing bandy....

, Slätta SK

Slätta SK

Slätta SK is a Swedish football club located in Falun. -Background:Slätta SK currently plays in Division 5 Dalarna Norra which is the seventh tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Dalavallen in Falun....

 und Korsnäs IF FK

Korsnäs IF FK

Korsnäs IF FK is a Swedish football club located in Falun. -Background:Korsnäs IF FK currently plays in Division 4 Dalarna which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Dalavallen in Falun....

 clubs. The men's teams of the top two clubs merged in September of that year while Korsnäs IF FK

Korsnäs IF FK

Korsnäs IF FK is a Swedish football club located in Falun. -Background:Korsnäs IF FK currently plays in Division 4 Dalarna which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Dalavallen in Falun....

 retained its independence. Falu BS and Slätta SK now only operate in football youth development. The newly formed club took the place of Falu BS in the third-tier Division 1 Norra.

Since their foundation Falu FK has participated in the middle divisions of the Swedish football league system

Swedish football league system

The Swedish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Sweden which is controlled by the Swedish Football Association and consists of 276 teams in 22 leagues divided into five levels...

. The club currently plays in Division 2 Norra Svealand which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Kopparvallen

Kopparvallen

Kopparvallen is a multi-use stadium in Åtvidaberg, Sweden. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Åtvidabergs FF. The stadium holds 8,000 people and was built in 1907. Famous football players who have played in the arena is Ralf Edström, Roland Sandberg, Conny...

 in Falun.

Falu FK are affiliated to Dalarnas Fotbollförbund

Dalarnas Fotbollförbund

The Dalarnas Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in the historical province of Dalarna.- Background :...

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Current squad

Staff

• Head coach:   Tomas Johansson
• Assistant coach:   Peter Lundin
• Team-Manager:   Patrik Andersson
• Fitness coach:   Henrik Adolfsson

Notable players

 

• Erik Elir

 

• Patrik Carlgren
• Johan Ejelöv
• Simon Fäger
• Anders Källgren
• Magnus Lampert
• Henrik Nordahl
• Erik Schultz-Eklund
  Erik Schultz-Eklund
  Erik Schultz-Eklund is a Swedish footballer currently playing for Avesta AIK.-Gretna:He was scouted by Gretna in 2005 as a schoolboy at the age of 15. He signed YTS papers in August 2006 after a successful trial with the club...
  
  
• Victor Setterlind
• Fredrik Sixtensson
• Joakim Wiklund

 

• Ali Reza Ghesghayan
  Ali Reza Ghesghayan
  -International career:He played for the Iran national football team and participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup as a member of the squad.-References:**...
  
  

External links

Official site