FC Nacka Iliria

FC Nacka Iliria is a Swedish football club located in the Stockholm suburb of Skärholmen.[1] The club was founded under the name FC Iliria Stockholm by Swedish-Albanians and held the name until 2019 when the club merged with Nacka FC and became FC Nacka Iliria.[2]

FC Nacka Iliria
Full nameFC Nacka Iliria
Founded27 November 2014
GroundVårbergs IP
Skärholmen
Sweden
ChairmanSalih Shala
Head CoachRoger Palmgren
LeagueDivision 3 Södra Svealand

Background

Since their foundation in 2014, FC Nacka Iliria has participated mainly in the lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club was formed under the name FC Iliria Stockholm and has achieved a very fast-paced climbing in the Swedish Football ranks achieving promotion four times within five years. In November 2019 the club decided to merge with Nacka FC, a youth club outside of Stockholm thus changing its name to FC Nacka Iliria and changing the emblem to a black and white one consisting of the letters NFC standing for Nacka FC and the helmet of Skenderbeg, the Albanian medieval hero. The team managed to get promoted from division 5 as newcomers in 2019 despite being named as a potential jumbo by betting companies. During the first year in division 4, the club managed once again to get promoted at once after having secured promotion by winning the playoff group in 2020.

FC Nacka Iliria will play in the third division of Sweden, Division 3 Södra Svealand in 2021 and will continue to be coached by the Swedish Manager Roger Palmgren who has managed four national teams previously. Except for their record paced climbing in the Swedish divisions the club is also known as one of the most popular clubs in the lower leagues of Stockholm with an attendance reaching over 550 persons and thus being more viewed than many clubs in Division 1. The club's official fan group is known as Shqiponjat (The Eagles) which is also the nicknames the club goes under unofficially. [3]

Players

First-team squad
As of 6 January 2021[4]

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  ALB Klevi Duro
2 DF  SWE Marcus Törnstrand
4 DF  ALB Kushtrim Bajrami
5 DF  KVX Miralem Aslani
6 MF  BIH Armin Tankovic
7 MF  SWE Shahir Ameri
8 FW  SOM Yonis Egag
9 FW  SWE Mahammed Abdi Momin
10 MF  SWE Roy Sevgili
11 FW  POL Marcus Wänfeldt-Lupinski
12 GK  SWE Abdullberi Ben Khalifa
13 DF  SWE Kluvert Tembu
14 MF  SWE Clayton Palmgren
17 DF  ALB Enriko Doma
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  CHI Emiliano Canales
21 DF  SWE Peshtewan Azizi
22 MF  MNE Darko Boskovic
23 FW  SWE Mischell Miljevic
24 FW  ALB Mateo Bano
27 DF  ALB Ronny Gashi
77 DF  TUN Sabri Ajili
97 FW  IRQ Amro Al-Dawoodi
99 DF  SWE Saadon Mohsin

Season to Season
Season Division Section Position Movements
2015 Division 7 Stockholm 3rd
2016 Division 7 7 J 1st Promoted
2017 Division 6 6 F 3rd
2018 Division 6 6 F 2nd Promoted
2019 Division 5 Södra 1st Promoted
2020 Division 4 Södra 2nd Promoted
2021 Division 3 Södra Svealand

Footnotes
  1. "FC Iliria Stockholm". Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  2. "FC Nacka Iliria". Retrieved 2020-02-15.
  3. https://www.nackafc.se/nackafc-herr-nackafciliria/sida/68960/historia
  4. "Laget" (in Swedish). FC Nacka Iliria. Retrieved 6 Jan 2021.


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